Posted on 10/12/2004 12:53:44 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry
WASHINGTON - A Democratic senator said Tuesday he is closing his Washington office because of a top-secret intelligence report that made him fear for his staff's safety.
Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., said his office in the Russell Senate Office Building across the street from the Capitol will be closed while Congress is in recess through Election Day, with his staff working out of his Minnesota office and in Senate space off Capitol Hill.
"I take this step out of extreme, but necessary, precaution to protect the lives and safety of my Senate staff and my Minnesota constituents, who might otherwise be visiting my Senate office in the next three weeks," he said.
Dayton said he could not give details of the intelligence report, which he said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., presented to senators at a briefing two weeks ago.
Frist spokesman Bob Stevenson said he was unaware of any other senators who were closing their offices.
Brian Roehrkasse, a Homeland Security Department spokesman, said the department had no intelligence indicating al-Qaida intends to target any specific U.S. locations.
Added Capitol police spokesman Michael Lauer: "There's been no specific threats against the Capitol complex. We continue to be on guard now, all the way up to the election and all the way through the inauguration."
Nonetheless, Dayton said he would advise people from his home state to avoid Capitol Hill until after the Nov. 2 election.
"I would not bring my two sons to the Capitol between now and the election," he added.
P*ssy.
Sissy Alert! He, too, would like to go back to the days when terrorism against Americans was only a "nuisance."
Sounds like he's expecting a nuisance.
Must need a vacation and he's used up all his alloted time or he doesn't want to vote for something before he votes against it?
Who has the Kerry "the threat of terrorism is exaggerated" quote?
If he feels that he simply MUST close his office, then he needs to dream up some plausible reason unconnected with the report. He certainly shouldn't even mention the existence of the report. Who knows what he may be compromising by doing so? I would think the lowliest clerk in the Army would know better.
It seems more and more likely that some of these people in Congress were sent there by their constituents to get rid of them . . . .
Agree COMPLETELY with your post.
Chickensh*! If a single senator can't be kept safe, we might as all start wearing our bath towels on our heads.
I'd rather this clown close his office permanently.
He's proven time and time again that the stature of his office is well beyond his personal reach.
Is someone at FoxNews doing some FReeping on the job? The "nuisance" ad just came up.
another dim girlie-man
Right. What an idiot. Sounds like he's playing politics to me.
Some of these terrorists get word of this and they're liable to roll up the whole operation and disappear, leaving the feds empty-handed.
*** The Kerry alert level is being raised from trifle to nuisance. ***
The level at which he will fight for his constituents is beyond the call of duty.
What a P#ssy!
This must be the John Kerry gambit that a terrorist event is going to occur. That way, he can hang it on the Bush administration for not informing the greater public while a few priveleged Senators get out of Dodge...
If this theory holds water, then there may be something afoot...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1242876/posts
This is a set-up. My concern is that there is a legitimate threat that needs to remain secret, and this jag-off is trying to score political points by painting the Bush intelligence community as interested only in warning the inner circle on the Beltway...
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