[FairOpinion]

Interesting the way the MSM is ignoring THIS part of Hoekstra's letter.

Copy of Hoekstra's letter (it's pdf, so give it some time to load)

Excerpt from his letter (on page 2):

"There has been much public and private speculation about the politicization of the agency. I am convinced that this politicization was underway well before Porter Goss became the Director. Is fact, I have been lung concerned that a strong and well - positioned group within the Agency intentionally undermined the Administration and its policies. This argument ie supported by the Ambassador Wilson/Valerie Plame events, as well as by the string of unauthorized disclosures from an orgauizatioin that prides iteelf with being able to keep secrets."

[avacado]

I want this poofer with wet sponges clipped to his nipples and an electric cord attached to a wall outlet!

[rightinthemiddle]

Bureaucrat=Democrat

[tobyhill]

Hoekstra is the Chairman for the House Intelligence and has had the ability to expose the traitors within the CIA for years now but seems to have been playing a bit of the double agent role himself while using these traitors. He said he had a problem with not being briefed on one program out of thousands but he sure has been all over the screen this past weekend venting his issue.

[stocksthatgoup]

Check Sandy Bergers pants!

[Cyber Liberty]

Good story, except is was one paragraph too long. Without the following howler, it would have been factually correct:

Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former chief of staff for Vice President Richard Cheney, was indicted in connection with the illegal blowing of the cover of the secret agent.

[writch]

Ok, I'm new here (today) and I don't think I'm a 'troll' (yet).

I came here from another article that I read that was a tangent from this topic on another server (the Stephen Colbert press corps dinner story), but I did see this story earlier, and it was actually the original topic I was following (who is this Hoekstra guy?).

I heard it on the radio this morning on Democracy Now! Here is the story they read (from http://democracynow.org)

GOP Rep. Criticizes Bush Admin Over Intelligence Secrecy
Here in the United States, a Congressionally ally of the Bush administration has revealed the White House is concealing at least one major intelligence operation. Congressmember Peter Hoekstra, a Republican of Michigan who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, says he learned of the operation from government whistleblowers concerned the White House had not briefed Congress as it is required to do on under federal law. Hoekstra wrote a letter to the Bush administration in May that says: "If these allegations are true, they may represent a breach of responsibility by the administration, a violation of law, and, just as importantly, a direct affront to me and the members of this committee who have ardently supported efforts to collect information on our enemies." Hoekstra has been a vocal supporter of the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping and financial spying.

I read the PDF, and the quotes you picked, and I am flabbergasted that DNow!, you guys, and the MSM ALL picked the wrong quotes.

Here is the germane topic:

If, as Rep. Hoekstra says, Porter Goss' mission was to de-politicize the department, and Steve Kappas really did quit when Goss was appointed, AND he quit because he was finding new ways to politicize the CIA, WHY is the administration putting him up as the deputy?

[Grampa Dave]

fyi

[shield]

bttt