Posted on 11/06/2003 4:53:36 AM PST by Peach
Edited on 11/06/2003 5:08:27 AM PST by Lead Moderator. [history]
A barely contained partisan squabble over assessing blame for the apparent failure to find chemical and biological weapons in Iraq broke into the open yesterday when Republican senators said they had a memorandum indicating their Democratic colleagues were preparing a campaign to disparage a Senate committee report on the quality of prewar intelligence before it is even completed.
A senior Democrat countered that Republicans had probably stolen the memo from a trash can or a computer file.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Maybe this is why Senator Graham is leaving the Senate.
His whole focus was on "INTEL" and accusations about deception by President Bush. He was a tool, with supposed credibility that has kept the drum beat going, planting the seeds for getting an "independent counsel". Maybe even leaking parts and pieces of "INTEL".
Translation: Yes, it's real, and we are panicing right now.
I wouldn't be surprised even if were the Syrian Ambassador.
Sen. Zell Miller (D) is calling for "heads to roll." Is that political? He's mad specifically because being political IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE is just WRONG and DANGEROUS to American Security. Intl Commt membership is historically 50/50 to avoid just this kinda thing.
Your fairplay sentiment is overstated. There is a stink here. It is a dead skunk. It needs to be removed no matter how it was discovered.
You have that right.
No. Two things: politics are the cause of this national security offense as the memo implies. This commitee is to be at all time above politics and is now being used for a witch hunt for political gain that also fits nicely into enemy hands. The reason for the treason is part of the problem and needs stopping before it becomes common practice.
It looks like concern for country is trumping concern for national party. Zell Miller the strongest critic so far is a democrat. I expect there to be other Southern democrats following his lead as the story becomes more know, that is if they want to try and retain their seats. It would be an unforgivable sin to let politics be used to hurt our nation in any way, in the South.
It must've been a "Hannitized Democrat".
And continue to win...
The un-named Democrat has a name now and they don't like him either. Still looking for the un-named Democrat to lead is like fishing in an empty bucket.
First, the release of the memo didn't disclose any state secrets, unless of course you consider the DNC's political strategy a state secret.
Second, what these critters do on our time and on our typewriters is certainly OUR business and such memo's written on company time are certainly subject to full disclosure to us just like any other document of the federal gov't that has no compelling interest to keep secret.
Let's see. Petah reports on a non-story about Iraq and completely ignores a major story concerning the memo. Way to go, Petah!
Rangel?
It is bad enough that the constant criticisms by the Dems, in particular the Great Bloviator, Ted Kennedy, is giving aid and comfort to the terrorists in Iraq and putting the soldiers in mortal danger. In this time of the internet and satellite television, nobody of any significant brain capacity could deny that the terrorists are watching the Dems create an atmosphere of fear, uncertainty and doubt, and take heart that their efforts are successful in wearing down public support for the war of liberation in Iraq. There is blood on the hands of the Dems here, IMHO.
And no, there has been virtually no coverage in the lamestream media. The NYTimes has a small story today on the bottom of page A12. It is hard to notice, being titled "Republican and Democratic Panel Leaders take feud to floor." You can imagine the rest.
A senior Democrat countered that Republicans had probably stolen the memo from a trash can or a computer file."
Talk about spin.
The very first sentence of the WP article : "...blame for the apparent failure to find chemical and biological weapons in Iraq ...". (it's all Bush's fault.)
And : "Republican senators said they had a memorandum ...". (placing doubt on the authenticity of a document that the Dems have admitted they generated.)
And : "indicating their Democratic colleagues ...". (just indicating I guess. I read it and it was doing a lot more than indicating - it was one of those "plans" that Dems love so much.)
And in the 2nd sentence: "...probably stolen the memo from a trash can ...". (Conjecture is more important than the facts for the WP.)
I just read today's (11/6, "Politicized Memo Incites Row") article, featured on page A27, about the Democrat attack plan regarding intelligence data. I did notice this article's interesting angle how both parties seem to be viewed with equal suspicion. All in the interest of objective journalism, I'm sure.
But compare this scandal to the Joe Wilson/CIA leak scandal. Both involve intelligence and both involve presumed political pressure to embarass an opponent. Yet this well balanced article is buried on page A27, while the latter scandal was featured - at a minimum - on pages:
A01, 1 Oct, "Man Behind the Furor" (Wilson...)
A01, 28 Sep, "Bush Administration is Focus of Inquiry"
A06, 25 Oct, "Democrats Seek Wider Inquiry"
A08, 24 Oct, "Bush's Press Aide, Rove Questioned in Leaks Probe"
While I already know the answer, I'm curious to hear the Post's explanation of the blatant double standard. Thank you for allowing me to express my opinion.
Coop
Note: I have had letters to the editor published in close to a dozen papers across the country over the years, yet despite having more submissions to the Wash ComPost than any other, they have yet to print one of my letters. I do not expect that streak to be broken here. :-)
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