It really has to stop. The liberals cannot believe they can leak information that gives al Qaeda important information and think they are going to get away with it!
Mr. Cover Up. For those who haven't been paying close attention to the chair of the Senate Intelligence committee, the NYT argues today that Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan) is a White House toady. And this related Post piece on some legislation Roberts is considering reintroducing? It's worth remembering its fine pedigree. Originally proposed by Roberts' predessor Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) in 2001, the anti-leak legislation had an interesting coda, when it was determined that Shelby himself was the one who leaked highly classified NSA intercepts to the media, according to several reports. (See Washington Post, "Investigators Conclude Shelby Leaked Message.") A leak that apparently led top al Qaeda leaders to drastically reduce their use of a certain sat phone. Glass houses, and all that. Maybe Roberts would do better to prepare an internal memo to his Republican colleagues, and see if he can't get it leaked to Fox News.
Um, oh, right. That's an "R" isn't it? "Shelby" sounds kind of feminine and all, so I thought it must have been a democrat.
Posted by binky at February 17, 2006 05:53 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Pure Unadulterated Snark