Dianne Feinstein

2020 Congressional COVID Insider Trading Scandal Exposes Systemic Corruption

| Importance: 9/10

On February 13, 2020, several U.S. senators were investigated for potentially violating the STOCK Act by selling stock after receiving private briefings about the COVID-19 pandemic, but before the market crash on February 20, 2020. Senator Richard Burr and his wife sold between $628,000 and $1.72 …

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Senate Intelligence Committee Releases Torture Report - CIA Program Was Brutal and Ineffective

| Importance: 10/10

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence releases a 525-page executive summary of its comprehensive investigation into the CIA’s detention and interrogation program, revealing that the program was far more brutal, widespread, and ineffective than the CIA disclosed. The report, based on a …

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Director of National Intelligence Clapper Apologizes for "Clearly Erroneous" Testimony to Congress

| Importance: 8/10

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper sent a letter to Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein apologizing for his March 12, 2013 testimony to Congress, in which he denied that the NSA collected data on millions of Americans. In response to a direct question from Senator Ron …

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