Did Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) decide to go find the WMDs in Iraq on his own?

[kpete]

Curt and Pete's Excellent Adventure
By Paul Kiel - June 28, 2006

Did Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) decide to go find the WMDs in Iraq on his own? And bring Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) along for the ride?

From columnist Tom Ferrick in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Instead, Gaubatz said, Weldon latched onto the idea as a "personal political venture" and discussed a Hoekstra-Weldon trip to Iraq, under the guise of visiting the troops, that would detour to Nasiriyah.

Once there, Gaubatz said, the congressmen planned to persuade the U.S. military commander to lend them the equipment and men to go digging by the Euphrates for the cache Gaubatz believed to be there.

He said that Weldon made it clear he didn't want word leaked to the Pentagon, to intelligence officials, or to Democratic congressmen.

As Gaubatz told me: "They even worked out how it would go. If there was nothing there, nothing would be said. If the site had been , nothing would be said. But, if it was still there, they would bring the press corps out."

more at:
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001018.php
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/counties/philadelphia_county/philadelphia/14916463.htm

[annabanana]

1. Weldon is chasing Able Danger.

Weldon should stay home and do it from here.

[gasperc]

2. I know, what a whackhead

and the whole if nothing found nothing said but if we find something, we'll bring the press. hopeless

When is democrat going to say, you know if there really is or was WMD in Iraq, why aren't they using it against the troops. You mean to tell me everyone who 'buried' the WMD is dead?

[FSogol]

3. He wants to play treasure hunter on the Government dime?

Give the dumba$$ a shovel and drop him off.