Posted on 01/14/2009 8:45:42 PM PST by Ooh-Ah
House Speaker Nancy Pelosis decision this week to pack the House intelligence committee with Democrats despite a clear recommendation from the 9/11 commission to keep politics out of intelligence matters has roiled Republicans.
Concerned by reports of the politicization of intelligence, the 9/11 commission recommended in July 2004 that the House and Senate intelligence committees be almost evenly balanced, regardless of the number of Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
The majority partys representation on this committee should never exceed the minoritys representation by more than one, the final report of the 9/11 Commission states on page 421.
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Already, charges that the intelligence community skewed a National intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Irans nuclear weapons programs in December 2007 in order to prevent President Bush from considering a military strike on Iran have shaken confidence in U.S. intelligence among our allies in Europe.
I thought the NIE was dead, a top nuclear affairs advisor to French president Nicolas Sarkozy told Newsmax in September. Its not?
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
The Republicans are getting a harsh lesson that losing elections have consequences. Will they learn anything? Probably not.
I am playing the straight man here.
I really hate to say it, but Pelosi and her liberal pals are going to get a bunch of us killed. Is it any wonder that gun and ammunition sales are up all over the Country??
Speaking of which, I need to get a few boxes of buckshot shells...
Time to reach down and find a pair Republicans!
Why the hell isn’t every Republican out in the media complaining about the Dems ignoring the 9/11 Commission? Jeez.
FMCDH(BITS)
Hey Pubbies, guess what, the Dems play for keeps and don’t give a damn about “bipartisanship”. Maybe you’ll learn that some day though I doubt it. It’s time you guys got a bit “militant” in your own right.
Just say no to socialism march on DC.
What do these fools think? Are they really as dense as all that? My God, what a bunch of stupid fools!
What are Pelosi and these people doing to us?
It’s Nancy’s fault! LOL!
So not only are the House Dems obliterating one of the suggestions that the 9/11 Commission got right (the majority party should have no more than a one-seat majority on intelligence committees) by a 62%-38% split but back in 2006 when they reclaimed the majority, they instantly changed the suggested ratio of 11/10 (52-48%) to 12/9 (57-43%).
Guess that vaunted claim that the Dems would adopt all the recommendations by the 9/11 Commission has bitten the dust in record time (15% more intelligence committee power in two years).
it appears Rahm is back from his extended vacation...oh so quietly
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