Ally Told Bush Spying Projects Might Be Illegal [programs that have not been publicly revealed....]

New York Times ^

[Sub-Driver]

Is this another leak? Sheeesh.....

[pabianice]

[alice_in_bubbaland]

"clearly was referring to programs that have not been publicly revealed"

Looks that way to me!

[saganite]

The source is the NYT. Wait for Hoekstra's comments after the fact before drawing any conclusions. My guess is he's misquoted here.

[gondramB]

I think the main question is who had access to this letter?

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Just what I was thinking. I can't imagine that Hoekstra would want this to be made public. But I could be wrong.

[gondramB]

>>Just what I was thinking. I can't imagine that Hoekstra would want this to be made public. But I could be wrong.<<

Yeah, but anybody from the adminsitration releasing a letter like this would be a total traitor to his boss.

[Paloma_55]

Looks like Hoekstra is the leaker too. Or one of his staffers.

[EDINVA]

these ba$tard$ never quit with the leaks, do they ?

[ritewingwarrior]

Like ive been saying for a while, and nobody seems to be talking about, the leaks are clearly from staffers on the Senate Intel committee. I have been betting on Rockefeller. It would be bad if it turned out to be a Republican Senator.

[hellbender]

It seems the Admin. is in a bind. Being open with Congress virtually guarantees leaks from the disloyal Demonrats. Also, Congress has no Constitutional right to micromanage the conduct of war.

[lilylangtree]

Good God! Who's the Slimes leak in the Bush Administration? Someone at State? CIA? FBI?

[EBH]

Again?....drip, drip, drip, drip.

[Steel Wolf]

these ba$tard$ never quit with the leaks, do they ?

Why should they? We're clearly not serious about catching or punishing leakers.

I'd drive 90mph every time I got on the freeway if traffic cops didn't pull people over for speeding. Same principal applies here.

[Steel Wolf]

Good God! Who's the Slimes leak in the Bush Administration? Someone at State? CIA? FBI?

It may be legal for them to print classified information, but it should be 100% illegal for them to conceal their sources. We need a law to that effect.

That way, the media could still warn the American public in the event that a real whistleblower showed up with evidence of real crimes, but it would be a huge deterrant to partisan hacks who damage national security just to hurt people who's politics they don't like.

[do the dhue]

I don't care if it was illegal. If 911 happened again and a illegal action could have stopped it, I would be upset with the Government for not doing everything they can do to stop it. If the Government isn't listening to terrorist, then I got a problem with that.

Congress and Judges need to let the Executive Branch execute its job. And Congress should worry about coming up with a law that will protect our borders. North and South. And Judges need to stop taking God out of our public view. Who gave them the right to take my God given right away to exercise my religion?

And we wouldn't be talking about illegal wire tapping during WWII. We wouldn't be talking about this during the Civil War or the Revolution.

'General Washington, you can not intercept enemy transmissions. That is illegal, Sir.' If you would have said that, they would have popped a cigarette in your mouth, lit it and then they would have shot you. And you would have deserved it.

Here, let me remind the liberals what is at stake:

[Hamilcar_Barca]

I will not support any Republican who does not support President Bush. Give no money to the Republican National Committee any any of the generic GOP congressional fund raising groups. Contribute directly only to candidates who support the President and support defending this country again terror attacks.

[Shermy]

""A copy of the four-page letter dated May 18, which has not been previously disclosed, was obtained by The New York Times""

Translation: Hoekstra or his aide handed it to us, and in return we give him positive NY Times exposure.

[pandemoniumreigns]

OK..Is he saying that the surveillance is itself illegal or that not briefing his committee is illegal?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

He's saying, "...me, me, me...I, I, I..."