Zell Miller Slams Dem Intel Memo as 'First Cousin to Treason'

NewsMax.com ^ | 11/05/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga., said Wednesday that a memo urging Democrat members of the Senate Intelligence Committee to politicize Iraq war intelligence is "perhaps treasonous."

In a statement released by his office, Sen. Miller said:

"I have often said that the process in Washington is so politicized and polarized that it can't even be put aside when we're at war. Never has that been proved more true than the highly partisan and perhaps treasonous memo prepared for the Democrats on the Intelligence Committee."

The retiring Georgia Democrat continued:

"If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin. The ones responsible - be they staff or elected or both - should be dealt with quickly and severely sending a lesson to all that this kind of action will not be tolerated, ignored or excused."

Miller expressed his dismay that Senators entrusted with the nation's most sensitive intelligence information would try to use it for partisan purposes.

"Of all the committees, this is the one single committee that should unquestionably be above partisan politics," he said. "The information it deals with should never, never be distorted, compromised or politicized in any shape, form or fashion."

The memo, first detailed on Tuesday by nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity, outlined a plan to use intelligence gathered by the committee to attack the White House during next year's presidential campaign.

NewsMax.com was the first news outlet to print the content of the memo in full.

To read the document Sen. Miller describes as "perhaps treasonous," Click Here.

[Fledermaus]

Who thinks the Libs aren't low-life scum bags?

Hey...as Dennis Miller said, that would be unfair to bags filled with scum.

[Fledermaus]

I agree. He was even quoted to his face, by Tim Russert on "Meet the Depressed" what he said about Republicans just a year or so ago...it was typical DNC talking point attacks.

He tried to brush it off but didn't do a good job of it. Then just last night on Brit Hume's show, Brit asked him if his criticism of the Dems was timed with his new book. He said, "no, that didn't even occur to me". Yeah, right.

[Fledermaus]

No, Pat Roberts is a whore and old time GOP player that cares more about getting invited to the "right parties" than principle.

If Tom Dasshole told him to put on kneepads and open wide, he would.

[nicmarlo]

That was just my impression Striper....I could be wrong....but that was why I was so surprised...I was expecting him to hem and haw (the usual method of operation by Pubbies).....I didn't get that this time, at all. : )

[nicmarlo]

There is a possibility this is genuine. Perhaps he's even been reading books like Bias, and Slander...then, of course, there's FOX News, O'Reilly, Sean, besides the "standard" Rush, whom Dems never took seriously. There is a distinct possibility that these "forces" have opened his eyes.

It is still possibile he's merely trying to get conservatives to buy his book, of course.....but I'm just not completely sold on that.....yet.

[mass55th]

I don't know about Capitol Hill, but as a state employee, I'm not allowed to conduct or be involved in any political work while on the job. I could be discharged for producing a memo like that while on state property and using state materials. I would have to believe that there are similar rules for Congress. These people are being paid by taxpayers, and shouldn't be engaged in planning their political ploys while on government property.

[Defender2]

#1. Thank You for SLAMMING them, Zell, they D*MNED SURE DO DESERVE IT AND MORE!!!!

[StriperSniper]

O.K., thanks again. Maybe if I get insomnia at the right time, I'll check out the overnight stream. I think we'll learn soon enough, Sean's going to work this hard.

[nicmarlo]

Sean's going to work this hard

He certainly has been.....he's on a mission! : )

[dsutah]

If FDR was such a "Marxist", as you say; why was Ronald Reagan said to be such an admirer? He wasn't a "Marxist" now, was he?

[Verginius Rufus]

William Blount (1749-1800) had been one of the North Carolina delegates to the Constitutional Convention and is one of the 39 men who signed the Constitution. After he failed to get elected to the Senate from North Carolina, Washington made him territorial governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River (that is, present-day Tennessee). He was involved in the convention that drew up the first state constitution for Tennessee and was one of the first two senators from Tennessee.

According to the article on him in American National Biography, Blount resigned his Senate seat to avoid impeachment. When he returned to Tennessee he received a hero's welcome and was elected to the state senate. Blount County, Tennessee, is named for him.

[cardinal4]

checking watch)I'm sure ABCCBSNBC will pick up and begin reporting this explosive charge by a respected US senator any minute now...

Its 1054 CST and still nothing from the ABCNBCCBS. CNN it has and so does Fox. By tomorrow it will be a dead story. Killed, not by a biased media, but by a spineless GOP..

[skinkinthegrass]

If FDR was such a "Marxist", as you say; why was Ronald Reagan said to be such an admirer? He wasn't a "Marxist" now, was he?

I stand corrected, If he (FDR) wasn't a Marxist, He was a committed Socialist (He seems to think Govt. had all the answers)

..I think Nancy's Dad..converted RR to the Conservative Dem. cause, he later joined the GOP. In the 30s, Marxism was quite fashionable in literary circles/college campi.