Rumsfeld blisters stupid Orrin Hatch

[DesertFox]

So whom was Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld targeting when he went on a tirade Wednesday against those who leak classified information? Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah. Senate, intelligence, and Pentagon sources say that Rumsfeld and other national security officials were outraged that the senator talked with reporters about intercepted secret information about the terror attacks into the Pentagon and World Trade Center. News reports show that Hatch discussed intercepts between associates of chief suspect Osama bin Laden about the attacks. The worry: leaks that that will dry up sources of information about the bin Laden gang, which may retaliate if it can figure out who the source was. A Hatch aide said he was not talking to the press Thursday.

Rumsfeld's scolding directed at Hatch (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/whisphome.htm)

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Hatch really got caught screwing the pooch on this one.

Hope no one ends up dying over it, but that is really dumb on his part.

[Jesse_Lackman]

Hah, I thought that is specifically what he was referring to. The talking heads on PPR didn't figure it out though.