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Posted by Spot 2003-11-18 9:12:02 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 of course, it was the leak, not the facts that disputed the "Bush lied!" meme that's most important. Walter Pincus was going out of his way in the WaPo to downplay the memo...

Posted by Frank G 2003-11-18 9:15:27 AM|| 2003-11-18 9:15:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 But of course! A leaked memo that makes the Democrats look bad is a crime; one that makes the administration look bad is front-page, around-the-clock news.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-11-18 9:42:31 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-11-18 9:42:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Somewhat paranoid world view, I expect, but I wonder if the main reason the Dems are mad is because it shows the utter hypocracy of the Dems "Bush lied to us".

Posted by rabidfox 2003-11-18 10:20:24 AM|| 2003-11-18 10:20:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Get Jack Nicholson in there:

"You cant handle the truth!"

Posted by mojo 2003-11-18 10:43:37 AM|| 2003-11-18 10:43:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 If the Weekly Standard is listing a mass of unconfirmed reports from the LAST 10 YEARS then the CIA hasn't been doing its' job, has it?

WP might be playing the memo down, but at least it was mentioned.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-11-18 11:04:31 AM|| 2003-11-18 11:04:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 This kind of leak is exactly why most US intelligence agencies don't like to send hard intelligence to Congress. Congress has a long track record of being leakier than the Titanic after the collision with the iceberg. To most congresscritters (sadly, on both sides of the aisle), politics is much more important than 'silly old prattling about national security'.

It's one thing to classify something in order to cover up wrongdoing (usually on the part of Congress or some government agency), and another to release classified information solely to prove a political point. Hopefully, this release won't lead to the deaths of any US agents.

I have to think, however, that this "leak" was in direct response to the leaked DEMOCRATIC memo about using the Senate Committee on Intelligence as a Democratic political process.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-18 11:44:36 AM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-18 11:44:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 The media completely denigrates the product coming out of the CIA in one breath, and in the next tries to take the administration to task for not listening to CIA warnings. So which is it? Or do the scumbags in the media merely want it both ways?

Posted by Anonymous 2003-11-18 11:49:38 AM|| 2003-11-18 11:49:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 OP -- It's possible both documents were leaked by the same source. Imagine a Democrat who actually cares about national security -- there are a few -- getting sick and tired of watching his party's games.

These two leaks are a way of saying "GET SERIOUS!"

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-11-18 1:25:41 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-11-18 1:25:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 . W. Patrick Lang, former head of the Middle East section of the DIA,
anybody know this guy? a Clinton appointee?

There is an ex Spec Forces Col. that appears on "The News Hour" on PBS from time to time with that name...I think. He's introduced as a Middle East expert.

Posted by Kentar 2003-11-18 2:39:40 PM|| 2003-11-18 2:39:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 The content that the Weekly Standard released certainly wasn't classified. Their article implied that they were in possession of Top Secret material. If they were given possession of a classified document, there should be heads rolling. If they were given a sanitized summary, there still should be an investigation and firing of the clowns involved. I would rather read Murat's barbs daily than know that I can't trust the folks that are holding Top Secret material.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-11-18 9:10:23 PM|| 2003-11-18 9:10:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 That's o.k., S.H., Murat seems to be very quiet concerning this blockbusting news.

Wonder why?

Posted by LeftEnd 2003-11-19 12:41:35 AM|| 2003-11-19 12:41:35 AM|| Front Page Top

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