[KC_Conspirator]

Place your bets! Which democrat will be implicated for leaking information to CBS?

[jbstrick]

I hope this actually leads to something. People think this is all a game.

CLASSIFIED means CLASSIFIED!

[TennTuxedo]

The Democrats whined for how long because President Bush was not keeping them informed nor consulting with Congress late last year when our military was mopping Afghanistan with the Taliban's turbans?

Now that they have been kept abreast of the situation, we are finding leaks springing everywhere. If one U.S. serviceman comes home in a body bag due to a leak, the source of that leak should stand trial for his murder.

Do we need to say it? "Loose Lips Sinks Ships."

[LarryLied]

I'm betting Bush and Cheney salted the information so they can trace the leaks. They knew this would happen.

Democrats are so stupid they would not expect information given to them to be tracable.

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for posting. I knew that was a leak about the intercepted transmissions -- only thing that makes sense! Said at the time if I was in Intel, the Congress is the last group of people that I would want to brief!

[PoppingSmoke]

"Fleischer called the disclosure of the language of the NSA intercepts "alarmingly specific."

READ CAREFULLY

Excuse me? Is this something that we did not know before hand? This has been widely reported. Maybe not the exact wording, but still reported. I understand the classified is classified. But nothing stated so far reveales sources and methods or exposes any of our officers. NSA just hates that "I" word. If NSA does not think people understand that it intercepts 1 to 2 million pieces of data per hour, then I think they need to do a simple Internet search by themselves. BTW, NSA is the only agency with no oversight. That could be a good thing and or a bad thing.

I think the American Public has a right to know some of these things. No they do not need to know sources and methods. No they do not need specifics that can danger our officers in the field. But some 4500 Americans are either dead or missing. To place the "Classified" stamp on everything is very suspect to me.

This release of information is laughable as a threat to national security. This chest pounding has more to do with politics than national security. Hell if this was Clinton this would be called a cover-up.

The american Public has a right to know what happened here. with some details. Not what anyone Intelligence Agency, or Politician wants them to know. How many times does this have to happen before we learn.

[carenot]

But Bush has clashed with Congress before over leaks. On Oct. 5, he issued a memo limiting sensitive congressional briefings to the top leaders of the House and Senate and their intelligence committees. He dropped the restrictions a week later after getting assurances from Graham and Goss that they would rein in their members.

I really don't understand this. Why are they not prosecuted?

Isn't it against the law?

Why can Congressmen or Senate tell secrets that would have us in jail and we knew it and told it?

Never mind, we need to move ahead, like Bush said. Nevermind what they do.

[mewzilla]

This is why character counts...

[Solid Oak]

So why should anybody be surprised...this will continue until someone goes to jail.

[mewzilla]

And here's another question: why didn't the media ask before they aired this stuff in the first place??

Have they forgotten just why it was UBL stopped using his cell/satellite phone (I forget which it was).

[Tom Bombadil]

I used to work with signal intelligence and believe me, when I saw the quotes, I was horrified. Sources and methods are extremely vulnerable to this sort of abject irresponsibility.

In WWII Churchill knew that Coventry was going to be bombed by the Germans but was unable to overtly warn the populace because compromising sources and methods at that point would likeley have LOST THE WAR. Intelligence was the only thing allowing Britain to used limited resources effectively.

The president would be justified in shutting down all access by the committees at this point. Even a well placed sting could be used to get the jerk who is leaking.

[LaGrone]

Re post #6. Leaky Leahy also gets my vote. The guy's crooked smile gave himself away! After all, he's given the store away before; what a loser he is!!!

[68 grunt]

My $.02? Dianne Feinstein, California. People tend to be consistent in their weakness.

[sneakypete]

Fleischer said "we do not know who did it,"

All you have to do is find out which members of the Democratic Socialists of America had access to this info, and there is your guilty party. Simple.