Expert: GOP plays politics with intel

[sabra]

http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20061103-030156-6711r

Expert: GOP plays politics with intel

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Muted Republican reaction to news that nuclear weapons information was posted on a government Web site has been slammedby non-proliferation experts.

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"This is a classic, textbook example of the dangers of politicizing national intelligence issues," said Joe Cirincione senior vice president for national security and international policy at the left-leaning Center for American Progress in Washington.

"In their zeal to promote the idea Saddam Hussein in fact did have (WMD), congressional proponents of the war ... have put up documents on the internet that could give terrorists and states hostile to the United States the very instructions they need to build nuclear, chemical or biological weapons," he said.

"If Democrats had done that there would be mobs carrying torches in the streets tonight. The Democrats would be accused of treason and there would be calls for resignation," Cirincione told reporters Friday.

[AlCzervik]

1. what the?? Do my eyes deceive me? this is from the moonie owned WT?

[struggle4progress]

4. It's not exactly a big secret that Publicans play games with intel.

Be surprised if the Moonie Times really breaks a big story that hurts the wingnuts. Nobody's gonna learn much from this particular article.

[AJ9000]

2. Yes but the Republicans did this so - they get a pass. n/t

[burrowowl]

3. I thought it was bashing

INTEL chips for being in electronic voting machines,
but this is also a real issue:

"This is a classic, textbook example of the dangers of politicizing national intelligence issues," said Joe Cirincione senior vice president for national security and international policy at the left-leaning Center for American Progress in Washington."

[rodeodance]

5. they did not care-it was Arabic--WH/Repugs just did not care.