Hastert:"Loose lips kill American people"...like outing Brewster Jennings?

[Roland99]

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyid=2006-06-28T223003Z_01_N28384699_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-SWIFT-MEDIA.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Declaring that "loose lips" kill Americans, a top congressional Republican leader said on Wednesday the House of Representatives would debate a resolution condemning the U.S. media for exposing details of secret intelligence programs.

The move heaps more criticism on The New York Times and other newspapers that reported last week on a secret program by the U.S. Treasury Department that monitors private bank records in an effort to track terrorist organizations.

"What we're talking about is people who are leaking classified information. It's not news. It's classified information our government is using to fight terrorists," said House Speaker Dennis Hastert, of Illinois.

"Loose lips kill American people," he added.

Guess Denny just wants to keep his financial dealing with drug lords and weapons smugglers on the down low. In the meantime, outing CIA agents' identities and CIA front companies is A-OK!!

[Atman]

1. Nah, Delay cleared that all up on Tweety's show tonight.

Plame may have been a covert op, but she had a desk job. That's different. Really. He said that.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Delay is a freak.... he upsets me and makes me fear for my

country/constitution. I guess he is performing as advertised.

[snowbear]

4. No kidding! That man is HIDEOUS to look at...

..and just as bad to listen to!

I think he inhaled too many big fumes at one time in his life.

[Roland99]

8. He's a complete caricature.

[kenny blankenship]

3. What people Hasturd? Exactly who?

I can tell you the names of 2527 Americans killed by Republican LIES and treason.

[snowbear]

5. Actually it's now 2,529 plus one still missing..

2,529 dead - Keith Maupin missing since April 2004..

*sigh* Thanks for nothing Bush.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. It's funny that they don't want to go after the "loose lips" in this

administration which apparently are the source of the information given to the press. They only want to punish the ones who publish their little secrets, not the ones who have divulged them.

[Monkeyman]

7. Funny Hastert being caught at home

Because he goes off in the newspapers .Make people look deeper into him. Boy have we found alot.

www.john06.com

[Love Bug]

9. Thank You

That was my first thought upon hearing Rumsfeld spouting the "loose lips sink ships" shpiel this morning. Hypocrites!

[Roland99]

10. Rummy was spouting this, too? Rove is in full riot gear after non-indicted

[LittleClarkie]

11. You mean like outting a CIA agent?

Like that?

[Roland99]

12. Have they ever offered up any sort of justifcation for that?