The New Oxymoron - Democratic House Intelligence

An unnamed Democratic staffer has been denied further access to classified information while an investigation delves into the source of the leak of parts of the National Intelligence Estimate to the New York Times several weeks ago. Seems the staffer received the document on September 21st….two days prior to the New York Times article. Merely a coincidence, I’m sure.

Jane Harmon the leading Democrat on the committee has demanded the immediate re-instatement of the staffer’s privileges. However, Jane has her own problems as the FBI looks in to some shenanigans about how she is holding on to her post.

Seems the House Intelligence Committee is full of intrigue of late. The backrooms are active and the dirty deals are afoot. Standing in the wings waiting for the Democrats to take control of the House in November is every Democrats favorite crooked judge, Alcee Hasting (D) Fla. The word is that his Dis-Honor has cut a deal with future speaker Nancy Pelosi to assume the Chair of the Intelligence Committee when she comes to power in November. You all remember Alcee don’t you? Here’s a snippet from his “bio”

In 1989, Hastings was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for corruption and perjury. The Democratic-controlled Senate convicted Judge Hastings of accepting a $150,000 bribe in 1981 in exchange for a lenient sentence and committing numerous acts of perjury at his own trial. He became only the sixth Judge in the history of impeachment in the United States to be removed from office by the United States Senate.

His impeachment was remanded back to the Senate by Judge Stanley Sporkin for procedural reasons, but the Supreme Court ruled in a similar case, regarding Judge Walter Nixon, who had also been impeached and removed, that the courts had no jurisdiction to review Senate impeachment procedures. Hastings' case was dismissed, and his impeachment and removal remained valid.

The Senate had the option to forbid Hastings from ever seeking federal office again when it removed him, but did not do so.

And like a bad smell, he came back. Now he’s gonna run the Intelligence Committee. This is what were staring at. You think Bush sucks? Trust the Democrats to shatter your definition. This should be a wake up call to you stay at home Republicans out there. As my old Political Science professor use to say “Doing nothing IS doing something.” Republicans that stay home on November 7th will be doing something and the outcome will not be good. Watch out for those Oxy Morons.