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Me#1You#10
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 Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:19 am Post subject: Pork Chopper or a Pig in a Poke? |
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And the Kerry record continues to emerge...su-WEEEEEEEEEEE...
| Quote: | Kerry on intelligence
Thursday, June 10, 2004
WASHINGTON (Creators Syndicate) -- Under attack by Republicans for proposing deep cuts in the intelligence budget a decade ago, John Kerry is trying to justify them as efforts to slice away pork.
The problem is that during the Senate debate on February 19, 1994, Kerry was taken to task by two pillars of the then Democratic majority: Dennis DeConcini of Arizona and Daniel Inouye of Hawaii.
DeConcini, the Intelligence Committee chairman, and Inouye, the Appropriations Defense Subcommittee chairman, assailed Kerry's unsuccessful efforts to cut the intelligence budget.
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In the floor debate, DeConcini said his committee had pruned the intelligence budget by $1.2 billion for that fiscal year, and that is "as deep as the intelligence community can withstand." He added "it makes no sense for us to close our eyes to developments around the world." Noting imminent bombing in the Balkans, Inouye warned "we are putting blindfolds over our pilots' eyes."
In the debate, Kerry did not respond to criticism from DeConcini and Inouye. He did not address intelligence specifically, much less single out pork barrel projects in the intelligence budget that his campaign now says he was targeting. However, 10 days earlier on the Senate floor, Kerry declared: "The madness must end."
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The senator is described by campaign aides as attempting to restore human intelligence to learn about terrorism, drug trafficking and international crime. But at an Intelligence Committee meeting in 1995, Kerry asked "whether we should use paid clandestine human assets in situations where the ramifications of discovery are so great and the risk of U.S. security is so minimal."
Such suspicion of human intelligence had been the liberal line since the early 1970s, grinding down CIA assets. Indeed, Kerry's assault on intelligence spending had been urged by liberals for the past quarter of a century. The presidential candidate now attempts to rationalize his past conduct rather than repudiate it.
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BrianC
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:39 am Post subject: |
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Geez, how CLUELESS can one Kerry get?
Yo, Hanoi John!
You want an example of pork?
The Big Dig!
You want an example of necessary spending?
Intelligence gathering.
Here's a hint, Johnny boy - it takes YEARS to cultivate good, reliable Human Intelligence (HUMINT) sources. Sure, they're expensive, but they're a far sight better than relying on satellite photos all the time.
Good grief Kerry is clueless. |
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