Crackdown on leaks to the press?

Reuters and Yahoo are reporting that

"The Bush administration is preparing a crackdown on intelligence leaks to the media and will try to pursue prosecutions in some recent cases, the chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Tuesday. Michigan Republican Rep. Peter Hoekstra also suggested some unauthorized leaks could have been deliberate attempts to help al Qaeda.

"More frequently than what we would like, we find out that the intelligence community has been penetrated, not necessarily by al Qaeda, but by other nations or organizations," he said. "I don't have any evidence. But from my perspective, when you have information that is leaked that is clearly helpful to our enemy, you cannot discount that possibility," he added.

My first reaction is that Hoekstra himself is an al Queda operative, sent to convince the world of how stupid Americans must be to elect a moron like him.

On further reflection, I think he is right. I think whoever leaked CIA Agent Valerie Plame's identity should be prosecuted, even if it is Cheney and Bush.

As my friend Napolean D. would say: Idiot!