[Enchante]

This needs to be circulated far and wide - the weasels like Russ Feingold are desperate to keep our intel agencies weakened, even while pretending they're so concerned about our national security. yeah, right, and I've got a bridge at Chappaquiddick to sell ya........

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freepmail me to be on or off my national security ping list (usually focused on terrorism, Pflamegate and ABLE DANGER, etc.)

[the Real fifi]

Captains quarters reports Diane Feinstein supports Heyden. I predict any effort to use the confirmation hearings to attack the NSA surveillance program will hurt the Dems.

[Marine_Uncle]

I cannot help but think he will be confirmed. I bet the few demorats and rinos who speak out against him for the stupid reasons they choose, will be out flanked by the majority of senators who realize he is the right man for the job.
Of course we can list the ten or so that will be blabing their brains out against him. But surely GWB is getting the word out that this guy had better be confirmed.
He should have pulled a rope-a-dope off and suggest Big John Bolten for the job. Then as they went nuts, pretended to back off and suggest a good middle of the line man might be the Director of the NSA general M. Hayden.
The goons would have paused, and perhaps bought the ticket with a few wimpers.

[nopardons]

Many thanks for the ping...great find!

[MizSterious]

Bless your heart, if it were only the 'Rats. I'm dismayed every time I turn on the teevee and see yet another Republican hemming and hawing and allowing as how a military man shouldn't head the CIA. (Funny, it was sure ok up until now.) Our worst enemies right now might be those in our own party who have decided it might get them a little more face time on camera if they distance themselves from the President. Shame, shame on them. They're trading the future of this country for a vote or a few minutes on teevee.