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When special forces soliders, who are trained to deal with enemy interrogators, testify under polygraph conditions that they missed the action at Waco, they had gotten too drunk and slept through it, and anyway hadn't heard that any shots were fired by government agents, that's proof enough for Congress right there that nothing sinister at Waco happened.

But when Congressional agents, who are politicians and not soldiers, and only know the lies they are used to telling to be reelected, are pressed to take polygraphs by reason of leaking classified information, they dismiss the requests and criticize the tests as being unreliable.

Double standard, anyone?

I have never been so happy as to hear this report on our local ten o'clock news! Maybe, just maybe, the "leakers" will be found out in time to protect the men and women who are out there worldwide and in danger, eating dust and smelling camel dung. It just pisses me off that our military personnel are being compromised and placed in danger with leaks COMMING FROM OUR OWN CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS! I pray the FBI buries these F$%&*@#!

This Congressional stance is so hideously over the top, where does one begin?

I am sick to death of the jerks in Congress who think they in their ivory tower are above my life being protected.

As the panel's hearings began, stories appeared about the NSA intercepts, drawing a heated White House rebuke. Vice President Cheney telephoned Goss and Graham to chastise them for the disclosures, while presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer said the information was "alarmingly specific" and could compromise the war on terrorism. Administration officials said the leaks could be a federal crime.

McCain's comments are particularly nauseating, particularly galling, since he is the son and grandson of admirals and was held in Viet Nam and should, by now, have figured out a few things about wartime leaks.

And then there's this piece of hooey. "Ranit Schmelzer, spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.), said Daschle had "grave concerns about the congressional separation of powers issues raised by having one branch of government asking to polygraph employees of another branch."

Well, Mr. Daschle, did it occur to you that obeying the law might be a tad more important than your sanctimony? Buy a clue, Mr. Short-timer Majority Leader.