Secrets and lies

President Bush authorized the leak of classified material – I doubt it

The press is a buzz with the notion that President Bush authorized the leaking of classified material on pre-war intelligence. Probably not. Most Americans could care less about the arcane process of classifying and declassifying material. In general terms, he who classifies material, can then declassify it.

So if the NSA, which is an arm of the executive branch of government, provided material to the president, then the executive can declassify that material. The next shoe to drop in this Abu Ghraib like non-scandal that will not die because the MSM wants desperately for something to be there, will be that the president DID NOT authorize the disclosure of non-covert, non-covered, ex-CIA field agent and current open CIA analyst Valerie Plame.

So, in the end, the president authorized declassification of certain pre-war materials to explain to the American people why the Wilson’s were full bovine excrement. The Wilson’s, one of whom was supposedly working for America, were engaged in an active effort to undermine their government.

Dems will howl, “The president is using our intelligence for political purposes!” I’d say shinning the light of truth down the Wilson’s alleyway of lies was the minimum the administration could have done. Ms. Wilson should have been immediately sacked from the CIA. Mr. Wilson should have been made to explain his double dealing against his own government in some official setting - like a court room.

Immigration reform, it’s a lie

The Senate yesterday tried for a compromise on immigration reform, but those pesky law and order types got in the way. “Come on” shouted the reform minded open borders supporters, “do you want to have to cut your own grass?!!” America first Senators saw the bill as long on amnesty and short on any effective measures to stem the flow of illegal aliens into the country or punishment of illegal aliens already here.

In a strange twist, former anti-immigration Dem Senator Harry Reid said, "Republicans are still deeply divided on this issue, and we must protect this from those senators bent on gutting the bill with hostile amendments." Apparently Senator Reid, who sponsored a tough bill against illegal aliens in 1993, has changed his mind. What, besides the political fortunes of his party, has changed Sen. Reid’s mind? The world wonders.

The current reform bill is a lie. IT IS AMNESTY. But worse than that, it offers no border security or enforcement mechanisms. It is the maintenance of the status quo under gale force bloviating from the bloviating class of do-nothings aka politicians.