Frist Disbands Senate Intel Committee Over Memogate

NewsMax ^ | 11/8/03 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has temporarily disbanded the Senate Intelligence Committee until committee Democrats reveal the identity of the author of a memo outlining a their plan to politicize intelligence data in a bid undermine President Bush's reelection.

"The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has been harmed by a blatant partisan attack," the Tennessee Republican said in a floor speech yesterday, concluding that the memo had rendered the committee "incapable of meeting its responsibilities to the United States Senate and to the American people."

"Those responsible for this memo appear to be more focused on winning the White House than they are on winning the war against terror," Frist complained before adding, "There will be no more pulling along and no more useful collaboration on partisan schemes."

Committee Chairman Pat Roberts echoed Frist's decision to shut his committee down, saying, "Unless and until this reprehensible attack plan and strategy to derail the committee's important work is properly addressed, I am afraid that it will be impossible to return to business as usual in the committee."

A committee meeting scheduled for yesterday was canceled, and none has been scheduled for next week, a senior committee staff member told the Washington Post.

Frist also demanded that Democrats implicated in the Memogate scandal deliver "a personal apology" to Sen. Roberts.

Though retiring Georgia Democratic Sen. Zell Miller has called the memo, first leaked to radio host Sean Hannity on Tuesday, "perhaps treasonous," other Democrats circled the wagons on Friday.

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid complained on the Senate floor that the memo had been "pilfered" by Republicans then leaked to the media, saying that act was just as offensive as anything revealed by the controversial document.

[wny]

We can enjoy this for a few days. By this time next week, I'll bet Frist and his boys are back to their same old doormat-selves.

[wny]

Now, now. Not all democrats are idiots. Some of them are morons.

[jmstein7]

BUMP!

That's right. And you can keep their feet to the fire Here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1015696/posts

BTW: I like the Reid analogy: Blame the cop for catching me!

[jmstein7]

Good point!

[COUNTrecount]

Who dunnit ??

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[meyer]

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid complained on the Senate floor that the memo had been "pilfered" by Republicans then leaked to the media, saying that act was just as offensive as anything revealed by the controversial document.

Yeah, and someone "pilfered" information on watergate back in the day...

[harpu]

for later...

[section9]

Who'd have thunk it.

Now all we need is for the Rats to try and subpoena Hannity.

Sean will be represented by FreeRepublic's favorite attorney (well, next to Congressman Billybob and FR's patron saint, the late Barbara Jane Olson (BJO)), Mark Levin, Esq. (Holdonnow)

Levin is practically begging Rockefeller to subpeona Sean. I see Levin contemplating a civil suit; one that would require depostions from non-covered Dem staffers.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[TomGuy]

Charles Kruthammer (sp?) is on FoxNews with Tony Snow live. He is saying the memo is a bigger deal than being reported and that much of the major media is suppressing/trying to suppresss it.

[jmstein7]

Charles Krauthammer is on Fex News saying that this is a BIG STORY being supressed by the mainstream media and calling for an investigation!!!

[San Jacinto]

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[YepYep]

Frist has certainly made the right decision here. And all Americans should applaud it. Great damage was in process in the very Senatorial committee charged to assist our nation maintain security. We really do need to know who wrote this memo. And anyone who condemns the process whereby this type thinking was brought to light is actually saying they support this way of thinking (politics over security, politics over integrity).

[Salvation]

Another bump for Frist!

Has he been hanging out at FR and heeding our suggestions??

[M Kehoe]

Seems like Frist grew a pair. Now all he has to do next Wednesday is keep the Senate in session all night long. Maybe Schumer, Kenndy, 97 et. al. will read the Constitution for the first time...at o-dark-thiry.

5.56mm

[technomage]

Wow. Now this is a real surprise.

I hope Frist and the other Republicans have the spine, the cohones, to see this through to the end. The end would have to include:

1. Whatever "aide" wrote this is fired.

2. Rockefeller at the least is thrown off the committee. Ideally he should resign as a Senator, but that takes morals and values.

3. Screw #2. All these Democrats should be thrown off the committee immediately and replaced.

4. At the least, Rockefeller should be forced to disavow this memo, be seriously reprimanded on the Senate floor AND found guilty of ethics violations.

5. Sedition proceedings should be started immediately on all Democrats and ALL their aides.

[ChadGore]

WTG Frist !! *Applause*

[NRA2BFree]

Good news indeed. Let's hope Frist stands his ground when the RATS try to turn this around on the Repubs! You know they're going to try.

[Ecliptic]

Dateline: Wash, D.C. January 3, 2004:

It can now be reported that space aliens took over the identity of Senator Frist Last November 1st. They now have left the Planet. Frist was last seen polishing Senator Kennedy's shoes.

[TomGuy]

2. Rockefeller at the least is thrown off the committee. Ideally he should resign as a Senator, but that takes morals and values.

If Rockerfeller or another Dem on the committee takes the fall and resigns, wonder who would be available to replace that fallen Dem?

Surely amongst all those Dems, one brave soul would avail herself and accept the appointment by acclimation--to save the Committee, the Party, the Nation, Western Civilization, the world and the planets beyond. Oh who, oh who would be such an heroic statesmanwoman? Who, oh who, would benefit from such a Committee position?

[Nita Nupress]

I wonder if the development of a collective Republican spine has anything to do with that cache of intell documents found in Iraq the other day? You know, the documents that supposedly name the actual names of people being bought off by SH...