Ally warned Bush on secret intel

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=2de755b32e21bfbd

A political ally of President George W. Bush warned the president in May that the administration may have violated the law on secrete intelligence programs.

The New York Times reported Saturday it had obtained a copy of a sharply worded May 18 letter to Bush from Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., warning that the administration may have broken the law by failing to inform Congress of secret programs -- and risked losing Republican support on national security matters.

Hoekstra -- the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee -- did not specify which intelligence activities he believed had been hidden from Congress. Hoekstra referred to programs not revealed to the public, the Times reported.

Intelligence officials have appeared at two closed committee briefings to answer questions from Hoekstra and other members

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It was a fellow Republican who got alarmed...

[MissWaverly]

1. that was May 18th, what was the result if any

did they perform their duty to provide oversight of the executive branch or is this another
roll-over.