Speaking of Leaking - As

Speaking of Leaking - As the Democrats are crying crocodile tears over alleged White House leaks, it's worth rememberingthis item, about someone whose leaks weren't embarassing - they were deadly:

"'Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, inadvertantly disclosed a top secret communications intercept during a [1985] television interview,' reported the San Diego Union-Tribune in a 1987 editorial criticizing Congress' penchant for partisan leaks.

'The intercept, apparently of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's telephone conversations, made possible the capture of the Arab terrorists who had hijacked the cruise ship Achille Lauro and murdered American citizens,' the paper said, adding, 'The reports cost the life of at least one Egyptian operative involved in the operation.'"

The Democrats are hitting their knees every night praying to Gaia that the Plame-Wilson imbroglio turns into something they can use.

It's time for the GOP to start showing the world who it is is that historically fouls up our security; emasculating our foreign intelligence, leaking agents for political gain, and let's not forget letting Bin Laden slip away twice.

When we want these peoples' opinion on the Administration's competence at intelligence, foreign policy and diplomacy, we should grant them the right to have that opinion.

But only after they earn it back.

Posted by Mitch at October 6, 2003 06:00 AM