Feingold: Secrets, secrets are no fun

Russ Feingold apparently would like the White House to brief him on surveillance activities related to the war on terror. As the AP notes:

Specifically, Feingold asked President Bush to make his staff available to discuss the program, as well as the use of automated data analysis, or "data mining," of domestic communications.

"In addition," Feingold wrote in the letter to Bush, "please provide information about who within the executive branch reviewed, approved or otherwise knew about your authorization of wiretaps in the United States without a FISA order, and when."

As I discussed a little while back, it would seem to me that after a confidential intelligence program is illegally leaked to the New York Times, the White House might be better served to share the details of it with fewer people – not more. In Mr. Feingold, the Bush Administration should see a Senator who not only is on the record opposing this critical program but, indeed, who is on the record opposing the war on terror.

This is the senator who voted against the Patriot Act, favors a Vietnam-style exit from Iraq and is transparently running for president on a platform of French-style surrender (in lieu of campaign posters, he really should just hand out white flags). He has never shown a serious commitment to the security of this country, apparently doesn't care about the wellbeing of a once-terrorized nation overseas and couldn't care less about the potential of a war fought at home instead of abroad. And now he wants a confidential briefing?

For once, I'm hoping the White House actually cuts Wisconsin out of the loop.