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| Harry Reid is apparently Senate Majority leader |
| 2006-06-11 |
| Posted verbatim from the Post website. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said here Saturday that he will seek greater transparency from the Bush administration about possible threats posed by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons. He said he wants to prevent possible misuse of intelligence as the administration deals with the crisis. Speaking before a partisan audience of Internet bloggers and Democratic activists, Reid said he plans to introduce legislation next week that would require a new national intelligence estimate for Iran, along with an unclassified summary that could form the basis for a public debate about possible action if Tehran continues to seek nuclear weapons. He also said he will require Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte to demonstrate that he has in place a process to review public statements by President Bush, Vice President Cheney and other officials with regard to Iran. Many Democrats allege that Bush and Cheney manipulated intelligence in making the public case for war with Iraq. "We face many threats -- threats that have grown worse -- because this administration took its eye off the ball," he said in remarks prepared for delivery. "We must address these threats, but we must not be manipulated into acting for ideological or political gain." He urged the Senate intelligence committee to complete its investigation into the use of prewar intelligence, a probe that led to a brief but bitter shutdown of the Senate by Reid and other Democrats last November. "What we need to know -- and still don't know today -- is whether the White House intentionally cherry-picked and politicized intelligence to sell the war," he said. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #14 Hmmm... "Zark trains hundreds and sends them abroad." Anybody checked Harry's calander for the past year??? |
| Posted by: Tholutle Omomons3559 2006-06-11 20:51 |
| #13 Crap. I can see how... PMIF :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-11 20:51 |
| #12 I can how the WaPo could make that mistake. After all, Harry thinks he's the majority leader. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-11 20:45 |
| #11 Re: Message via washingtonpost.com From: "Dan Balz" To: "notbob dobbs" Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:59:07 -0400 Dumb mistake by me that got by everybody except readers like you. Thanks for pointing it out. -----notbob dobbs To: balzd@washpost.com From: notbob dobbs Date: 06/11/2006 12:37PM Subject: Message via washingtonpost.com notbob dobbs sent the following message: Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid Not likely! Minority... You can't promote him just because you agree with him. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-06-11 20:44 |
| #10 I wouldn't have expected the august Washington Post to actually respond to your note, Steve. That they made the change, even unacknowledged, is all we could ever expect. Possibly the error will be mentioned in tomorrow's dead tree paper, but I would be surprised to see mention of what I'm sure they think of as a typo. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-11 19:34 |
| #9 Reid is an idiot and not likely to get any better. |
| Posted by: UtahRedNeck 2006-06-11 17:53 |
| #8 don't count on it...WaPo will let Howard Kurtz write about it, but they rarely admit |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-11 15:47 |
| #7 However, he didn't respond yet to my kind e-mail. Don't know whether it was me or whether it was one of a (I suspect) thousand others. And no stated correction on the article. You'd think they could do that in the e-version. Wonder if they'll have a print correction in the next day or so? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-06-11 15:42 |
| #6 Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid 3:15 pm Eastern Time Fixed. Well done, Dr. White! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-11 15:16 |
| #5 author: Dan Balz. Surprised it's not partisan fellatio artist Dana Milbank |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-11 13:39 |
| #4 Harry, you really are a donkey (or ass) through and through. And, thanks to your mindless utterings, you will never be Senate majority leader. And, your wacko compatriot Pelosi, is completely out of her mind if she thinks any rational Americans wanting her heading up the House. She can't even reign in a law breaker like Rep. Jefferson. She has to bargain. What a ntural born leader. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-06-11 13:29 |
| #3 11:20 am CDT: still the Majority Leader. I sent an e-mail to the writer; let's see how long it takes. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-06-11 12:17 |
| #2 -- "We must address these threats, but we must not be manipulated into acting for ideological or political gain."-- The stupid party should file this quote away and bring it out when needed, but they won't. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-06-11 11:10 |
| #1 Select: Fake, But Accurate Wisful Thinking Freudian Slip Or simply that famous WaPo fact-checking we've all come to know and love... |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-06-11 10:29 |