Investor's Business Daily: Leaky Leahy

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Even by standard of smear pieces, this one hits a new low. They accuse Leahy of being a traitor.

War On Terror: Just a year before the 9-11 attack, a key Democrat on the Hill blocked reforms that would have made it easier for the FBI to monitor terrorist suspects. He's trying to do it again.

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"This is a federal crime!" bellows the Vermont liberal, who may know a thing or two about federal crimes. He earned the nickname "Leaky Leahy" for his habit of disclosing sensitive national-security information to the press.

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One of the proposals made it easier for FBI agents to get authority from the Justice Department to conduct electronic surveillance on terrorist suspects in the Muslim community. Senate Republicans adopted that and other key provisions as part of a counter-terrorism bill.

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He says he's only protecting the Constitution, but we have to wonder how much he cares about protecting the country from Islamic terror.

And given his almost traitorous past behavior on the Senate Intelligence Committee, we have to wonder whose side he's really on. Leahy had to give up his seat on the panel after he was found leaking intelligence reports on both Iran and Libya.
At the same time, he has a disturbing record of putting the concerns of the Muslim community ahead of effective measures to protect the entire country from Muslim terrorism.


http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=20&artnum=1&issue=20060207
 


 

[Mythsaje]

1. They don't take an oath (you know, an affirmation before 'GOD') to defend

the Constitution, not the American people. The oath may mean nothing to the President or the Republican members of Congress, but those who believe in the Constitution are honor bound to live up to their oath.

One does not spread Democracy abroad (allegedly by fighting a war against terror) by taking away (or appearing to take away) freedoms at home.