Senator Feinstein, We're Watching ...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is chairperson of the Senate Intelligence Committee.  Her committee will begin hearings this week on what happened in Libya.  The first meeting is scheduled for Thursday.  She has just announced that her inquiry will expand to include why the FBI did not notify her committee that it was investigating David Patreus' affair.

There are some practical problems to this inquiry.  Patreus' resignation means he will not have to testify as head of the CIA, unless he choses to, or is subpoened by the committee.  Hillary Clinton is conveniently out of the country during the first days of the hearing, and has informed the committee that she is unavailable to testify.

We will find out in short order if the Senator is going to hold a real investigation, or just participate in the Obama Administration's coverup.  If Patreus does not chose to testify, she MUST compel him to do so.  Him being allowed not to participate gives the Administration a huge curtain to hide behind.  Since he is no longer in a position to defend himself, Democrats will blame him for anything they want to.

If she concludes the hearings without hearing testimony from Clinton, we will know it's just a smokescreen for Obama.  Clinton, under oath, would have to be very careful to tell the truth - if she commits perjury and is found out, her future political goals will be toast.

Senator, at times in the past you have shown that you take your responsibilities as head of this committee seriously, to the point of asking sometimes embarrassing questions of your Dear Leader's Administration.  I sincerely hope you do that this time - we deserve the truth.  Even though you've managed to put this off until after the election (so there are no ramifications for Obama himself, no matter the outcome), the truth must come out.

As a control, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, headed by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI)  will also begin its own investigation, also commencing on Thursday.  Lets see if the committees come up with the same results.

Obama Outs CIA Secrets to Benefit ACLU

Obama the Immaculate decided to publish secret Bush Administration memos concerning CIA interrogation techniques in order to allow the ACLU to use them in an upcoming lawsuit.

“It's damaging because these are techniques that work, and by Obama's action today, we are telling the terrorists what they are. We have laid it all out for our enemies. This is totally unnecessary. … Publicizing the techniques does grave damage to our national security by ensuring they can never be used again — even in a ticking-time- bomb scenario where thousands or even millions of American lives are at stake."

“I don't believe Obama would intentionally endanger the nation, so it must be that he thinks either 1. the previous administration, including the CIA professionals who have defended this program, is lying about its importance and effectiveness, or 2. he believes we are no longer really at war and no longer face the kind of grave threat to our national security this program has protected against.” - A former top Bush administration official's comments on release of the memos

The memos are now posted on multiple news and political web sites, where any jerk who hates America can study them - and these are classified memos?????

We know the Obama administration believes there is no War on Terror - they have said as much. But to go out and give aid and comfort to the enemy in this fashion, simply to try and embarrass President Bush? That's criminal.

Update - Dick Cheney yesterday called upon the Obama administration and the CIA to declassify reports detailing the information that was gathered from terrorists who were subjected to waterboarding and other enhanced techniques. The Obama regime only wants one side of the story told - not wanting the actual results of the interrogations to be made public. From what I have heard about the intel gathered, it will surprise the American people at how much was gained, and how it produced tangible, verifiable results in preventing terrorist attackes on US soil.

I hope Obama has the decency to do this, though I doubt it. I predict that he will announce that the information in those reports is too sensitive to be released.