The Right State

The New York Post has a great editorial in which the leaked NIE is elaborated on.  While I would like to just link to it, there is too much that is just too good to leave alone.

How far will Democrats go for partisan gain?

Far enough to compromise national security?

Looks that way.

Late last week, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) suspended a Democratic staff member on suspicion of leaking a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) to The New York Times. The staffer’s security clearance was also blocked.

Initial reports on the NIE cited it as saying principally that the Iraq war had energized Islamist radicals and, in the process, increased the danger to America from jihadist terrorism. In fact, taken in its entirety, the document concluded just the opposite: that the military defeat of jihadists in Iraq would mean “fewer fighters will be inspired to carry on the [war].”

That’s a big difference.

And the selective leaking of the NIE - and the spin put on it by the Times and The Washington Post, among others - put the White House on the defensive and contributed to lagging poll numbers for both the president and the Republican Congress.

Which is likely just what the leaker intended.

This leak was never about protecting the country, it was about weakening a President in a time of war.  How far will the Dems go far partisan gain?  As far as they can get by with. The Democrats will do anything to win the Presidency and Congress, and I mean anything—lie, cheat, or steal.

And who should come riding to the rescue of the leaking staff member but Jane Harman, Democrat from California.

Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the committee, said she was outraged that the staffer was suspended and insisted that his access to classified material be reinstated.

This staffer leaked highly classified material to the press and Mrs. Harman wants everything to be forgiven as if nothing of consequence had happened.  Note to Congresswoman Harman—this leak harmed the United States of America.  It has possibly emboldened terrorists to kill more US troops.  It has damaged the credibility of a President in a time of war and has harmed the credibility of the United States.

What am I doing?  The Congresswoman obviously cares nothing about our troops, the credibility of this country or the President, otherwise she would not have shrugged off such a crime.  She cares more for the hopes and dreams of the Democratic Party than she does this nation.  She deserves the boot rather than re-election.

If Jane Harman is the best the Democratic Party has, then this nation may be in big trouble if the Democrats win the majority of the House.  To me, she represents the epitome of the ineptitude in the Democratic Party in their ability to protect the United States from terrorist attacks.

Tags: Terrorism, Corruption, Democrats //