I don’t know the law here, won’t even make believe I know if Dick Durbin is right when he says it is unconstitutional to keep Congress out of the loop on covert operations, but is it really a surprise that anyone trying to keep a secret would not tell Congress?
Just look at what has happened it the past few weeks. (Source: FoxNews)
- CIA Director Leon Panetta briefed Congress about the still classified program on June 24
- Members of Congress, all Democrats from what I’ve seen and heard, complain that they should have been informed, the should have been trusted to keep the secret safe, they would have provided guidance and oversight
- … an unnamed official hinted to The Washington Times may have involved assassinations overseas.
Ummm… isn’t this still classified? So much for trusting Congress to keep secrets.
Hey, I have a neat idea… how about an investigation into why congressional Democrats can not be trusted to keep secrets and are more concerned with headlines than national security. Maybe if briefings did not lead to the inevitable unnamed source leaking to any of a number of liberal rags the CIA would not be so hesitant to keep them in the loop.
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