Incoming Intel Chairman is Ignorant
Posted by BrianThis would be funny if it weren’t true.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, who incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped to head the Intelligence Committee when the Democrats take over in January, failed a quiz of basic questions about al Qaeda and Hezbollah, two of the key terrorist organizations the intelligence community has focused on since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
When asked by CQ National Security Editor Jeff Stein whether al Qaeda is one or the other of the two major branches of Islam — Sunni or Shiite — Reyes answered “they are probably both,” then ventured “Predominantly — probably Shiite.”
That is wrong. Al Qaeda was founded by Osama bin Laden as a Sunni organization and views Shiites as heretics.
So Pelosi passes over the ranking member of the committee (Harmon) for the chair. Then she sets her sights on one of the more corrupt members of the House (Hastings). Finally she chose an imbecile. I guess that’s what was left on the bottom after she “drained the swamp.”
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December 13th, 2006 at 9:36 pm
The dem’s have set themselves up for an onslaught of critisism for the way that they treated Bush and his intelligence. Right or wrong they should be ready for their time in the spotlight. I can’t wait.