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 Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:23 pm Post subject: How the GOP keeps the FBI stupid |
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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0307.marshall.html
| Josh Marshall wrote: |
Democrats, who in 1997 weathered endless--and ultimately unproven--accusations of selling political favors or national security secrets for PRC money, can take a measure of satisfaction from this unlikely coda: The only bonafide Chinese spy so far turns out to have been not only a Republican, but a well-connected GOP fundraiser. And not just any Republican fundraiser, but one who happened to be sleeping with one of the lead FBI agents investigating Democratic fundraising.
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The Republicans didn't create the problems at the FBI. But they've sat on their hands and put politics ahead of the national interest as the scope of the problem and the cost to national security have become increasingly apparent. Not only have they ignored the problem, they have actively sought to shield the FBI from the one reform that almost everyone agrees would make such breaches of national security secrets far less likely. That's not just politics as usual. It's not even garden-variety political hypocrisy. It's a betrayal of the public trust. |
This is a long article but worth the read. Next time some Republican tells you can't trust the Dems with national security, this is one more tidbit to keep in mind. |
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