since Botox lady has been caught out this far then we really need to get all the memos out there and get the CIA straightened out once and for all.
I am very solidly in Mark's corner on principle on this one. Ever since the Church Committee detroyed the nation's ability to gather foreign intelligence, I've felt strongly that that function is one that all parties, no matter how partisan, should have an unspoken agreement never to discuss in public. In the final analysis, you simply have to trust in the fundamental decency of your society and nation, recognize that our "values" necessarily get bruised at the margins where we confront the barbarians, and leave the whole damn thing under wraps and off limits. But that genie is long since out of the bottle, and now the blood is running in the streets. In short, I no longer feel very much constrained by principle. The Democrats and the left started this thing, and they started it for the rawest of political purposes. (Think back to fat Dick Durbin railing about Nazis at Guantanamo, for example.) Now I'd like to see the whole thing out on the table. If Obama decides--after "agonizing"--to release the memos he wants to put before the public, then let us see the ones he doesn't want to let out. Let us see them all. Let's find out, for once and for all, who knew what and when. Whatever damage this mess can do to the country has already been done. Let's have a full and fair accounting of it all, and maybe the result will be an enduring lesson to these people on when to keep their goddam mouths shut. Posted by: Danube of Thought | May 09, 2009 at 10:40 AM <http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2009/05/name-that-party-special-cya-with-the-cia-edition.html?cid=6a00d83451b2aa69e201156f842f16970c#comment-6a00d83451b2aa69e201156f842f16970c> Flopping Aces has a post indicating thatLamar Alexander confronted Holder squarely and said if we're going to have hearings on the DoJ prosecutors memos shouldn't we consider what Congressional leaders knew of the program and when and Holder could not and did not object to the expansion of the inquiry. Talk about The Won opening Pandora's Box..or, alternatively, give a fool enough rope.... Posted by: clarice | May 09, 2009 at 10:45 AM <http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2009/05/name-that-party-special-cya-with-the-cia-edition.html?cid=6a00d83451b2aa69e201157079f24b970b#comment-6a00d83451b2aa69e201157079f24b970b> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
