Lawmaker Accused of Giving Away Troop Positions May Sue

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http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/04/lawmaker-accuse.html

A couple weeks ago we told you the tale of one Rep. Patrick McHenry, Republican of North Carolina, who got in a bit of hot water over a trip he made to Iraq. Upon his return, McHenry posted a video of himself inside the Green Zone that a veterans organization said could give away too much information about potential targets inside -- a video the Pentagon agreed should come down.

Well, it turns out McHenry has a primary challenger, a fellow Republican and a veteran to boot, named Lance Sigmon. He's put out an ad aggressively hitting McHenry over the video and another controversy over a speech McHenry gave (on YouTube, natch) in which he huffed about the indignity of being told he could not work out in a Green Zone facility. And now McHenry's threatening to sue. McClatchy has the story: