[Penny1]

An unfortunately necessary move...

Congress has developed a pattern of leaking intelligence information as a way of stopping whatever intelligence operations an individual lawmaker dislikes for any particular reason.

Not only do these practices mean the individual Congressmen can have "veto" power over national security operations, but they also endanger people who are already taking extraordinary risks to serve their country.

-penny

[LarryLied]

Exactly. And it is the job of the Executive branch to see the laws congress passes are executed. That doesn't mean congress runs the CIA and the NSA. Those on this thread who want that are insane.

[jpl]

I'm with President Bush here given the current situation we're in. Sadly, we have a few members of Congress that have crossed the line. Patrick Leahy is a clear and present danger to the health of all our servicemen risking their lives over there.