Tue Jul 24, 2012, 05:44 PM
elleng (40,928 posts)
Feinstein Regrets Speculating About Leaks.
Source: AP/NYT
The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says she shouldn't have speculated that White House appeared to be responsible for some of the national security leaks because she doesn't know the source of those disclosures. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Monday at a public forum that the White House has to understand that the disclosure of classified information is coming from its ranks. She said she was confident that President Barack Obama had not leaked information. Nevertheless, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney seized on Feinstein's remarks and accused Obama of leaking information about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Feinstein issued a statement saying she was disappointed with Romney's comments. She reiterated that she did not believe that Obama leaked classified information. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/07/24/us/politics/ap-us-national-security-leaks.html?hp OOPS! With 'friends like this . . . .
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21 replies, 2640 views
| Author | Time | Post | |
| elleng | Jul 2012 | OP | |
| orwell | Jul 2012 | #1 | |
| proud patriot | Jul 2012 | #2 | |
| LoisB | Jul 2012 | #5 | |
| JDPriestly | Jul 2012 | #8 | |
| orwell | Jul 2012 | #16 | |
| JDPriestly | Jul 2012 | #18 | |
| Drunken Irishman | Jul 2012 | #3 | |
| grantcart | Jul 2012 | #12 | |
| SoapBox | Jul 2012 | #4 | |
| robinlynne | Jul 2012 | #6 | |
| 1StrongBlackMan | Jul 2012 | #7 | |
| gregoire | Jul 2012 | #9 | |
| MidwestTransplant | Jul 2012 | #10 | |
| xtraxritical | Jul 2012 | #20 | |
| progressivebydesign | Jul 2012 | #11 | |
| LoisB | Jul 2012 | #13 | |
| JNelson6563 | Jul 2012 | #14 | |
| lordsummerisle | Jul 2012 | #15 | |
| SILVER__FOX52 | Jul 2012 | #17 | |
| fujiyama | Jul 2012 | #19 | |
| magic59 | Jul 2012 | #21 |
Response to elleng (Original post)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 05:49 PM
orwell (5,712 posts)
1. My Senator...
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...Senator Dumbass...
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Response to orwell (Reply #1)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 06:08 PM
proud patriot (99,663 posts)
2. It's like pulling teeth with her
Response to orwell (Reply #1)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 06:17 PM
LoisB (503 posts)
5. Mine too and I agree.
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I don't see any difference between her and a "moderate" Republican.
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Response to orwell (Reply #1)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 06:46 PM
JDPriestly (38,326 posts)
8. I do so wish that she would help someone else take her place.
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How much longer do you think she wants to stay in the Senate?
I want a Democratic senator, but I think she should help a successor into that post. She has done a lot of things right, but it's just time for her to retire and enjoy life, seems to me. |
Response to JDPriestly (Reply #8)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 08:30 PM
orwell (5,712 posts)
16. I lived in San Francisco during the Dan White shootings...
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...She really pulled the City together in a time of crisis. It was her finest moment as a politician.
It's been pretty much downhill from there... |
Response to orwell (Reply #16)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 11:27 PM
JDPriestly (38,326 posts)
18. She has done some good things and has earned a lot of respect, but . . . .
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I would hate to see her resign and be replaced by a Republican.
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Response to elleng (Original post)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 06:08 PM
Drunken Irishman (24,587 posts)
3. Too late you dingbat.
Response to Drunken Irishman (Reply #3)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 07:25 PM
grantcart (38,891 posts)
12. please
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That's Senator Dingbat
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Response to elleng (Original post)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 06:08 PM
SoapBox (5,909 posts)
4. Senator DINO
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...time for her to go. She's swung further and further Right over the years.
Retirement is call'n your name Dianne. |
Response to SoapBox (Reply #4)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 06:33 PM
robinlynne (15,184 posts)
6. yep. have spent more time in protests outside her office, than outside any right wing organizaiton o
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over these years.
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Response to elleng (Original post)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 06:44 PM
1StrongBlackMan (5,663 posts)
7. For future reference, Ms. Diane ...
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"I am disappointed by the statements made by Mr. Romney today regarding a question I was asked yesterday at the World Affairs Council," Feinstein said. "I was asked whether the White House might be responsible for recent national security leaks. I stated that I did not believe the president leaked classified information. I shouldn't have speculated beyond that because the fact of the matter is I don't know the source of the leaks."
As was advised to Gringrich, when he said, "How dare you quote me" ... One should not be disappointed when someone takes what you said and repeats it. Please Think Before Engaging Mouth. |
Response to elleng (Original post)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 07:10 PM
gregoire (192 posts)
9. Like the person who leaked the info on Operation Northwoods...
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you know that they know that they know.
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Response to elleng (Original post)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 07:14 PM
MidwestTransplant (7,974 posts)
10. I don't think the President can "Leak" information. If he want's to say something, then it
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wouldn't be classified.
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Response to MidwestTransplant (Reply #10)
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 12:13 AM
xtraxritical (3,227 posts)
20. G.W.Bush leaked information to chosen reporters constantly.
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He leaked the information about Iraqi WMD to Judith Miller at the N.Y.Times then quoted that story to the public to justify his war. All Presidents leak info to "test the waters" occasionally.
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Response to elleng (Original post)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 07:16 PM
progressivebydesign (19,363 posts)
11. What the hell was she thinking "speculating out loud" about shit like that??
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Thanks.. now Romney is using in his fucking speeches.
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Response to elleng (Original post)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 07:29 PM
LoisB (503 posts)
13. Did anyone ask Michele Bachmann who she's been talking to?
Response to elleng (Original post)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 07:54 PM
JNelson6563 (24,832 posts)
14. She's been out of the closet for a while now.
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Fucking Rethuglican.
Julie |
Response to elleng (Original post)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 08:09 PM
lordsummerisle (1,326 posts)
15. Glenn Greenwald
Response to elleng (Original post)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 08:57 PM
SILVER__FOX52 (535 posts)
17. This idiot needs to retire.
Response to elleng (Original post)
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 12:04 AM
fujiyama (14,627 posts)
19. Considering the state she represents
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she's way too far to the right. I can understand Manchin being a DINO from WV, but a DINO from CA? Seriously. What a terrible senator. And her family has profited handsomely off the war in Iraq and the tax cuts she voted for during the Bush administration. Fuck her.
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Response to elleng (Original post)
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 12:29 AM
magic59 (429 posts)
21. She suffers from a republican disease called foot in mouth disease
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The only cure is a brain transplant.
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