Posted by
arandomguy on Friday, October 20, 2006 5:34:55 PM
Peter Hoekstra, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, suspended a Democratic staff member because he leaked high level intelligence to the New York Times last month. This has to do with the NIE that came out, that Democrats were so "happy" over, even though it just helped the Republican cause (but don't say that to the lefties).
The staffer requested a document from the Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte on September 20th, and received the NIE on September 21st. Two days later, the story "magically" appears in the New York Times - information that was classified and should never have been leaked.
And what are the implications? The implications are that Democrats do not care about the national security of this country - they care only about making Bush look bad. They felt the NIE would benefit Democrats, and (regardless of whether it actually helped them or not), they apparently felt that concerns about our security don't trump their desire for power over the congress.
And this is of serious concern. Not only is the NYT out to subvert our intelligence efforts, and undermine the global war on islamic-fascism, but the democratic staff members of the House intelligence committee - frequently privy to high-level classified information - are releasing information, and exploiting it for purely political purposes.
Shouldn't the national security of our country be more important then random political attacks? I understand the Democrats are frustrated with losing power. But instead of changing their radical message into something the American people can understand and agree with, they just use the security of our nation as fodder for the political mortars.
Another reason to elect Republicans.