Scaring the Senate Intelligence Committee

February 5th, 2010 admin

This is unconscionable: At Tuesday’s hearing, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California and chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, asked Mr. Blair [the Director of National Intelligence] to assess the possibility of an attempted attack in the United States in the next three to six months. He replied, “The priority is certain, I would say” — a response that was…


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