The Democrats Declaration of War on the CIA

This week the House Democrats alongside Attorney General Eric Holder declared war on the CIA.

The House Democrats did so by the fact that the members of the Intelligence Committee signed a clearly partisan letter in which they complained that they were not informed earlier of a plan to assassinate Al-Qaeda leaders after 9/11. This is faulty for a number of reasons. First of all, the plan never went operational. It was only in the planning stages. Also the Democrats would also like more people briefed on possible covert operations, to a maximum of 40 people. That is ridiculous. How are we supposed to keep things secret with so many possible leaks? In addition,. the Democrats can't seem to help themselves. They want to be considered tough on national security yet complain about the CIA's activities.

In a related story, Atty. Gen Holder is going to allow a special prosecutor to investigate CIA operators who were involved in interrogations. This however is a slippery slope. Will it be a witch hunt that'll go so far that it'll lower morale at Langley? Or will it do this AND go further? Will it go after a number of Bush Administration officials? This is an absolutely horrible idea and hope it doesn't go to far.