POLITICS PLAYING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY

    Again trying to even political scores, liberal Carl Levin launched another personal vendetta against those who challenged CIA presumptions and tried to develop sound intelligence about terrorist threats to the United States. According to the Wall Street Journal, Senator Levin’s smears against Douglas Feith -- then under secretary of Defense for Policy -- “will have a chilling effect on anyone who wants to question military intelligence in the future.” “This is dangerous,” the Journal continues, “because if recent experience has taught us anything it is that we need far more such questioning.” The Journal reminds us that “Senator Levin Amay enjoy scoring partisan points,” but comparing him to Captain Ahab said Levin’s “nasty obsession with Mr. Feith will have the effect of endorsing more group-think as the last, best word in intelligenceCand will lead to more Iraqs and more 9/11s.”