[Arkie2]

You missed the point of the memo. These investigations into Rumsfeld etc. aren't for discovering how we made mistakes so we can set them right, they're being conducted for partisan political purposes. Now you may say "well yes but we knew that" and you would be right. However, the Dems could and always have plausibly denied that before and accused the Republicans of trying to change the subject to obscure their own failings. The news here is that the Dems are now on record as conducting partisan witch hunts. That's the importance of the memo.

[Sgt_Schultze]

No, I wasn't commenting about the point of this memo. I was reacting to the story by Newsmax which began thus...

A memo circulated among Democrats on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence shows the committee's minority plotting to use classified information against the White House in next year's presidential campaign.

I still don't know what info the author used to reach that conclusion. But regarding your point... I am not surprised the dems are practicing politics and denying it.

[Interesting Times]

The news here is that the Dems are now on record as conducting partisan witch hunts. That's the importance of the memo.

Bump.

That's significant enough, but if the source of this memo can document the willingness of Intelligence Committee Democrats to use classified material, or to declassify material for use in partisan attacks, we may be looking at criminal charges.

[mabelkitty]

Add to that, they are plotting how to cry "Independent Counsel" in case they don't find anything.