Joining Joe Lieberman

I've been thinking about a rant against Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D. California), but Glenn Greenwald beat me to it:

So, to recap: the extremely unpopular Bush nominates as CIA Director (a) an active military general who (b) is a close ally of Dick Cheney, (c) is the person most responsible for, and associated with, the illegal NSA program, and (d) has caused a serious break between Bush and his most reliable Congressional allies. And the first instinct of Democrats like Feinstein and Harman is to prevent any Democratic message unity on this issue and to jump to the defense of the President by defending his pick and insisting that the NSA scandal not even be talked about.

When I heard Feinstein on Stephanopoulos' show yesterday, I really almost lost it. It was all she could do not to ooze compliments about Gen. Hayden and Bush's NSA spying program. The only thing that prevented her from doing so was the fact that she was one of those few who were briefed about the NSA program and, hence, are sworn to perpetual secrecy.

Gee, I wonder how they selected the people to be briefed?