PELOSI'S CHICKENS HOME TO ROOST BY ANDREW WILKOW AND NICK RIZZUTO
The following is another op-ed written by Sirius/XM's Andrew Wilkow and his producer Nick Rizzuto:
COMMENTARY:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is engaged in the fight of her career. The embattled speaker has resorted to attacking the credibility of the CIA over the extent of their disclosure of enhanced interrogation tactics, even as her own credibility melts away. The truth of the matter, though, is that the situation in which Mrs. Pelosi finds herself is one of her own making, and just the latest in a series of irresponsible political moves.
In 2006, after the Democrats dramatically swept into power, California Rep. Jane Harman stood poised to take the chairmanship of United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. As ranking member, it was expected that she would succeed Rep. Peter Hoekstra, Michigan Republican. To everyone's surprise, Mrs. Pelosi chose to pass over Mrs. Harman and hand the powerful position to Rep. Silvestre Reyes, Texas Democrat, to the chairmanship that year. Mr. Reyes' ascension over the more senior Mrs. Harman raised some questions.
When interviewed in December of 2006 by Congressional Quarterly, Mr. Reyes was asked what most would consider a basic question regarding the religious affiliation of al Qaeda. Mr. Reyes flubbed the answer, ignorantly claiming al Qaeda was comprised of both Shi'ite and Sunni members but "Predominantly - probably Shi'ite."
In the same interview, he failed to recognize the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah by name. Such basic questions should have solicited swift, correct answers from the House of Representatives chief of intelligence. Instead, Mr. Reyes embarrassed both himself and his political patron, Mrs. Pelosi.
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Andrew Wilkow is the host of Sirius/XM radio's Wilkow Majority program. Nick Rizzuto is his producer.
