Comments on: White House Considers Releasing NIE

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:14:06 +0000

Do I get to choose the flavor? Cuz then it’s a good prize…

By: Gaius

Gaius — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:12:33 +0000

You win a popsicle. Which you have to buy for yourself. At your own expense. Congrats!

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:08:43 +0000

I’m so proud. I got principal billing in Black’s comment. Do I win something? Am I know king of the ‘and others’?

By: Blackhawk

Blackhawk — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:30:20 +0000

Dan, and others,

The issue that bothers me is that the constitutional checks and balances should be taking care of this. The legislative branch should be the ones fighting the executive over release of information (or agreeing that it should stay classified). Partial, partisan releases like this NIE serve only to show, yet again, that Congress is broken.

And that’s both parites in Congress. Crap like this has been going on no matter who was President.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:36:45 +0000

“Not too long ago, comments like Brianâ€™s would have been considered so low, so dishonorable, so disingenuous, that no responsible individual would associate themselves with such an obviously despicable pronouncement for fear of being held in universal contempt.

Brian, the magnitude of your hypocrisy stuns me. Iâ€™m not new to blogs and Iâ€™ve seen my share of mendacity and duplicitousness, but you have taken unprincipled attack to new heights so far beyond the norm as to distinguish yourself with ignominy.

Iâ€™m appalled by your comment. Retract it. ”

LOL…Now that’s funny stuff.

By: Black Jack

Black Jack — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:02:11 +0000

Not too long ago, comments like Brian’s would have been considered so low, so dishonorable, so disingenuous, that no responsible individual would associate themselves with such an obviously despicable pronouncement for fear of being held in universal contempt.

Brian, the magnitude of your hypocrisy stuns me. I’m not new to blogs and I’ve seen my share of mendacity and duplicitousness, but you have taken unprincipled attack to new heights so far beyond the norm as to distinguish yourself with ignominy.

I’m appalled by your comment. Retract it.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:09:15 +0000

We could start in on the unprecedented amount of secrecy that the Bush Administration employs over information. When the information was as stupid as the president getting fellated in his office, everyone had a right to know. But now that there are significant consequences to the information being witheld…well, make it classified and informed public be damned.

Just out of curiousity though, Gaius, how did you feel about leaking during the Plame affair?

By: Gaius

Gaius — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:55:56 +0000

The difference, of course, being that one action is legal, the other is not. One is by an elected official, one by an anonymous person who broke their oath and handed classified material to the media.

Nice try.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:50:34 +0000

It should be very troublesome to people in this country that a classified document is being released for no other reason than to bolster the political position of the sitting Administration. Is this really how we want this country operated? We want rogue elements in the government, elected officials, to intervene in partisan politics with selective classification and declassification for no reason other than political gain?

Do the Republicans really want to operate the government this way? Are they really that unprincipled and so desperate to maintain power? This is a horrible way to run this country, folks. Those on the right should be extremely careful what they are wishing for. For the precedents that are being set in this election cycle do not bode well for the future. You are bringing about that which you say you have always opposed.