Senator Dianne Feinstein, as we‘ve noted, seems to have this weird blindness to even the very idea that the NSA might abuse its powers, despite a long history of it doing exactly that. The history of the US intelligence community is littered like a junk yard with examples of massive abuses of power by intelligence folks. And yet, Feinstein seems shocked at the idea that anyone questions the NSA‘s ability to abuse the system. Why? Because the NSA is „professional.“ Appearing on Meet the Press this weekend, Feinstein just kept repeating how „professional“ the NSA is as if that was some sort of talisman that wards off any potential of abuse.