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In this March 11, 2014, photo, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. talks to reporters as she leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, after saying that the CIA's improper search of a stand-alone computer network established for Congress has been referred to the Justice Department. For President Barack Obama, a public spat between his trusted ally at the CIA and a loyal Democratic senator has put into sharp focus his complicated role in managing the post-Sept. 11 anti-terror programs he inherited from George W. Bush. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama refuses to ‘wade into’ CIA-Senate fight between Sen. Feinstein, Brennan

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ron Paul: CIA spying is a result of a distrustful, big government

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Republican. (Associated Press photographs)

Sen. Saxby Chambliss urges caution in CIA-Senate clash

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This video framegrab from Senate Television shows Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. speaking on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Feinstein said the CIA improperly searched a stand-alone computer network established for Congress as part of its investigation into allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program. (AP Photo/Senate Television)

Why CIA, senators still feuding over 9/11 secrets

By CONNIE CASS and NANCY BENAC - Associated Press

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, after saying that the CIA's improper search of a stand-alone computer network established for Congress has been referred to the Justice Department. The issue stems from the investigation into allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Feinstein shifts tone in calling out CIA search

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

This video framgrab, taken Oct. 31, 2013, and provided by the American Bar Association (ABA) shows the CIA’s acting general counsel Robert Eatinger speaking during the 23rd Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law, hosted by the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, in Washington. The senior CIA lawyer accused by the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee of trying to intimidate the panel over its investigation into secret prisons and brutal interrogations of terrorism suspects was himself involved in the controversial programs. (AP Photo/ABA)

CIA lawyer at center of computer snooping clash

By STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

**FILE** Rep. Adam Schiff, California Democrat (Associated Press)

Rep. Adam Schiff: CIA spying is unconstitutional

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. talks to reporters as she leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, after saying that the CIA's improper search of a stand-alone computer network established for Congress has been referred to the Justice Department. The issue stems from the investigation into allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senator: CIA improperly searched computer network

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. talks to reporters as she leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, after saying that the CIA's improper search of a stand-alone computer network established for Congress has been referred to the Justice Department. The issue stems from the investigation into allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EDITORIAL: Feinstein late to the party on misbehaving spies

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. talks to reporters as she leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, after saying that the CIA's improper search of a stand-alone computer network established for Congress has been referred to the Justice Department. The issue stems from the investigation into allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Feinstein shifts tone in calling out CIA search

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

CIA Director John O. Brennan speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Washington. The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday the CIA improperly searched a stand-alone computer network established for Congress in its investigation of allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program and the agency's own inspector general has referred the matter to the Justice Department for possible legal action. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Intrigue at the top: CIA, Senate feud goes public

By NANCY BENAC - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. Dianne Feinstein (right), California Democrat and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, meets with CIA Director-nominee John Brennan (left), currently assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Intelligence chairwoman accuses CIA of intimidation, snooping on Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, leaves the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. The CIA is investigating whether its officers improperly monitored members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which oversees the intelligence agency, U.S. officials confirmed Wednesday. Feinstein told reporters that the CIA inspector general is investigating how her committee investigated allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

CIA investigates whether officers spied on Senate

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

From left, FBI Director James Comey, CIA Director John Brennan, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper sit together in the front row before President Barack Obama spoke about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington. The president called for ending the government's control of phone data from millions of Americans. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lawmakers skeptical about Obama surveillance idea

By LIBBY QUAID - Associated Press

President Obama (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lawmakers say Obama surveillance idea won’t work

By LIBBY QUAID - Associated Press

In this Oct. 24, 2013, photo Robert Malsom checks corn in one of his fields near Roscoe, S.D. Malsam nearly went broke in the 1980s when corn was cheap. So now that prices are high and he can finally make a profit, he's not about to apologize for ripping up prairieland to plant corn. (AP Photo/Doug Dreyer)

EDITORIAL: Cronyism by corn

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (center), Vermont Democrat, speaks with committee members and Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer (right) of New York and Dianne Feinstein of California on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 22, 2013, during the committee's hearing on immigration reform. (Associated Press)

Top Democrats reject court ruling over NSA spying on Americans

By Stephen Dinan and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaks with reporters following a closed-door briefing by intelligence agencies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. (Associated Press)

Feinstein: Judge got NSA ruling wrong

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat (Associated Press)

Dianne Feinstein: Terrorism is a greater threat today

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington during a rally to demand that the U.S. Congress investigate the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Senate intel committee approves NSA snooping, with restrictions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times