The Hill notes that the NO BACKBONE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS feel that Fox (!!??) has put them on the defensive with the cries of treason over the memo on procedures to get data on 911 that the Bush administration is hiding because it would show them to be incompetent (and Fox has Zell’s help as he calls a procedure memo just this side of treason)
http://www.thehill.com/news/110603/leak.aspxThe Hill Notes some Democratic nice-making, writing that over the course of less than 24 hours, what Democrats had viewed as an effective line of criticism against the administration became dramatically blunted and their air of indignation had turned to one of conciliation." Leaked memo causes furor Democrats’ Iraq probe is set back as GOP attacks By Alexander Bolton -Senate Democrats were forced on the defensive yesterday after Republicans obtained a leaked memorandum outlining an opposition strategy for criticizing the administration’s use of intelligence prior to the invasion of Iraq. The contents of the memo, first reported late Tuesday by conservative radio and Fox News Channel commentator Sean Hannity, prompted harsh condemnations by Republicans, including members of the Intelligence Committee. It also prompted calls from both sides of the aisle for further investigation. Republicans demanded scrutiny of whether Senate rules had been violated by the drafting of the partisan memo, while Democrats demanded a probe of how the document fell into Republican hands.
As the GOP blusters to hide the embarrassing 911 information, saying that asking for such information is “ an orchestrated effort by Democrats at a time of war to improperly use an intelligence investigation as a weapon against President Bush,”( said Sen. Jon Kyl (Ariz.), chairman of the Republican Policy Committee about a memo drafted by Democratic staff on the Intelligence Committee and not circulated or approved by Vice Chairman John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.).), Sen. Rockefeller said … “It was an internal memo, a draft. At some point, the committee and the senate are going to have to explore the chain of events surrounding this draft memo since it raises serious questions about whether the majority is obtaining unauthorized access to private internal materials of the minority.”