Feinstein defends Amb. Rice: "Mistakes get made-- you don't pillory the person" Asked whether Republicans objecting to the potential nomination of Susan Rice as Secretary of State are "playing politics," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Cal., said, "We have seen wrong intelligence before, and it all surrounded our going into Iraq, and a lot of people were killed based on bad intelligence. And I don't think that's fair game. I think mistakes get made-- you don't pillory the person.