Rockefeller Resignation Urged by Website

Talon News ^ | 11/18/2003 | Jeff Gannon

[Jeff Gannon]

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- The Free Republic Network launched a website on Monday that will focus on the scandal surrounding the Senate Intelligence Committee memo which detailed a Democrat plan to use classified information to defeat President Bush in 2004.

The website, www.intelmemo.com, will provide news, analysis, and research material about the memo written by a staffer for Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV). The memo scandal was first revealed by nationally syndicated radio talk show host Sean Hannity.

[Libertina]

BTTT Morning CyberCowboy! Pings please :)

[Chad Fairbanks]

By hook or by crook we must drag the Pubbie leadership into the battle field! This cannot stand!

BUMP!

[Chad Fairbanks]

Ping!

[Libertina]

By hook or by crook we must drag the Pubbie leadership into the battle field! This cannot stand!

[GOPJ]

bump

[GOPJ]

bump

[Libertina]

Thanks GOPj!

[Redbob]

I hate to say this, but I've read that memo through three times, and I can't find anywhere in it that it says they're going to use classified information for their nefarious ends.

It mentions "public statements" and "de-classified materials", but nowhere does it say "We can use the secret information that we get from the CIA to bash the GOP" or anything similar.

What's the big deal, or are we getting our knickers in a wad over nothing?

[sauropod]

For your review and action...

[Chad Fairbanks]

However, one thing you need to keep in mind: The substance of the Committee's work is classified until released... Basically, they want to "release" classified stuff for partisan political uses.

Nuff said?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Bttt...

[KalDot]

Democrats 2546 (43.87%)
Republicans 2922 (50.35%)
Libertarians 59 (1.02%)
Greens 155 (2.67%)
None of the Above
121 (2.09%)

[Chad Fairbanks]

Thanks, KalDot!

[facedown]

Which party can be trusted with America's national security?

Democrats	2549 (43.50%)
Republicans	2975 (50.77%)
Libertarians	59 (1.01%)
Greens	155 (2.65%)
None of the Above	122 (2.08%)

5860 votes

[OESY]

BEST OF THE WEB TODAY, BY JAMES TARANTO, November 18, 2003

Rocky Fesses Up

When Fox News reported two weeks ago on a leaked memo outlining the Democrats' strategy to use the Senate Intelligence Committee for political gain, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the committee's ranking Democrat, seemed to disclaim responsibility: "The draft memo was not approved nor was it shared with any member of the Senate Intelligence Committee or anyone else. It was likely taken from a waste basket or through unauthorized computer access."

Now, however, he's changing his tune. In an op-ed in today's Washington Post, he seems to acknowledge that staffers drafted the memo at his direction:

"Faced with Republicans' continuing refusal to conduct a complete investigation into these matters, my staff recently drafted an options memo on the use or potential misuse of intelligence. The memo, intended only for me, was pilfered from the usually secure Senate intelligence committee and distributed to the media. It has become a convenient excuse for Republicans to shut down the committee and curtail the investigation."

It's more than a "convenient excuse," of course. The committee's raison d'être is honest oversight; if the Dems are determined to transform it into a partisan club, it may as well shut down.

[Valin]

"Faced with Republicans' continuing refusal to conduct a complete investigation into these matters

Translation, The republicans refuse to blame Bush.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Bttt

[freekitty]

I agree completely. He should resign.

[lilylangtree]

Sheets Byrd has been and is protected by the RATS and special interest groups for so long that he has become an institution and disloding him appears insurmountable except by death. Hopefully, RAT Rockefeller won't be given the same protection and perk, and he will be dislodged. Good idea about this website!

[anniegetyourgun]

LOL!