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Liz Sullivan, mother of Kathryn Steinle, is consoled by Sabine Durden as she cries during the testimony of Kathryn's father Jim Steinle during a Senate Judiciary hearing in Washington on Tuesday. The family told Congress they support changing the laws that allowed her alleged killer to remain in the United States despite being deported several times. (Associated Press)

Illegal immigrant victim’s mother: ‘We are at war right here in this country’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 11, 2015, photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., vice chair of the Intelligence Committee, speaks during an interview with The Associated about the CIA torture report, in her Capitol Hill office in Washington. In February 2009, the Senate Intelligence Committee gathered in a soundproof room to learn the stomach-churning details of the brutal interrogations the CIA conducted with its first important al-Qaida prisoners. The resulting report, a summary of which was released in December, was a rare instance of an oversight committee seeking to hold the CIA accountable in a public way. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dianne Feinstein blames San Francisco sheriff’s department in Kathryn Steinle death

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Kate Steinle was fatally shot on July 1, 2015, allegedly by illegal immigrant Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez. The U.S. House on Thursday passed Kate's Law, a federal provision aimed at penalizing illegal immigrants who return to the United States after being deported. (Associated Press)

Kathryn Steinle: Federal agent’s gun used in sanctuary city slaying

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein said that her staff's computers were hacked by CIA officers in a partisan attack. However, the Bayh report has discovered otherwise. (Associated Press)

Dianne Feinstein says Benjamin Netanyahu should ‘contain himself’ on Iran nuclear deal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rep. Trey Gowdy, South Carolina Republican, heads the House Select Committee on Benghazi. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton email scandal intensifies as Benghazi investigators find ‘huge gaps’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech has deeply divided the capital city, with President Obama criticizing House Speaker John A. Boehner for extending the invitation and the White House saying it broke protocol and could be seen as interfering in Israel's looming elections. (Associated Press)

Republicans seek Benjamin Netanyahu speech tickets from boycotting Democrats

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, said the NFL's domestic violence scandal has gone on "too long." (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)

Dianne Feinstein hits Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to Congress

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., talks on his phone as he walks on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Sept. 26, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Peter King, Dianne Feinstein: We should let AG deny guns to ‘known or suspected’ terrorists

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. arrives to make a statement on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2014, after a closed hearing to examine intelligence matters. The Senate Intelligence Committee's expected vote to approve declassifying part of a secret report on Bush-era interrogations of terrorism suspects puts the onus on the CIA and a reluctant White House to speed the release of one of the most definitive accounts about the government's actions after the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Dianne Feinstein’s CIA hacking narrative countered by board review

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

TAMMY BRUCE: Terror undeterred by mass surveillance

By Tammy Bruce

Senate committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein's release of the 499-page 'torture report' seemed to have two prime motives. One was to reveal CIA interrogation methods that included waterboarding three al Qaeda chieftains, sleep deprivation, nudity and forced standing in shackles. The other was to dispel the argument from former CIA Director Leon E. Panetta, a fellow Democrat, and George W. Bush administration officials who said enhanced interrogations were critical to the hunt for Osama bin Laden. (Associated Press)

Dianne Feinstein: Terrorist sleeper cells are in the U.S.

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. speaks to reporters as she leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, following her release of a report on the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques at secret overseas facilities after the 9/11 terror attacks. Feinstein branded the findings a "stain on the nation's history." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Feinstein urges changes to avoid repeat of CIA torture

By KEN DILANIAN - Associated Press

This undated publicity photo released by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. shows Navy SEALs seen through the greenish glow of night vision goggles, as they prepare to breach a locked door in Osama Bin Laden's compound in Columbia Pictures' hyper-realistic new action thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty." (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jonathan Olley)

Osama bin Laden capture: CIA harsh interrogations crucial, Republicans say

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This image released by Columbia Pictures shows James Franco (left) and Seth Rogen in a scene from "The Interview." An email Tuesday from hackers calling themselves the Guardians of Peace hints that there will be attacks at theaters timed to the release of the Sony comedy opening Dec. 25 that depicts two bumbling journalists recruited by the CIA to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (Associated Press)

Sony hackers up ante with terrorist threat as cybersecurity bill languishes

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

RUSTY HUMPHRIES: Dianne Feinstein’s torture report politics an act of revenge

By Rusty Humphries

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, before the House Oversight Committee health care hearing. Congressional Democrats charged Tuesday that Republicans are seizing on a health adviser's self-described &quot;thoughtless&quot; and misleading remarks to attack President Barack Obama's signature health care law. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

TOM DeLAY: Jonathan Gruber, Dianne Feinstein and the consequences of deceit

By Tom DeLay

CIA Director John O. Brennan avoided the word "torture" in relation to CIA interrogation methods, saying he would "leave to others how they label those activities." (associated press)

John Brennan: ‘Torture report’ flawed, interrogations helped thwart terror plots

The Washington Times

Central Intelligence Director (CIA) Director John Brennan gestures during a news conference at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Brennan is pushing back hard against the wave of criticism following a Senate Intelligence Committee report detailing harsh interrogation tactics employed by intelligence community people against terrorism war-era detainees. Brennan and several past CIA leaders fear the historical record may define them as torturers instead of patriots. The CIA is now in the uncomfortable position of defending itself publicly, given its basic mission to protect the country secretly. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

John Brennan: Senate report on CIA interrogations ‘flawed’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on the moral and legal issues of CIA "torture" by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: The CIA and its torturers

By Andrew P. Napolitano