[CarlEOlsoniii]

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[bitt]

oh-oh, there goes Leaky and John F'n...

but don't tell those dummies they're cutting off their noses....

[Moral Hazard]

"No federal employee who discloses, or has disclosed, classified information, including the identity of a covert agent of the Central Intelligence Agency, to a person not authorized to receive such information shall be permitted to hold a security clearance for access to such information," the amendment language reads."

The Republicans should support this, then when it passes immediately fire half the state department.

[WideGlide]

I propose it be retroactive so that Leaky Leahy be forced to relenquish his cushy job.

[The Electrician]

How about amending that to also state that no current or former National Security Advisor, or the President who appointed that Advisor, or that President's spouse can have a security clearance?

[el_texicano]

Typical In-Your-Face Bush response.

[kaktuskid]

Should Kerry be kicked out for outing Armstrong (the CIA agent) during the Bolton hearings? (why is no one on this forum talking about this?)

[King Prout]

this would not affect Rove: Plame was no longer a covert operative in 2003 when Rove spoke with the reporter. She'd been benched after the Ames mess, in '97 iirc, and her non-disclosure status would have expired in 2002.

[Semper Paratus]

Good Grief! We still have many vacancies in the federal courts, no UN Ambassador, SCOTUS vacancies growing, and the 'rats biggest priority is nailing Karl Rove who got ambushed on a phone call.

[G.Mason]

I guess they [dims] will have to hold their hands on their buttocks until there are some more Rhino's elected.

I realize the dims are the majority Party, but I don't think they quite have enough votes yet.

[SittinYonder]

Senate Democrats on Thursday pushed for legislation to deny security clearances to officials who disclose the identify of an undercover agent, an action that clearly responds to the controversy surrounding top White House aide Karl Rove (search).

Too bad for them they don't have power and aren't setting the agenda.

[1Old Pro]

Hilarious, these people have totally and completely lost their senses.

[Billthedrill]

So what we've got here is an ex post facto law (illegal) that will cause Karl Rove's firing and not Sandy Berger's? Good luck.

[Phantom Lord]

Sens. Harry Reid

Harry Reid? Would that be the Harry Reid who made mention of the contents of a confidential FBI file on a judicial nominee on the Senate floor? Would it be the same Harry Reid who if he looked at it committed a felony as he doesn't have a security clearence to look at said file? Is this the same Harry Reid who told others who do not have clearence to go look at the file?

That Harry Reid?

[longtermmemmory]

Translation the democrat fear Rove II.

They want congressional oversight in order to surround a president with their own approved non-partisan partisan advisers.

This is just democrats trying to encroach upon the executive the same way they wanted to force the homeland security czar.

[PogySailor]

1. She WASN"T "undercover"

2. Based on the public information released from the investigation so far, he DIDN'T release her name.

PogySailor wants to see a law that fines blowhard politicians for the cost to the taxpayer for putting up garbage bills like this. And I don't care which side of the isle they are on.

[doug from upland]

Hmmmmmmm....I wonder if they are going to insist on a law that a young crazed intern stalker busy giving BJs in the Oval Office is not allowed to have TOP SECRET CLEARANCE at the Pentagon. That seems like a good law.

[bray]

Make sure the law forces everyone out of office!!

Committee Chairman Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., both mentioned a name, Fulton Armstrong, that had not previously come up in public accounts of the intelligence flap. It is not clear whether Armstrong is the undercover officer, but an exchange between Kerry and Bolton suggests that he may be.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[nina0113]

of course, since she WASN'T an undercover agent, not even an ex post facto law like this one would apply...

[Rodney King]

The Republicans should support this and then deny Leaky Leahy access to classified information. Kerry was well, given that he told about his classified trip into Cambodia, even though we all know it never happened.

[Stultis]

Just make the following changes and the 'Rats will drop this idea like a hot potatoe:

"No federal employee or elected official who discloses, or has disclosed, or who's staff discloses classified information, including the identity of a covert agent of the Central Intelligence Agency, to a person not authorized to receive such information shall be permitted to hold a security clearance for access to such information,"