The Democrats - ending the Republican Culture of Corruption by putting an impeached, convicted, and removed corrupt ex-judge as the Chairman of the Intelligence Committee. That sure would make me feel safe.
Alcee, the felon?
Impeachment
"In 1989, Hastings was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for corruption and perjury. The Democratic-controlled Senate convicted Judge Hastings of accepting a $150,000 bribe in 1981 in exchange for a lenient sentence and committing numerous acts of perjury at his own trial. He became only the sixth Judge in the history of impeachment in the United States to be removed from office by the United States Senate."
"His impeachment was remanded back to the Senate by Judge Stanley Sporkin for procedural reasons, but the Supreme Court ruled in a similar case, regarding Judge Walter Nixon, who had also been impeached and removed, that the courts had no jurisdiction to review Senate impeachment procedures. Hastings' case was dismissed, and his impeachment and removal remained valid."
"The Senate had the option to forbid Hastings from ever seeking federal office again when it removed him, but did not do so.
Wouldn't the next chair be Jane Harman?