Posted on 12/16/2015 12:50:37 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) may not have had a Rick Perry moment in last night's CNN-moderated Republican presidential debate, but he may nonetheless have landed himself in hot water.
The Associated Press reports that Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has ordered staffers to examine whether Cruz improperly revealed classified information during the Las Vegas face-off.
The probe centers on Cruz's statements about counterterrorism surveillance under the Cruz-backed USA Freedom Act. Responding to criticism from rival Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Cruz said that investigators can examine "nearly 100%" of phone numbers in terror investigations under the law, while authorities could only do the same for "20% to 30%" before the law's passage. As the AP noted, Rubio charged during the debate that Cruz had just divulged classified information...
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Nearly 100% could be 51%. Burr is a putz.
Luke is creepy looking.
Fox was just saying that Rubio did not say Cruz had divulged classified information, but was just stating that he had to be careful not to do so in his rebuttal.
And Burr is just making an @$$ of himself (natural state, really).
Charter Member of the GOPee?
...and Luke is still creepy looking.
Good bet that Cruz in going to pound the crap out of Rubio over this.
More BULLCRAP on a NOTHINGBURGER farted out by the duplicitous, lying Marco Rubio.
I look forward to this used-car salesman finally dropping out of the 2016 race and completing his not distinguished career as a US Senator in January 2017. With any luck, he’ll vanish into the bowels of the GOPe wing of K Street.
Hopefully Levin will tee Rubio up over this later today, but I’m not holding my breath.
Is Burr for Rubio, or Jebby, or maybe “The Big Man”?
It’s difficult to trust those who vote with McConnell and don’t call him out as the Liar that he is.
Burr on the “intelligence” committee is an oxymoron. I watched the debate and I can save the (oxy)moron some time: no classified information was divulged. Burr needs to spend less time watching reality shows on TV and more time investigating real instances of national security breaches.
But we all know it's the perception that comes with the charge, not the actual facts. Burr (R-GOPee) is just using the same tactics used all the time by the Democrats to smear a Republican officeholder or candidate. Equivalent to "When did you stop beating your wife?"
Like a US Senator has never done that before.
And Burr is just making an @$$ of himself (natural state, really).
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He’s just doing what comes naturally to most Republican legislators. Republicans are the epitome of weakness and failure. Its their forte. lol
I sure wouldn’t fault him for watching The Voice instead of the debates. I’ve never watched it but last I heard, this was a free country and watching debates was not compulsory.
The law is a public record. How is this supposed to be classified information?
If there is anyone in the USA who is not a completely zero-information type, who thinks they cannot access nearly or fully 100% of the records, then what is the big secret? Who would be surprised by this?
Only the MSM would turn this into an issue.
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