Hoekstra leaks information about Iraq trip on Twitter.
Hoekstra leaks information about Iraq trip on Twitter.
Rep. Pete Hoeksra (R-MI), the ranking member of the House intelligence committee, broke a press embargo on Twitter when he reported on his “congressional trip to Iraq this weekend that was supposed to be a secret.” “Just landed in Baghdad,” messaged Hoekstra, who was part of a delegation led by John Boehner (R-OH). CQ reports, “Before the delegation left Washington, they were advised to keep the trip to themselves for security reasons. A few media outlets, including Congressional Quarterly, learned about it, but agreed not to disclose anything until the delegation had left Iraq.” Hoekstra not only revealed the existence of the trip, but included details about the itinerary. In a May 2006 op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, Hoekstra wrote:
But every time classified national security information is leaked, our ability to gather information on those who would do us harm is eroded. … I regret that I see little sign of intolerance for unauthorized disclosures of intelligence to the media from some of my Democratic colleagues today. … We are a nation at war. Unauthorized disclosures of classified information only help terrorists and our enemies – and put American lives at risk.
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Arrest him for treason. Send the message that there’s a new kid in town and a new respect for the laws of the land.
PEACE
February 7th, 2009 at 11:32 amYup, they lying liars tell lies and they routinely get away with it. Glad you point to the liars with these types of posts.
But their lies are powerless without the echo chamber of the MSM backing them up and “catapulting the propaganda”.
Real change will mean talking about the folks behind the media and not the fools in front of the cameras and microphones.
February 7th, 2009 at 11:33 amHoekstra’s behavior during the Bush regime bordered on treason.
February 7th, 2009 at 11:34 amWe had Jeraldo disclose the location of our troops. We had Rick “man on dog” Santorum disclose the location of our troops. We had traitor Rove and traitor Cheney disclose the identity of a covert CIA Agent and now we have another traitor Republican disclose unauthorized information. Dmn, you just can’t trust these Republicans with classified information.
February 7th, 2009 at 11:35 am“We are a nation at war. Unauthorized disclosures of classified information only help terrorists and our enemies – and put American lives at ris”.
Hypocritical re-puke speak ,need I say more?
February 7th, 2009 at 11:35 amHoekstra leaks unauthorized intelligence information via Twitter.»
– - The twit Twittered, totally toopid.
February 7th, 2009 at 11:35 amBut… IOKIYR…
POS…
February 7th, 2009 at 11:37 amTypical “do as I say, not as I do” hypocrite we’ve gotten to know so much better since the new administration has taken charge.
Hang ‘em high.
February 7th, 2009 at 11:39 ami’m thinking that i heard about this trip recently… must have been on msnbc, keith or rachel… maybe the today show…
February 7th, 2009 at 11:39 amthat’s the only news tv i watch… but i recall that boner said something about an upcoming trip to iraq… and i remember being skeptical about that news…
Hoekstra leaks unauthorized intelligence information via Twitter.»
That must be where his intelligence went — totally leaked out via the innertoobz.
February 7th, 2009 at 11:42 amHoekstra vomited:
More and more, I see that these hypocrites NEVER had an interest in “American lives” and are all too ready to throw “American expendibles” under the bus in a fool’s errand to smear the majority…
February 7th, 2009 at 11:44 amwhy hasn’t TP had more to say about this guy, A. Q. Khan?
i thought rachel covered it quite handily last night…
and i posted the news on the FAST thread that morning…
Official: Pakistan has dismantled nuclear black market
Xinhua – 3 hours ago
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Pakistan has dismantled the nuclear black market network and no individual associated with it enjoys any official status nor has access to any strategic facility, said the Pakistani foreign ministry in a statement here on …
Video: Pakistan Frees Nuclear Weapons Proliferator AssociatedPress
Pakistan insists Khan network dismantled The Associated Press
but, whew! good to know, no more black market!
February 7th, 2009 at 11:50 amHis response to this will be the same as every drunk, stoned, nekkid, profane teen on myspace when they get busted.
“When I put it on the INternet, I didn’t think everybody would see it…”
February 7th, 2009 at 11:50 amSo eager to show off his importance, he gives away secret information. How juvenile. But he is no kid nor a freshman congressman – he should know better and suffer consequences.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:01 pmI think we have some room now at Gitmo. Declare this republitard an enemy combatant and fit him for an orange jumpsuit.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:03 pmOf course, first he’d have to get elected TO the Senate…
Ah well, maybe he’ll at least score some good deals on rugs.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:07 pmJust another congressman with the foot in the mouth disease.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:11 pmForget about Twitter! what about blackwater!
February 7th, 2009 at 12:13 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
Zero Says:
This clown should be kicked out of the Senate just for using Twitter, what a twit. Whats next facebook or myspace?
Of course, first he’d have to get elected TO the Senate…
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Teehee… good one, ralph.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:22 pmAnd, because he has that R- next to his name, there will be no investigation. Schmuck.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:24 pmIsn’t it odd that after Mission Accomplished(tm), Purple Fingers ™ and the Surge(tm) congressional trips to Iraq still have to be conducted in secret?
Why, after all this time and all our successes, are such precautions necessary? Could it be that that old bugaboo reality is still at work in Freedomized(tm) Iraq?
February 7th, 2009 at 12:25 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
ralph the wonder llama Says:
Come on guys, have a heart! It’s Zero! He’s disadvantaged! Give him a chance to get to ‘One‘ first!
February 7th, 2009 at 12:32 pmThe Valerie Plame case makes it clear that Republicans tend to forget which side they’re on. This makes them inherently treasonous.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:34 pmDo Iraqi’s have a national health care plan? Maybe he was there to have a cist removed from his ass.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:37 pmFair point, 5th Estate.
It was a cheap shot, taking advantage of the disadvantaged.
Mea culpa.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:38 pmI find it amusing that for all the great progress we’ve made in Iraq it is still necessary to make all official American trips into the country top secret. I think a great symbol of a truly stable Iraq will be the day that the American President can fly in on Air Force One with a published itinerary and an official greeting at the airport.
It is rather unconscionable for Hoekstra to be leaking information like this. I hope there will be an official investigation. Though I am not very concerned about Hoekstra putting himself in danger. It is unfair to the American service people and contractors who must protect him while he provides real time updates of his position to every foreign intelligence service.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:42 pmsimply remove him from the intelligence committee because of this. one cannot argue the fact that if this clown is so stupid as to reveal his location in a war zone, he likely is too stupid to protect national secrets.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:49 pmJeffrey Hulsebos is claiming that he has an MS from Georgetown and that liberalism is facism…..funny.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/06/senate-cable-stimulus-debate/#comment-5489110
February 7th, 2009 at 12:57 pmThis guy is on the House Intelligence Committee? Dam! I am just aghast at how so many Repubs seem to forget what they’ve said in the past, as if their view of US citizens is that no one is capable of payting attention or doing research on the Internet except their own staff. These people should be kept far away from any responsibility for our safety and security.
I’ll bet no one in his party will even mention this…
February 7th, 2009 at 12:59 pmMaybe he was just on a rug buying trip, so it really wasn’t that important.
/sarc off
February 7th, 2009 at 1:03 pmOT — unless you consider the topic a wide-ranging look at sick and twisted Republicans:
A wide-ranging investigation has been launched into allegations that a well-known Pueblo resident has molested many boys over the years, including most recently when he was the manager for Sen. John McCain’s presidential-campaign office in Pueblo.
February 7th, 2009 at 1:05 pmWhoever thinks that our politicians (with RARE exceptions) are the best and brightest of us are sadly mistaken. The best and brightest don’t run for public office.
February 7th, 2009 at 1:11 pmDon’t look for much to happen to Rep. Pete Hoeksra (R-MI), afterall he belongs to the party whose Prez gave his lapdogs the go-ahead to reveal a CIA’s officer(Valerie Plame) covert status.Let you & I do anything remotely similar & we will be enclosed in a 10*4 cell for the rest of our natural life.They GOP have no shame nor conscience.
February 7th, 2009 at 1:26 pmI’m sorry, he’s a ranking member of the House What Committee, again?
February 7th, 2009 at 1:33 pmwell, i want to know what the hell these pugs are doing there?
what subversive tricks are they up to now?
February 7th, 2009 at 2:15 pmHoekstra was with Boenher! That means the IQ of the group actually got to almost 20!!!
These technology dinosaurs should be put in a detention cell when they return and quarantined for stupidity sickness..
February 7th, 2009 at 3:22 pmThis definitely qualifies as treason and Hoekstra should be arrested and put on trial immediately. After all, as Bush so daily articulated “this country is at war” and during wartime this kind of treasonous information means being imprisoned for a very long time.
February 7th, 2009 at 3:26 pmEvery time I see this man’s name and attempt to pronounce it, I am reminded of the corner thug attempting to “hocker up” a good one to spit across the street. Eww……
February 7th, 2009 at 3:27 pmLet’s see what the new AG does about it!
February 7th, 2009 at 3:27 pmGod alone knows what other ‘intelligence’ this clown leaked along with his rethuglic buddies. Hang ‘em all.
February 7th, 2009 at 3:52 pmJK all you do is lie and drop stupid and long ago debunked nonsense you have been brainwashed into beliving you ignorant cowardly piece of garbage. I will never understand why TP allows an obviously ignorant troll like you to keep posting here.
February 7th, 2009 at 3:53 pmI know. He doesn’t even bother to take up dbadass on his offers of tasty victuals.
Methinks the Troll JK persona has run its course.
February 7th, 2009 at 4:03 pmYou just don’t understand…the laws do not apply to Republicans…
February 7th, 2009 at 4:08 pmwhy are repukies consistently more consered with free p.r. than the safety of our soldiers in iraq?
February 7th, 2009 at 4:15 pmThis is not the first time Rep. Hoekstra has revealed classified info as a ranking member of the House Intel Committee. But looking at his twitter account I really enjoyed this one sent within the context of the Republican Retreat:
“Republicans ought to get Democrats to file their taxes. You only have to pay if you get appointed to the cabinet! This is outragous!”
Who was it they feted at the retreat again? Oh yeh, Joe the Plumber, the guy working without a plumbing license and who owes back taxes.
Karen from Michigan
February 7th, 2009 at 4:22 pmThrow his worthless ass in prison for treason. Throw all the RepubliCons in jail for their complicity to treason and war crimes.
February 7th, 2009 at 5:01 pmWhat’s next, Bill O’Reilly lists that he’s a bisexual on his searchable MySpace profile or that John McCain accidentally forwards an e-mail of his “little soldier” to everyone on Capitol Hill?
Republicans need teenagers to show them the ropes of technology.
February 7th, 2009 at 5:40 pm“Hoeksra (R-MI), the ranking member of the House intelligence committee, revealed classified intelligence information on Twitter when he reported on his “congressional trip to Iraq this weekend that was supposed to be a secret.”
Simple answer here: PULL his security clearance (the FIRST thing done whenever there’s a security breach) and then kick his ass OFF the intelligence committee. He obviously ‘isn’t’ (intelligent) and, has demonstrated himself a risk to others.
Period. End of story.
A Navy Viet Vet that enjoyed a TS (Top Secret security clearance, and, had it yanked for smoking pot). THIS guy IS a risk, I wasn’t. (EVERYONE in the Zummi Navy was toking, even straight guys (boozers, stateside) when in the PI and Vietnam, I KNOW,I partied with them. (Including a Commanders).
February 7th, 2009 at 6:25 pmWhy does Hoekstra hate our soldiers so much?
February 7th, 2009 at 6:42 pmThis should be the very last time Hoekstra enjoys any kind of covert travel on the people’s dime. Hoekstra is a treasonous SOB and as stated above needs to be divested of his security clearance pronto!
This needs to get to the MSM and the people need to know that there are definitely “traitors among us” posing as civil servants….beginning with Hoekstra.
February 7th, 2009 at 6:44 pmHoekstra’s toast.
February 7th, 2009 at 6:46 pmFred wrote:
Do Iraqi’s have a national health care plan? Maybe he was there to have a cist removed from his ass.
Don’t you even remember when we “won” the war and took over the government one of the things we guarantee the Iraqi people was a continuation of their 100% “FREE” health care, compliments of the US taxpayer. Yes, the Republicans are against free health care for use citizens but gladly gave it to the Iraqi’s. Part of that $750 million dollar per day the American taxpayer spends in Iraq. Yes, that’s $750 million dollar of our tax money every day, 365 days a year, going to the Iraqi people. Just think if it went to us. 2 days of money we send to Iraq would pay for a four-year college education for every Senior in high school in this country. 2 weeks of money we send to Iraq would pay for 100% of the medical bills of every person in the United States this year. Ask Congress to do that and they say we don’t have the money. Ask them to send that money to Iraq and it’s in the national interest. So, next time you have to think twice about going into the hospital remember your tax money pays for 100% health care in Iraq compliments of Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rice.
February 7th, 2009 at 7:19 pmIn Republican newspeak black is white, up is down, stupid is intelligent, lies are truth, dogma is reason, satan is god, treason is patriotism.
February 7th, 2009 at 8:21 pmIt’s totally stupid to think that what’s keeping Iran from making a nuclear bomb is the knowledge to make a nuclear bomb.
However, by giving up this secret visit, Hoekstra may have made everyone vulnerable to a shoe attack.
February 7th, 2009 at 8:28 pmThrow this buffoon in the pokey.
February 7th, 2009 at 9:38 pmSAT question:
Arsonist:Fire Spotter
a) Plumber:Leak
b) Baker:Cake
c) Republican:National Security
February 7th, 2009 at 10:03 pmI think this is just him being clueless. It isn’t to the same level as a military unit being deployed, just a measure of protection so we don’t get our Congressmen kidnapped when they go overseas. I’d hate to see the guy being beheaded on some Al Qaeda tape. As such, it’s like, they could probably mention it to a few friends but not broadcast it in a press release. He probably thought Twitter was more like the former and didn’t realize that anybody anywhere in the world could read his tweets.
Besides, he’s a Congressman, not a soldier. I don’t think there’s a law saying they can’t mention the trip, it’s just a really really really bad idea. But I know I sure as hell wouldn’t travel with him to a warm zone after this.
Basically, he’s a stupid Republican who doesn’t understand the implications of technology or of his own actions, and who endangered the lives of himself, other Congressmen traveling with him, and their security detail. But I don’t think he actually broke any laws…
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Holy crap, he’s still at it!!!
Somebody in Baghdad aim your SAM’s South by Southwest… crap.
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sectionop92 Says:
What’s next, Bill O’Reilly lists that he’s a bisexual on his searchable MySpace profile or that John McCain accidentally forwards an e-mail of his “little soldier” to everyone on Capitol Hill?
Oh, please please please please please…
February 8th, 2009 at 1:01 amBy posting his itenerary on Twitter, it almost seems like Hoekstra doesn’t believe what he is himself saying about being at war and the need for secrecy.
February 8th, 2009 at 6:36 pmThere’s a man who leads a life of danger
To everyone he meets he stays a stranger
With every move he makes another chance he takes
Odds are he won’t live to see tomorrow
Secret NEOCON man, secret NEOCON man
They’ve given you a number and taken away your name
Beware of pretty faces that you find
A pretty face can hide an evil mind
Ah, be careful what you say
Or you’ll give yourself away
Odds are you won’t live to see tomorrow
Secret NEOCON man, secret NEOCON man
February 8th, 2009 at 7:00 pmThey’ve given you a number and taken away your name
MapleStreet Says:
By posting his itenerary on Twitter, it almost seems like Hoekstra doesn’t believe what he is himself saying about being at war and the need for secrecy.
Or maybe he felt safe enough that it didn’t really matter. Good job George Bush and a thumbs up to our military for a job well done.
February 8th, 2009 at 8:56 pmI have an Idea. Lets shoot him for treason right after Sandy Berger (D), you know the guy who took secret documents stuffed in his underwear. No wait John Kerry(D Ma.) said it was an honest mistake to steal secret documents if you stuff them in your underwear. Yup.
February 8th, 2009 at 9:04 pmNo, his other behaviour still pushes the dangers of terror. So that wouldn’t jive for him experiencing an evolving sense of security.
However, I might wonder if his lapse is not understanding Twitter and all those other tubes in the internet that are getting clogged up.
February 8th, 2009 at 9:43 pmMapleStreet Says:
No, his other behaviour still pushes the dangers of terror. So that wouldn’t jive for him experiencing an evolving sense of security.
However, I might wonder if his lapse is not understanding Twitter and all those other tubes in the internet that are getting clogged up.
The moment they touched down in Iraq the terrorists knew he and the others were there. If you think Twitter was a problem then your naive. The terrorists have satellite phones, radios and computers. Once they touched down in Iraq the whole world knew they were there. Even the Russians and North Koreans. No secrets were divulged only the fact that they had arrived.
February 8th, 2009 at 9:59 pmSo now you are a intel expert as well. Do you have ANY idea in regard to the situation? What color is the sky in your world?
February 14th, 2009 at 8:47 pm