Daschle

He's still sounding presidential.  Excerpt from today's Argus Leader:

WASHINGTON – The White House omitted key details about surveillance programs related to the war on terrorism during classified briefings with lawmakers, former Sen. Tom Daschle said Monday.

Daschle’s statements follow charges by former Sen. Bob Graham, a Florida Democrat who chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee, that the White House did not reveal the scope of controversial surveillance programs.

Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat, said he raised significant concerns about the programs after learning about them.

“Even with some of the more troublesome – and potentially illegal – details omitted, I still raised significant concern about these actions,” Daschle said in a statement.

A reader mails in:

In this morning's Argus Leader, Tom Daschle stated that "even with some of the more troublesome and potentially illegal details omitted, I still raised significant concern about these actions".  This seems to be the Democrat leadership line.

They claim not to be told the guts of the program but were upset with it just the same.   It is exactly what would be expected of them and it just doesn't pass the smell test.  Look at that language.  "Details" were omitted.  Could you not say that about any subject at any time?

Is Sen. Daschle telling us that the President refused him more information?   Did the Senator not demand to know more about this troubling program?   I do not buy it.

You can read his statement in its entirety here.