Oops! Can Frist Have A Mulligan?
CNN is reporting that Trent Lott says the leak on the black ops CIA detention and torture facilities came from....erm...a GOP Senator. (Mrs. K8 below heard "Republican staffer" -- until the report repeats, I can't confirm one way or the other. Just FYI.)
Does Frist get a mulligan for ill-planned press releases? Or do we all just get to laugh at him?
More information as we get it. *snerk*
[This was an on-air report from Ed Henry, btw, nothing in writing yet.]
UPDATE: Raw Story has more. Looks like it may have been a Republican Senator -- much of the information discussed in the WaPo report was discussed at a GOP Senatorial meeting last Tuesday. And, by the way, if they've known about this for a week, at what point were oversight hearings going to be held?
UPDATE #2: CNN confirming that it may have been Republican Senator and perhaps Republican staffers as well. Cheney was on Hill last Tuesday -- "everything in the story was said by Cheney" in the meeting. Blitzer calling it a "bombshell" story -- that the GOP may be investigating themselves. Lott saying that it could be an ethics investigation, "we can't keep our mouths shut" according to Lott. Reporting that Lott walked into a roomful of reporters and made the statements and left reporters "stunned."
UPDATE #3: Crooks and Liars is on this as well. Plus, there is some great video of today's press briefing -- prepare for major laughing. Ahem.
posted by ReddHedd @ 11/08/2005 11:20:00 AM
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