Now this is some chutzpah….
You might remember that a few years ago, Washington’s Republicans were all up in arms over the fact that classified information about the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program had been leaked to the New York Times. The Justice Department began an investigation into the leak, and congressional GOPers gravely declared what a serious crime this was.As Rep. Pete Hoekstra, the ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee, approvingly put it in August 2007: “The Justice Department is going after those who violated their oath of office by giving classified information to reporters. Those reporters will be sitting in jail by the end of the year until they reveal their sources.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=141978