Safire: Selling Our Secrets

The New York Times ^ | 09/30/2002 | William Safire

[PhiKapMom]

Give me a break! Did you research what is going on with this bill or do you just automatically take the word of Bill Saffire?

[Enough is ENOUGH]

"At the urging of Sen. Enzi, the bill contains a provision that would require the President to establish a system of tiers to which countries would be assigned based on their perceived threat to U.S. national security. The intent is to provide exporters a clear guide as to the licensing requirements of an export of a particular item to a particular country."

Well then, if this bill was in effect under x42 and Cohen we wouldn't even have heard of the technology transfers because it would have been SOP.

[gcruse]

I take the word of Bill Safire.

[Russell Scott]

Wow. The NY Times actually give some good advice to the President. Are you listening President Bush?

[citizenK]

Obviously, the Bush administration is not immune to the trappings of special interests. Bush is arguably the most successful fund raiser in political history - now his donors are lining up for paybacks.

Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face...

[Rodney King]

Question? Why is Saffire writing this now -- no one is pressing for this bill to pass right now. There are more important things on the agenda.

That has got to be the weakest, most lame-ass defense I have heard in my many years on FR. Whatever happend to eternal vigilence? It is not like Congress isn't known for sneaking in stuff when nobody is expecting it.

[RJCogburn]

Why is Saffire writing this now -- no one is pressing for this bill to pass right now. There are more important things on the agenda.

Why doesn't he write about the RATs not passing the Budget in the Senate?

Aww, c'mon, Mom. Trying to change the subject, criticizing the source, ignoring the issue itself is a ploy best left to the defenders of the previous administration.

[Captainpaintball]

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[Station 51]

Did you research what is going on with this bill or do you just automatically take the word of Bill Saffire?

Why would anyone take the word of a big liberal like Bill Safire? Bill Safire is known for all his leftist views; pro-Hillary, Pro-Abortion, Pro-Clinton, Against the War with Iraq and I bet he even protested the War in Vietnam.

[RJCogburn]

Bill Safire is known for all his leftist views; pro-Hillary

Your comments are intemperate and at least a bit misguided. Early on during the Clinton years, before the general public knew just how corrupt they were, Safire wrote a noteworthy column in which he called Hillary! a "congenital liar" for which he took a lot of heat. He pointed out more than once the corruption in the Reno justice department with respect to investigating the Clintons and reminded us all that Lee Radek was around and calling the coverup shots.

Attacking the source and not the facts is a strategy well developed by the prior administration.

[Station 51]

Did I say Safire?? Sorry, I should have said Satire!

[RJCogburn]

Oooppps!

Never mind. ;^)

[Station 51]

On a serious note: I do find it interesting that many Conservatives seem to put Party before principle and condone Bush for encouraging a business environment conducive to selling technology to China, Iraq, Iran, N. Korea etc, while condemning Clinton for doing the same thing. Hopefully, in the end Republicans will win but if Conservatives accept the same shenanigans from Republicans as Democrats have done, we have made little progress to make America a better place.