{"id":1600,"date":"2005-07-15T10:20:27","date_gmt":"2005-07-15T14:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2005-07-15T10:20:27","modified_gmt":"2005-07-15T14:20:27","slug":"republicans-against-national-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=1600","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Against National Security…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Sen. Harry Reid and the Dems attempted to add a fairly reasonable (one would think) amendment to a Homeland Security appropriations bill. David Corn of The Nation<\/i> commented in a late-night blog article<\/a>, that the amendment could well have been called “the Karl Rove Memorial Act”. Here’s what it said:<\/p>\n

No federal employee who discloses, or has disclosed, classified information, including the identity of a covert agent of the Central Intelligence Agency, to a person not authorized to receive such information shall be permitted to hold a security clearance for access to such information.<\/div>\n

Fair enough. But since Republicans don’t care for National Security, nor about outting covert CIA assetts apparently, the amendment failed. Corn explained…<\/p>\n

It failed on a 44-53 vote. Not one Republican voted for it. Apparently, the Repubs believe that a government official who leaks classified information — such as the identity of an undercover intelligence official — should not be denied access to classified information. Not even during a war. Protecting Karl Rove (and future Karl Roves) trumps national security for these patriots.<\/div>\n

That’s the sad part. The funny part, however, — wherein Majority Leader Bill Frist made yet another “doofus” of himself — we’ll leave to Corn’s piece from last night, “Rove Scandal Drives Frist Bonkers”<\/a>. Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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