Nancy Pelosi Turns the Tables on Darrell Issa and He Could Be In Big Trouble

[babylonsister]

Nancy Pelosi Turns the Tables on Darrell Issa and He Could Be In Big Trouble
By: Sarah Jones
Thursday, December, 19th, 2013


Nancy Pelosi has had enough of Darrell Collateral Damage Issa.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is calling for a high level security briefing on the operations of Darrell Issa (R-CA), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, in which he would have to be forthcoming about what information he has released and to whom after he got his hands on sensitive documents surrounding HealthCare.Gov. It would then be up to the Department of Justice to make a determination.

Ed Schultz and his panel discussed Pelosi turning the tables on Issa last night. Watch MSNBC’s The Ed Show segment on “Rep. Darrell Issa could face serious consequences after releasing classified information to the public” at link~

Panelist Karen Finney explained that with such briefing, they would learn what Issa released and if anything leaks out, they can determine what should have been out there and what should not have been out there.

Issa finally got his hands on sensitive information about HealthCare.Gov that were it to be leaked, panelist E.J. Dionne pointed out, would make the site vulnerable to a cyber attack and would endanger national security. The release of the information could jeopardize the security of websites across the government, according to cyber security experts from across the administration IT departments.

It’s also the kind of information that someone who had it out for HealthCare.Gov could really use, if they had no scruples and maybe had a penchant for criminal activity. Darrell Issa just so happens to qualify.

The Democrats are concerned.

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http://www.politicususa.com/2013/12/19/nancy-pelosi-turns-tables-darrell-issa-trouble.html

[FarPoint]

1. Who gave it to Issa?

Then, how could we even track it back to him once it is leaked and damage done? Issa is not working for the people but is a soldier for a political party.

[ieoeja]

15. He subpoenaed hard copies without going through the committee.

Nobody asked that Issa be investigated by the DoJ. They asked that Issa be briefed on the security risks.

And Pelosi was a recipient of the request, not the author.

[aggiesal]

19. Issa had a subpeona issued . . .

to the Dept. of Health & Human Services.
Sebelius didn`t want to comply because she was concerned
that Issa`s office had leaked cherry picked information on
Benghazi and Fast & Furious, for political purposes, and that
leaking info about HealthCare.gov could damage national security.

Issa has proven he`s a piece of $h1t

[Berlum]

2. "Issa is a royal Republicon Hypocrite. Issa is a noah count whine master." - Jar Jar B.

[leftyohiolib]

4. there,s the thing that killd star wars

[JHB]

30. Nah, just a symptom of something much more general...

Boss doesn't keep anyone around him who'll look critically at his ideas and tell him when they stink.

[japple]

50. Is that doubly bad? Didn't Noah count two-by-two?

[gordianot]

3. Maybe just a little late in calling out Republican sabotage and treason?

Give it a couple weeks Republicans will demand an apology and Pelosi will comply.

[leftyohiolib]

5. cringng cowering and apologizing that's he dem sop

[madokie]

39. I seriously doubt Nancy will apologize

She has a spine that is not yellow.

[Control-Z]

47. Nancy? Apologize.

I'm thinking not.

[1nancy2]

65. Nope, never. Nancy is one tough woman.

Nancy needs to get that gavel back and knock head together in the House. The place is a joke, filled with t. bag crazies. It's time to clean house. I want Dem's to own the WH and Congress.

[Control-Z]

66. Welcome to DU, 1nancy2!

I hope you like it here!

[spanone]

6. k&r...

[certainot]

7. well, if those 1200 coordinated talk radio stations were instructed to show concern for individual

privacy instead of making excuses for fascism, issa and the NSA would be toast already

[BlueCaliDem]

8. K&R! I hope the Dems see this through.

Issa needs to be restrained and contained. He's getting out of hand.

He's using his powerful position solely to sabotage the president any which way he can find, and for attacks on the Democratic Party to make it appear as if they are corrupt. He's abused his position and hopefully, when the Dems run against him in 2014, they'll use what they know about him to educate his constituents so they'll see what a corrupt person they have as their U.S. Rep. and finally vote for a Democrat.

[aggiesal]

21. The district he`s in . . .

doesn`t care as long as there is an (R) next to the name on the ballot.

He doesn`t spend any money on his re-election and never agrees to
debate his opponent.

It will be tough to beat him unless he`s convicted of criminal activity.

[Jim Lane]

40. The numbers don't look that bad.

In that district, McCain beat Obama, 53.0% to 45.1%. Romney beat Obama, 52.4% to 45.7%. That says that it's definitely a Republican-leaning district but the gap isn't so great as to put it out of reach.

(data from the Wikipedia article about the district)

[BlueCaliDem]

45. I know how deep-red his district is. But should the Admin and Dems pursue him

and his unpatriotic acts that are jeopardizing the safety of this country, the Dem who runs against him in 2014 better use it over and over and over and over again. Shame those R's who continue to vote for this P.O.S. until even their low threshold of morals and ethics feel the sting and they either stay home or vote Dem.

It's easy to vote for an R who isn't as widely known to be corrupt. To the right-wing, gossip and hearsay is only valid criticism against Democrats, not their own. But it'll be much harder for them to ignore how corrupt he is when his face is plastered in ads that show his backhanded and backstabbing dealings as proof of just how corrupt he really is.

Serious charges that the DoJ can launch against him will ultimately make him look shady, perhaps even enough for those staunch Republican voters with low, low ethics, to sit out in the next election. Of course, we need to ensure that every Progressive, Democrat, and Liberal in his district gets out and vote at the same time.

[okaawhatever]

57. While I agree with you, I don't think it's Issa using his position so much as Issa being the guy

picked by the Republican party for this job so they could have him do exactly what he'd doing. He hasn't taken it upon himself to do these things, he's just doing his part in the party. I think they have Issa because he already is known for being scuzzy and people still voted for him. He's the most mafia like of the Republican party, he's the guy to be doing this.

[rustbeltvoice]

9. O, yes counter attack.

There are so, so many Republicans in Congress that are nasty individuals, just bereft of decency. Darrell "the richest auto thief" Issa is crazed lying prick that creates witch hunts. Interrogation and investigation upon him is poetic justice.

He wins election after election. What sort of people make up his electorate? With him Cantor, Bachmann, Gohmert, Stockman, Hartzler....it is a problem with the soul of the nation.

[homegirl]

14. CDP to blame

Issa outspends his underfunded Democratic opponents 10 to 1. I blame the California Democratic Party for not running and financially supporting a worthy opponent. Oddly enough, with almost no financial backing his last opponent garnered 37% of the vote!

[George II]

22. His district is primarily the coast of Southern California from La Jolla up to Laguna Beach.....

.....not exactly an inner city or minority constituency!

[rustbeltvoice]

38. George, is La Jolla where Willard Romney resides?

[George II]

43. (in my best Gomer Pyle voice....) Well, surPRISE surPRISE - yes!!!!

And not surprisingly, Willard got a few zoning variances and a contested, controversial approval to renovate that house by the California Coast Commission.

[stuffmatters]

58. Majority of district is inland Del Mar to Escondido and a narrow coastal strip to So OC

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The coastal strip just happened in 2012 with redrawn district & includes a serious influx of higher info voters.


Issa is eminently defeatable in his district despite the fact that San Diego County suffers from rightwing MSM monopoly/info suppression. There was a terrific piece last week in the LA Times on Issa's pernicious uselessness, but alas, it'll never appear in mainstream SD press.

Issa is simply an unaffordable, useless rightwing fetishist at this point, a congressman who has never benefited his own district anyway. His major infrastructure "accomplishment" here was to push a bill through Congress that rerouted the freeway into his own medical building, self-enriching at millions in taxpayer expense.
Issa also colluded/lead in recalling Enron target Grey Davis, planning to become Gov himself. Instead the rabble Issa riled up voted in Arnold...that fiasco left Ca in economic rubble.
Currently Issa's chaired witch hunts only serve his and his party's own delusions and paranoia. What a disgraceful waste of taxpayer dollars and congressional authority and time.

The charges of car theft and arson happened before Issa was ever elected to Congress and SOL have long ago expired. But there's never been any reveal of Issa's explosion of personal wealth during his time in Congress, no scrutiny given to his self-enriching freeway bill nor any monetary enumeration of how much Issa's witchhunts have wasted taxpayer money and even, as in Benghazeee(!), compromised our national security.

Issa's constituency is growing in better informed voters. That's a good thing, and if enough showed up at the polls Issa would have a much tighter race. Additionally I wager those who call themselves fiscally conservative are potential converts once they understand how much Issa's antics cost taxpayers...Issa is simply unaffordable.

[George II]

63. I knew that Issa was the money behind the recall, saying he would run for governor....

...but didn't he drop out even before the recall campaign started?

Maybe he saw he could line his pockets better as a congressman than a governor.

[stuffmatters]

67. Schwartenegger publicly declared for Governor on Leno

Up to that moment, Issa was spearheading the recall of Davis and had made clear his intention to takeover as governor. Issa was devastated by Arnold's surprise Tonight Show announcement and the hijack of the recall campaign Issa had instigated and heavily funded. He knew he couldn't win the Repugs against Arnold. Issa quickly held a self-pitying, tearful press conference publicly taking himself out of the running. It's a moment fondly remembered by Ca Democrats, who've always perceived Issa as simply a narcissistic self-enricher. I think you can pull the press conference clip up on you tube

[SleeplessinSoCal]

24. what sort of people? my mother, for one. n/t

[jwirr]

10. Hmmmm, no scruples - that sounds like the rethug party and Issa in general. And if they handed

this info over to him it is merely a short time before he uses it to destroy some element of our government. He thinks that is his job.

[Ikonoklast]

11. Issa has done the same thing Snowden has done, when it comes to leaking certain information

concerning internal governmental matters.

The government should be just as concerned with what Issa has pre-emptively leaked to his favorite press outlets in return for favorable publicity, even before his committee hearings were called to order, as they are with Snowden.

[Delphinus]

20. Amen!

Let's see if Issa seeks asylum.

[riqster]

26. Or winds up in one. nt

[Pretzel_Warrior]

28. DUzy! lol

[George II]

44. I'll take up a collection for his plane ticket!

[sheshe2]

12. DU Rec!

Darrell Issa is a slippery one when it comes to the law. “He’s been indicted for stealing a car, arrested for carrying a concealed weapon, and accused by former associates of burning down a building.”, but here he is, running the Republican Party’s oversight committee. That says a lot more about the GOP than it does about Darrell Issa.

http://www.politicususa.com/2013/12/19/nancy-pelosi-turns-tables-darrell-issa-trouble.html

The slime does not fall far from the tree.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. "Issa has been indicted for theft, arrested over concealed weapon, & accused of arson".

That needs to be more widely known. He hasn't changed much. He (like so many Republicans) thinks that rules don't apply to the 1%.

[Jackpine Radical]

23. It would be really nteresting to know what happened

between the indictment and the failure to conclude with a conviction. Some investigative journo could have a field day with that.

[riqster]

27. It's been tried.

[hue]

37. Hi sheshe2! Great point! When it comes to the GOP Issa is representing!!

[G_j]

13. no scruples and maybe had a penchant for criminal activity.

sounds like Issa...

[Hekate]

16. Go, Nancy! Thank you, babylonsister!

[GoCubsGo]

18. It's about time. n/t

[Dopers_Greed]

25. Time to take down Darryl Arsonist

[Cleita]

29. It's about time someone did. The Department of Justice should be looking into his private affairs

too. I think there could be a lot of conflict of interests there. Wouldn't you know it would be a woman to step up to the plate and do the hard thing. It should have happened a long time ago. Darryl Issa is nothing better than a petty crook who has used his political positions for personal gain, enrichment and political power. Now it's time for the law to find out just how deep he's in the muck expose him.

[snot]

31. More:

The administration asked Issa for a personal briefing in order to explain the security risks, but he declined to meet with them. . . .

Democrats have been calling for a classified meeting with administration cyber security officials to discuss the proper handling of documents, including writing a letter requesting an immediate classified briefing “about the extremely significant risks of disclosing sensitive contractor documents relating to the Healthcare.gov website.”

Issa subpoenaed sensitive documents from the MITRE Corporation, the contractors who worked on the security of the ObamaCare federal exchange. He had already been given unredacted access to the information, but then he wanted a set of documents for himself. . . .

{Re- Benghazi,} Congressman Issa allegedly inadvertently leaked sensitive information . . . . For example:

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) has placed several Libyans lives at risk in the course of investigating the alleged security issues regarding the deaths of four Americans in Libya on September 11, 2012.

Issa uploaded scores of sensitive material and didn’t redact names of Libyan civilians or local leaders, exposing them to physical danger from the very people the Obama administration is investigating regarding the September 11, 2012 attacks.

[tclambert]

32. No doubt he will find some staffer/flunky to throw under the bus.

"I didn't leak it. I told John to . . . I mean, John leaked it, all on his own. Darn those flunkies. It's so hard to hire good flunkies these days." Aside to chief flunky: "Wire the usual payoff amount into John's Cayman account."

[DhhD]

33. Darrel Issa leading a witch hunt on those who are helping with insurance enrollment.

http://crooksandliars.com/2013/12/aca-navigators-targeted-acorn-smears

[SCVDem]

34. What is the difference between Issa and Manning?

Besides one being in prison for doing the same as the other.

This country continues to suffer from affluenza and it needs to stop NOW!

[Voice for Peace]

46. big differences.. where to begin?

one has a conscience, one does not.
one is in prison, one is not.
one has bared his heart to the world,
one has not,
and probably would be too humiliated if he did,
by the smallness of it, and its dark colour.

that's a start

[maddiemom]

68. So right. If there does turn out to be an Afterlife, both will get their just desserts.

I wish I could believe that, since Issa deserves an eternity of pitchforks and flames, if anyone does.

[Uncle Joe]

35. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, babylonsister.

[hue]

36. Issa fits the RW personality profile as a perfect political i"con". No principles whatsoever.

[rucky]

52. like school on a Sunday

[Tarheel_Dem]

41. K&R

[Doctor_J]

42. So Pelosi and Holder MIGHT take on Issa?

[Niceguy1]

51. apparently nothing's been leaked yet

I'm not sure exactly where this is going

[Cha]

48. Did Issa Finally get Enough Rope!?

It sounds freaking Serious!

mahalo babylonsistah

[davidpdx]

61. Tie him to the top of a station wagon and let him swallow some bugs

It would be fitting for Issa given what a reptile he is.

[calimary]

49. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DO IT, Nancy! Go for the throat!!! What other classified information has he leaked? How has he compromised national security? How has he compromised corporate business practices, even? YES. Make the bad guys realize that his loose lips could hurt their precious interests too!

[Denzil_DC]

53. Go, Nancy!

Issa and his lackeys have been up to no good behind the scenes under the cover of "oversight" since he took office, aside from the desperate public attempts to gin up various 'gates. Some of it's been relatively petty, like feeding inside info to RW campaigners and bloggers on a regular basis, but who knows what else has been going on?

Nail him.

[yuiyoshida]

64. GO NANCY GO!!

[indepat]

54. May the Honorable Darrell Issa get his just due: a proverbial rocket shot up his ass

[VPStoltz]

55. Issa has most likely already given info to the Reeper group that IS hacking the site.

[pacalo]

56. GMTA, or is Issa's bumbling Inspector Clouseau persona just that obvious...

Big Ed's graphic:




My graphic:

[another_liberal]

59. Issa should have gone to jail thirty years ago.

The fact is that Congressman Issa should have gone to jail thirty years ago, for auto theft. Numerous sources suggest he was clearly guilty of several such crimes.

Oh well, better late than never.

[Katashi_itto]

60. k&R

[malaise]

62. Would be a fitting end to the career of

GTA Issa.

[c588415]

69. Kick his monkey-ass , Nancy !