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Originally Posted by amber
They knew, they could've said. Did you read the link? "The failure of these Democrats to risk personal censure for the greater public good ... give[s] the impression there is actually only one political party in the U.S., and that opposition and dissent on issues of security in Washington are only a mirage."
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couldn't have publicly stated what they knew. The briefing's were classified. They would have been
breaking the law. They wouldn't have been able to prosecute this level of criminal activity if they had revealed it. The administration would have skewered them- the entire focus would have been on how they revealed classified information, not on how the administration had broken the law. Look at how the administration is handling it right now. Their initial focus was on rooting out the whistle-blowers from the NSA and punishing them and their latest tactic is outright lying about their actions and how they interacted with congress regarding this issue.
This whole Spygate thing is not the fault of Democrats. The Bush Administration bears complete responsibility for this whole fiasco.