Well, though she's a liberal, I kind of like Diane Feinstien. She's that rare thing - an old fashioned liberal. She's to the left, but I believe she can be trusted to sit in the high councils of state. I don't doubt her loyalty to this country.
And, of course, she took over admirably in San Fransisco under the worst imaginable circumstances. She was also, arguably, the last sane Mayor of San Fransisco.
I can't disagree with you about what you said. I was too young to pay much attention to the events in San Francisco at the time you refer to. But I do recall reading that she may have blown the police's case on the Zodiac killer by revealing information that they were keeping in reserve, something about the shoes and shoe prints. So of course, the killer was forewarned and probably tossed his shoes in the bay. Maybe someones else remembers the details.