Kerry Blog: Who’s a Danger to Our National Security?

[ProSense]

From the Kerry Blog:

Who’s a Danger to Our National Security?

From the NY Times today comes this news -- the federal government at the direction of the Bush administration and at the urging of the Republican Congress put up a website which reveals nuclear bomb-making secrets. The NYT headline sums it up thus:

U.S. Web Archive Is Said to Reveal a Nuclear Primer

So what happened?

Last March, the federal government set up a Web site to make public a vast archive of Iraqi documents captured during the war. The Bush administration did so under pressure from Congressional Republicans who had said they hoped to “leverage the Internet” to find new evidence of the prewar dangers posed by Saddam Hussein.

And who asked for it?

Last March, the federal government set up a Web site to make public a vast archive of Iraqi documents captured during the war. The Bush administration did so under pressure from Congressional Republicans who had said they hoped to "leverage the Internet" to find new evidence of the prewar dangers posed by Saddam Hussein.

And what was published?

But in recent weeks, the site has posted some documents that weapons experts say are a danger themselves: detailed accounts of Iraq's secret nuclear research before the 1991 Persian Gulf war. The documents, the experts say, constitute a basic guide to building an atom bomb.

And how long has this information been available?

Last March, the federal government set up a Web site to make public a vast archive of Iraqi documents captured during the war. <…> Last night, the government shut down the Web site after The New York Times asked about complaints from weapons experts and arms-control officials.

And who plays politics with our National Security?

The director of national intelligence, John D. Negroponte, had resisted setting up the Web site, which some intelligence officials felt implicitly raised questions about the competence and judgment of government analysts. But President Bush approved the site’s creation after Congressional Republicans proposed legislation to force the documents’ release.

Now we ask you – who’s the real danger in maintaining our national security and combating terrorism?

[Totally Committed]

1. Unbelieveable.

And, the top story on CNN this morning is about Tom Cruise. Why couldn't they have broken this news sooner... a little more ahead of the election? How do we get this message out to America before the election now that Tom Cruise's career is back on track??? :sarcasm:

Thanks for posting this. I am going to send this to everyone in my addressbook, and aske them to do the same.

TC

[texpatriot2004]

2. K & R nm

[Mass]

3. Any reaction yet from a major dem?

[TayTay]

4. Unbelievable

Gee I wonder if the Major Dems will take a break from attacking their own and acutally use this against the Repubs?

[blm]

5. Nah - they think WE ARE STUPID, too, as they side with BushInc everytime over Kerry.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2924467&mesg_id=2924467

[karynnj]

7. Dodd was interviewed on it on MSNBC

He said pretty much what this did. By the way, he REFUSED to take Andrea Mitchell's bait when she asked if he thought it was good for him as a 2008 hopefull that Kerry took himself out with this. He answered that he didn't think Kerry was out and turned the subject to Iraq.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. And the RW nutter response to this article is that it only proves that

Saddam was a threat and justifies going to war against him. Then they blame the NYT for giving this information to the terrorists. They do not hold Bushco responsible for anything. They won't even see the truth when it is spelled out for them, they only see what they want to believe is right.

[Mass]

8. I had to step out for a few hours. Any answer from Democrats.

[Mass]

9. Pelosi has a PR. Anybody on TV yet?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2564463