Lawmaker: White House Key to U.S. Intelligence Reform

[maddezmom]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Sunday blamed the White House and Pentagon (news - web sites) for resisting intelligence reform and gave the U.S. Congress a failing grade for not passing legislation.



Sen. Pat Roberts (news, bio, voting record) of Kansas also cited turf battles and unwarranted concerns that proposed changes would somehow harm military operations during a time of war.


"There's been a lot of opposition to this from the first," Roberts said on the "Fox News Sunday" program. "Some of it is from the Pentagon. Some of it, quite frankly, is from the White House, despite what the president has said."


A spokesman said President Bush (news - web sites) would renew pressure on Congress to reach agreement on intelligence reforms this year. "It remains a high priority for the president," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan.

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[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Is it me...

Or are some of you starting to see the appearences of faint fault lines in the repuke congressional delegation already?

Looks like they have their own little "circular firing squad" forming...

[TahitiNut]

5. When the 'dialectic' is Republican v. Republican

... the (1) there is no Democrat participating in the "discussion," (2) the more substantive issues do not get discussed, and (3) no matter which 'side' prevails that 'side' is Republican.

Example - When the DU sheep were applauding the 'McCain v. Bush' dialectic (when McCain was superficially opposing Bush*), they found themselves bleating "Baaahtrayal!" when McCain hugged the Smirk. The media portrayed an "All-Republican All-Star Drama" and then gave the masses a picture of two "winners" kissing and making up. In that little kapukey play, both democracy and Democracy lost.

While I'm not a partisan Democrat, I get nauseous every time I see DUers get suckered into applauding these R-vs-R kabuki plays - where there's not a liberal on stage at all!

There's nothing to cheer about when the fascist right freezes out the left from the public discussion.

[Cocoa]

2. I should have watched Fox this morning

(did I just write that?)

Republican accuses Bush of impeding progress on his own key issue?

Accuses his own party of lying about their reasons? ("Concern that intelligence reform would endanger military efforts during wartime was "a false claim," Roberts said.)

That said, we should remember that Roberts carried water for Bush every step of the way since 9/11.

[Pirate Smile]

3. They play it again on Faux "news" channel at 4:00 pm CT.

[havocmom]

4. Funniest headline in a long time

:shrug: I just have a perverse sense of humor.

[struggle4progress]

6. They're just stalling until the current noise about Goss dies down.

The Bushistas want a servile "intelligence" shop completely controlled by the White House, and Congressional wingnuts are going to try to make sure they get it.