So Senator Feinstein did what Obama feared to do—conduct a serious and comprehensive investigation of CIA’s program of torture and abuse.  She ignored criticism from congressional colleagues as well as mainstream media pundits.  Even David Cole, currently the national legal director at the ACLU, wrote that the CIA got a “bum rap” from Feinstein’s report on CIA torture, making the absurd claim that torture worked.  Over the years, Feinstein demonstrated that she was not intimidated by the national security state and its humongous defense and intelligence budgets.  The national security state wields too much political power, and you can count on the fingers of one hand (Feinstein, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Jeff Merkley) those senators willing to challenge it. More

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