Casting Call To Fill Vigorous Roles

July 9 - Washington Post (another trustworthy media outlet) reports: The Bush administration briefed top lawmakers on a significant intelligence program only after a key Republican committee chairman angrily complained of being left in the dark, the chairman said yesterday.

That angrily complaining chairman is Pete Hoekstra, republican, war supporter, BushCo cheerleader.

Hoekstra: "Some people within the intelligence community brought to my attention some programs that they believed we had not been briefed on. They were right."

The administration's briefing top lawmakers on a significant intel program has, for the moment, appeased Hoekstra and other allies. Rep. Jane Harman, the ranking Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said in a statement that she agrees with Hoekstra that "vigorous congressional oversight is impossible unless the administration shares critical information with the appropriate committees of Congress."

However, today July 10: "Hoekstra exposes what he sees as a dissident faction within the CIA that he says "intentionally undermined" the policies of US President George W. Bush."

Rumors about the existence of such a group have circulated in the US capital for a long time (says who?) but the comments by Representative Peter Hoekstra, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, marks the first time they were confirmed by an official with intimate knowledge of the intelligence community. (Well, if it's official intimacy it must be true.)

Hoekstra: "In fact, I have been long concerned that a strong and well-positioned group within the agency intentionally undermined the administration and its policies," Mr. Hoekstra wrote in a letter to Mr. Bush dated May 18, and made public today.

Dissident CIA faction, intentionally undermining the policies of President George W. Bush? Lol. Lol. Haaaahaaa. Okay, which Hollywood cokehead came up with this script?

(Casting call for roles as group extras in The Faction: "It's a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma" spooky movie. Not too many lines and must be able to bend over vigorously on cue.)