Senator Dianne Feinstein, Trailblazer for Women in US Politics, Dies Aged 90

GUARDIAN – US: Death of longest-serving female US senator, who was due to retire at end of her term next year, has weighty political implications

Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, has died. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP
The California Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein, who blazed a trail for women in US politics, has died. She was 90.

For Democrats, news of the death of the first woman to represent California in the US Senate, who was also the longest-serving female senator in US history, has appropriately weighty political implications.

Faced with growing questions about her age and fitness, Feinstein was due to retire at the end of her term.

The race to succeed her in a safe Democratic seat has attracted high-profile candidates, Adam Schiff, a former House intelligence chair, squaring off against fellow members of Congress Katie Porter and Barbara Lee.

The Democratic governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has promised to install a Black woman in any vacant seat. » | Martin Pengelly in Washington | Friday, September 29, 2023

Dianne Feinstein, 90, Dies; Oldest Sitting Senator and Fixture of California Politics: She achieved remarkable political breakthroughs as a woman, becoming San Francisco’s first female mayor and the first woman elected to the Senate from California. »

Dianne Feinstein, figure historique du Parti démocrate et doyenne du Sénat américain, est morte : Elle a été la première femme maire de San Francisco, avant d’être sénatrice de Californie pendant plus de trente ans. Elle est morte à l’âge de 90 ans. »

Dianne Feinstein gestorben: Zuletzt hatte sie mit gesundheitlichen Problemen zu kämpfen. Nun ist die demokratische Senatorin Feinstein im Alter von 90 Jahren gestorben. Über die Parteigrenzen hinweg genoss sie große Anerkennung. »

Dianne Feinstein: If Assange's Claims Are True 'This Is A Major Release' | Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is accusing the CIA of devastating incompetence, saying the agency has lost control of its cyber weapons. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a member of the Senate Intellience Committee joins to discuss.

Tempête à la CIA, accusée d'avoir espionné le Congrès américain

Le directeur de la CIA, John Brennan, a dit que «la CIA n'espionnait
pas, d'aucune façon, la commission du Renseignement».

LA PRESSE: La CIA s'est retrouvée mardi au centre d'un scandale politique aux États-Unis, accusée d'avoir violé la Constitution en fouillant des ordinateurs utilisés par des enquêteurs parlementaires, dans une affaire relative aux anciennes techniques d'interrogatoire de l'agence d'espionnage.

Les accusations ont déclenché une bagarre publique rare entre la CIA et le Congrès, le directeur de l'agence d'espionnage John Brennan niant avoir cherché à faire obstacle à l'enquête du Sénat, sans toutefois commenter les faits en détail.

«Nous n'essayions pas de bloquer quoi que ce soit», a déclaré John Brennan lors d'un événement organisé par le Council on Foreign Relations. «La CIA n'espionnait pas, d'aucune façon, la commission du Renseignement».

Les rumeurs de presse s'amplifiaient depuis plusieurs jours sur la surveillance supposée par l'agence de renseignement d'ordinateurs utilisés par des enquêteurs de cette commission. » | Ivan Couronne, Agence France-Presse | Washington | mardi 11 mars 2014

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BBC: The head of the US Senate intelligence committee has publicly accused the CIA of improperly accessing computers used by congressional staff.

Senator Dianne Feinstein said on the Senate floor that such activities "may have undermined the constitutional framework" of government oversight.

The Senate panel was investigating allegations of abuse during a CIA detention and interrogation programme.

A CIA internal watchdog has been tasked with looking into the alleged hacking.

"I am not taking it lightly," Ms Feinstein said of the matter on Tuesday, adding that the CIA may have violated federal laws in its alleged conduct. » | Tuesday, March 11, 2014

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