Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) said this week that Republican lawmakers, including members of the House intelligence committee, have told him privately that he is “doing the right thing” to call for a congressional probe into the White House leak of an undercover CIA operative’s identity — but that they could not support his effort publicly.
Holt, a member of the committee, introduced a resolution last month that would require the White House to turn over all records related to the disclosure of Valerie Plame’s identity. He said some of these Republicans “shifted their eyes to the Speaker’s chair” when saying they could not support his initiative. The resolution failed in committee, losing 10 to 3. Hill article
Chickenshorts.
Former ambassador Joseph Wilson, Plame’s husband, said that he has talked in private with Senate and House Republicans and that “they understand that this is not a partisan issue, it is a national security issue.”
Wilson said some GOP lawmakers he talked to showed “real consternation this could have happened under a Republican administration.”
Holt believes that Republican leaders might be putting pressure on rank-and-file members not to sign onto his resolution. “Someone has decided that this is a partisan issue,” Holt said.
National security be damned.
....but hey....who gives a shit?
Thursday, February 05, 2004
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