While the Mainstream Media chases its tail trying to attached Karl Rove to Scooter Libby, a more interesting, and darker, question has arisen: Did Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller, by his own admission, disclose confidential information he secured via his Intelligence Committee post to Middle Eastern leaders such as Syria's President Assad? Let's hear his own words:
...I took a trip by myself in January of 2002 to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria, and I told each of the heads of state that it was my view that George Bush had already
made up his mind to go to war against Iraq, that that was a predetermined set course which had taken shape shortly after 9/11.
The Standard's Edward Morrissey asks:
What was the second-ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee doing in Syria, a country which perennially finds itself among the top listings of terrorist-sponsoring nations, discussing President Bush's decision-making on the war on terror with Bashar Assad, one of the worst sponsors of terror in the months after 9/11?
...by Rockefeller's own reckoning, this incident involves more than just fact-finding. The man who sits in judgment of American intelligence communities went to a
known supporter of Islamist terror at a time when the nation had explicitly declared itself in conflict with such groups, and discussed our wartime preparations with a tyrant who could have--and may have--used that information to America's disadvantage. The timetable, and Rockefeller's admitted intervention, allowed the Assad and Hussein enough time to create strategic planning for the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq.
And that, friends and neighbors, is the textbook definition of "treason". Jay Rockefeller's picture should be right there next to it.
I will not be sleeping easy tonight.
Link here: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/367wlqji.asp?pg=1
Hat Tip: The Anchoress http://theanchoressonline.com/2005/11/16/round-the-sphere/
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