"WTF??? Has he ever said *why* he refuses intelligence briefings?!"
Whatever reason he offers is bs. The real reason is because he wants to be inoculated against any kind of blame or responsibilty, however indirect, if an attack happens. "What do you mean, why didn't I, as a presidential candidate and senator, call for more security at those locations? I didn't know anything about that chatter or those warnings. I never got that information. I wasn't in those meetings." Etc.
"WTF??? Has he ever said *why* he refuses intelligence briefings?!"
IIRC, this controvery arose after the last security advisory went out, 2 weeks ago?
(remember the one where even Daschle said it was soooo scary and frightening that even HE couldn't see Bush trying to benefit from a posture of scaring the public for political gain?)
Well, the senators and the members of the intelligence committee were getting briefings in Washington on that Friday (where they were all supposed to be WORKING, but not Kerry, of course, he doesn't work for Massachusetts)
Kerry was in New York getting his hair cut for the big Bash on Bush Whoopie Goldberg thing, and said on national TV (CBS?) that he "didn't have time for the briefing"..he ended up getting a special briefing on Sunday morning, thus not enabling another church picture for us.
We never DID hear his reaction from that briefing...