Damn, This is the Last Thing We Need

“The nomination of retired Vice Admiral John Michael "Mike" McConnell to be Director of National Intelligence is part of an effort by the Vice President to tighten the Administration’s grip on domestic intelligence and grease the wheels for a more aggressive stance towards Iran, current and former intelligence officials believe.”

Trouble is when you read the whole piece it gets worse. Seems Negroponte wouldn’t do the vice president’s bidding. Will McConnell?

Here’s another quote from the article.

“The other key area of concern for the intelligence community in McConnell’s nomination is the Executive Branch’s attempt to expand domestic surveillance programs, especially those conducted by the National Security Agency.
Current and former intelligence officials say that Negroponte and his staff were not comfortable with the level of domestic surveillance or the use of NSA wiretaps that were being pushed by the White House.”

So from this article it would appear that McConnell may be a lap dog for the vice president. Jesus, will this stuff ever stop? Can we take any more of these crooked dealings?

Hello? Democratic Senators and Representatives? You can stop this now. Please do.