{"id":5775,"date":"2005-11-08T13:08:13","date_gmt":"2005-11-08T18:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=5775"},"modified":"2005-11-08T13:08:13","modified_gmt":"2005-11-08T18:08:13","slug":"first-and-hastert-demand-a-leak-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/first-and-hastert-demand-a-leak-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Frist and Hastert demand a leak probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The good news, congressional Republicans have finally concluded that a formal leak investigation on the Hill is necessary. The bad news is, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20051108\/ap_on_go_co\/congress_media;_ylt=AkrvhbBxIKCqNKAz9NJ_8yis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-\">it&#8217;s the wrong leak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Tuesday called for a congressional leak investigation into who told the news media about previously undisclosed U.S. interrogation centers abroad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If accurate, such an egregious disclosure could have long-term and far-reaching damaging and dangerous consequences, and will imperil our efforts to protect the American people and our homeland from terrorist attacks,&#8221; Frist and Hastert said in a letter. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is the actual and potential damage done to the national security of the United States and our partners in the global war on terror?&#8221; the letter asked. &#8220;We will consider other changes to this mandate based on your recommendations.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These guys have officially become parodies of themselves. When the White House leaks classified information to at least six reporters then lies about it, First and Hastert can&#8217;t be bothered to even hold a hearing. But when Americans finally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/11\/01\/AR2005110101644.html\">get a glimpse<\/a> into the CIA&#8217;s secret gulags, all of a sudden, Republicans are worried about whether leaks might undermine our national security.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Frist and Hastert said the joint probe by the House and Senate intelligence committees should determine who leaked the information and under what authority.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently, the standard has to do with public relations. If the leak smears a Democrat, Frist and Hastert approve. If the leak informs the public about abuse in a covert prison system in Soviet-era compounds in Eastern Europe, Frist and Hastert mind.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, to have a novelist&#8217;s pen&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The good news, congressional Republicans have finally concluded that a formal leak investigation on the Hill is necessary. The bad news is, it&#8217;s the wrong leak. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Tuesday called for a congressional leak investigation into who told the news media about previously undisclosed U.S. interrogation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}