Senator Tom Daschle was on the Senate floor this morning blasting the Bush administration for its "abuse of power" in countering the allegations of Richard Clarke, according to a Reuters story headlined "Clarke Denies Playing Election-Year Politics." Excerpt:
On Capitol Hill, Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota took to the Senate floor to accuse the White House of "abuses of power."He equated the effort to discredit Clarke to a similar move against former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill over a tell-all book in January and the leaking of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame when her husband, former diplomat Joseph Wilson, accused Bush of hyping pre-war intelligence on Iraq.
"I think the people around the president crossed into dangerous territory. We are seeing abuses of power that cannot be tolerated. The president needs to put a stop to it right now. We need to get to the truth and the president needs to help us do that," Daschle said.
Of course, Daschle has his own problems with "abuse of power" back home, as Jeff Gannon, resident DC expert on South Dakota politics, has detailed.
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