Reid actually is being wise as far as protecting his party’s interests. Granted, he may not be smart enough to be doing it for the right reasons.
But just imagine a public hearing and the Jack Nicholson “you can’t handle the truth moment”. The one where some Bush official or military officials lays out what doing nothing to KSM would have led to. Then follows it up by pointing to the members of the committee who were fully briefed on the interrogation methods.
Game. Set. Match. The public turns on Congress (it would be Ollie North times 100).
Caught a Rollins-Carville discussion about the tactics used against terrorists on CNN. Was curious as a barometer of insight is easy to understand as Carville is a hack advisor behind the scenes.
Carville was completely rational and clearly was wishing for “this to go away” and he was clearly speaking for the Obamunists but at the same time, he said it won’t because of “reporters” and stuff.
Bottom line: Obama used national security (again) for a cheap political ploy and now it’s blowing up in his face.
Encourage it. It will only get worse for Obama. People are going to realize that he is a crass narcissist who gave Al Qaeda a handbook on the US.
And now his moonbats want blood. The blood they were promised and they never got. They want that blood so bad for Bush or anyone close to him they will even fight for KSM himself.
Watch. It’s going to get ugly. For the first time I can say I understand why so many took precautions using their 2nd amendment rights. Although I am a member of the NRA I don’t own a firearm. Just personal choice. (I live in fifth floor walkup. Anyone who makes it that far will go down from my minibat.)
You assume that moment would be televised. I'll wager that the damaging information will be unclassified, while the exculpatory testimoney will be labeled "classified" and as such will be given during closed-door sessions. The GOP has no power. They don't control the hearing procedures in the House nor the Senate.