Was researching, and ran across this old article about Finegold (re intelligence)

[Lucinda]

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/62959-feingold-sees-similarities-in-bush-and-obama-on-intel">Feingold sees similarities between Bush and Obama on intelligence sharing

I know this is old news, and i'm sure it was probably discussed at the time, but the combination of the Wikileaks info and Feingold's defeat made me think it might be worth a reread.

"...While Feingold has applauded the efforts the Obama administration has made to end torture, he has repeatedly complained that the Obama administration has failed to provide enough disclosure to members and staffers on the Intelligence committees. While he has said the new administration is clearly more open than the Bush regime, earlier this year he accused the intelligence community of continuing to “stonewall and roadblock” information to the Intelligence panels.
In a related point, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said the administration and intelligence community have an opportunity to fix over-classification problems. He warned Gompert that he would continue to scrutinize which information is declassified and why that power and those decisions remain controlled by the executive branch of government.

Feingold has become one of the president’s most vocal Democratic critics. A week ago Feingold scolded the White House for failing to show up to an oversight hearing to answer questions about executive-branch czars."



More at the link.

edited cause i cant seem to spell Feingold today. :eyes:

[stray cat]

1. He voted against tax cuts today - but I suspect he is against irresponsible cuts across the board

[Lucinda]

2. Yep. I had the same though re:his vote today.

[Lucinda]

3. gonna bump this once then let it drop

:hi: