Could Bachmann be the "leaker?"

[monmouth]

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Bachmann may have justified Boehner’s faith in her abilities, but he wasn’t always so confident. When he appointed her to the committee last December, he made a special point of sitting Bachmann down to warn her that she could not let national secrets slip.

Which is why I find it interesting that Bachmann is the surrogate who pointed the finger in a direction away from her. It is far more likely that she or one of her staff would leak information like this, knowing it would infuriate people and embarrass the White House. From a timing standpoint, the pieces easily point to Bachmann as the leaker in the room, not the administration.

Crickets from George, of course. For him, it was all about pinning Axelrod down and casting doubt on President Obama's denial Friday.

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This from Axelrod on Steffy's show this morning... More at: http://crooksandliars.com/

[calimary]

1. No idea, but it's an idea WORTH PUTTING OUT THERE.

Put it out there! Keep asking about it. Talk is cheap. And should always be followed by an "innocent" shrug and the comment "...hey, I'm just SAYING..."

[Wounded Bear]

3. We could also put out the idea....

that she isn't smart enough to leak information.

That actually has the support of the fact that most people know it's true.

[monmouth]

4. Yes. It's a good meme to start. She would do it too, anything to go against POTUS..n/t

[malaise]

2. Knowling how ReTHUGs love projection

We can assume that one of them is the leaker

[GoCubsGo]

5. Yup.

The way McCain and his toadies are carrying on about it makes it look even more apparent. And, given that Crazy Eyes its on the House committee dealing with national security, I wouldn't put it past her to leak information. It's another in an infinitely long string of GOP dirty tricks.

[malaise]

7. Why would anyone put that lunatic on a National Security Committee

She is a raving lunatic ReTHUG

[mercuryblues]

6. I have thought so

from the beginning. During a debate she leaked info about Pakistan's nuclear sites. Didn't King have loose lips a while back? I can't find anything on the google about it because of this new leak.

[SunSeeker]

8. K&R

[cynatnite]

9. Nope, she's not going to do anything that might paint Obama in a good light...

I can't stand her one bit, but she didn't get where she's at by being politically stupid.

[Thinkingabout]

10. Now she is to be believed, after all look at all the children she raised.

Maybe she does not realize it takes more than one night to raise a kid. And the Bush administration outted Valery Plame and didn't w fire them.

[Thinkingabout]

11. Now she is to be believed, after all look at all the children she raised.

Maybe she does not realize it takes more than one night to raise a kid. And the Bush administration outted Valery Plame and didn't w fire them.

[Plucketeer]

12. I could believe it!

Her brain is incontinent!

[demwing]

14. Incontinent? BAHAAA

that outta be a Birther term..."Obama isn't an incontinent citizen, but Mitt Romney was born incontinent...vote Romney 2012. Paid for by Americans for the Incontinent."

[meow2u3]

15. Depends.

[HopeHoops]

13. Only if she doesn't have a maxi pad in.

[jillan]

16. I am beginning to wonder if it was McCain. He just won't give it up, and that

is suspicious to me.

But Bachmann - she is stupid enough to do it.

[GoCubsGo]

19. I'm sure he had a hand in it.

That's why he's screaming for a grand jury, rather than letting the Justice Dept. handle it. I can't help but be reminded of Ken Starr, Lucianne Goldberg and Linda Tripp about now.

[Dawson Leery]

21. McCain's service in Vietnam was less than honorable.

McCain also turned a blind eye to corruption in the savings and loan market.
It would fit the pattern if McCain did have a hand in this leak.

[bleever]

17. Direct link to full C&L article:

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/micheles-mendacity-national-security-editio

[hifiguy]

18. She has enough holes in her head to be a swiss cheese.

So it seems logical that plenty would leak out.

[GoCubsGo]

20. LOL! That deserves a DUzy!

[SaB2012]

22. Wouldn't that be giving her intelligence more credit than usual?

Besides, how would a member of Congress who isn't all that powerful get a hold of such sensitive information?

[pacalo]

23. Only for those who aren't keeping up with the news.

Did you read the article?

A few snippets that address your points:

For nearly three years, national security leaks were few and far between. There were leaks from the White House, but most of them centered around domestic policy. Then John Boehner appointed Michele Bachmann to the House Select Committee on Intelligence. Please, no snickering. For 2011, Bachmann was preoccupied with her primary run at the GOP nomination. Few national security leaks occurred, and none of consequence.

Now we come to 2012, and since Mitt Romney won the nomination for President, there have been several major national security leaks, which the press questioned President Obama about at last week's press conference, and to which Michele Bachmann has responded.

But if you look at these articles that were in The New York Times, on both the Stuxnet worm that went after the Iranian nuclear program, and the president's going over this so-called "kill list" for drones, in both cases they quote members of the president's national security team who were in the room.

(...)

Stephanopoulos: So somebody who was in the room with the president was giving out some of this information or at least discussing classified information.

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/micheles-mendacity-national-security-editio

[SaB2012]

24. You think the members of Congress on this committee were told everything?

I wouldn't believe that for either a Repub or Democratic administration.

[pacalo]

25. Considering that there is a major accusation being made by Bachman based on pure assumption,

you seem to be dismissing too easily the fact that Bachman, a beacon of nutwingery & vicious political bias, would not be the least worthy of suspicion.

I agree with the writer of the C&L article:

It is far more likely that she or one of her (Bachman's) staff would leak information like this, knowing it would infuriate people and embarrass the White House. From a timing standpoint, the pieces easily point to Bachmann as the leaker in the room, not the administration.

[SaB2012]

26. Irony

Isn't this accusation that Bachmann may be the leaker also based on pure assumption? Just asking. To mangle a well-known cliché, two assumptions don't make a confirmation. This is shades of George II -- i.e. that he is too dumb to tie his own shoes and read anything beyond "My Pet Goat," but gets credited for masterminding vast political intrigues. I think some are giving too much credit where it's due.