Santorum: Terror Intel Leakers Are 'Traitors'
I couldn't agree with Sen. Santorum more
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The main point that Sen. Santorum is speaking to is that we must make examples of those who don't follow the rules, which is clearly the case here. It's obvious that the people who spilled the details of the TSP and the SWIFT programs didn't make life easier for those tasked with tracking down terrorists and spoiling their plots.
It'll be interesting to see what little Bobby Casey says about this. I'd love to be the reporter asking him about these programs just to see if he's got a grasp of the basics. I suspect that he doesn't.
Posted Saturday, August 12, 2006 2:38 AM
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The disruption of an alleged terrorist plot to blow up airliners shows the importance of intelligence gathering and the need to pursue the "traitors" who recently leaked information about classified government programs, Sen. Rick Santorum said Friday. Those classified programs "were important for us to be able to confront an enemy in time of war," Santorum said. "When people leak that kind of information, to me, that is traitorous activity."Based on this article, it's safe to say that some sort of electronic surveillance was done, though it doesn't say if the TSP was used. I suspect that it was but it's nothing more than supposition on my part.
Santorum, the No. 3 Senate Republican, acknowledged that he did not know whether classified programs recently brought to light by leaks, such as a National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping program, were involved in heading off the alleged terrorist plan to smuggle explosive components onto passenger jets.
The main point that Sen. Santorum is speaking to is that we must make examples of those who don't follow the rules, which is clearly the case here. It's obvious that the people who spilled the details of the TSP and the SWIFT programs didn't make life easier for those tasked with tracking down terrorists and spoiling their plots.
It'll be interesting to see what little Bobby Casey says about this. I'd love to be the reporter asking him about these programs just to see if he's got a grasp of the basics. I suspect that he doesn't.
Posted Saturday, August 12, 2006 2:38 AM
July 2006 Posts
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