Feinstein Expresses ‘Dismay’ White House Didn’t Follow Law On Bergdahl Release

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, tells Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to be cautious about the evolution of small, unmanned drone aircraft and the threat to American... Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, tells Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to be cautious about the evolution of small, unmanned drone aircraft and the threat to Americans’ privacy, at a Senate Transportation subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2014. A dispute between the CIA and Sen. Feinstein flared into public view this week when, in an extraordinary floor speech, she accused the CIA of improperly searching a computer network the spy agency had set up for lawmakers investigating the George W. Bush-era interrogation program for suspected terrorists. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on Tuesday bashed the White House for failing to notify Congress before negotiating for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

“I strongly believe that we should have been consulted, that the law should have been followed. And I very much regret that that was not the case,” Feinstein told reporters on Capitol Hill.

Feinstein and Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), chair and ranking member of the Intelligence committee, told reporters that the White House should have consulted members of the committee on the prisoner exchange.

Feinstein and Chambliss both said earlier on Tuesday that White House officials had reached out to apologize for leaving them in the dark on the prisoner swap.

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  1. Thanks Feinstein. Your words will be quite useful for the right wing talking points and providing fresh red meat to the “liberal” media. Bravo.

  2. I’ve always said that my Democratic Senator, Ms. Feinstein, was the last of the moderate Republicans in that body.

  3. Pearl-clutching because the CIC didn’t bother to beg for permission from your leak-riddled partisan hack-fest before acting to recover an American POW? I’m okay with that. Question is: Why aren’t you?

  4. Avatar for gedde gedde says:

    But “dismay” over “not following the law” with regard to domestic surveillance of Americans?

    “Not so much”.

  5. Avatar for zoran zoran says:

    Diane seems to always be dismayed about something . . . .

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