Tuesday, December 12, 2006

For those who think Bush is inexcusably stupid, here's a little partisan test for your contempt and citizenship

Incoming House intelligence chief botches easy intel quiz

reyes.jpg WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, who incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped to head the Intelligence Committee (replacing Jane Harman who was regarded as being too cooperative with the current admin) when the Democrats take over in January, failed a quiz of basic questions about al Qaeda and Hezbollah, two of the key terrorist organizations the intelligence community has focused on since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

When asked by CQ National Security Editor Jeff Stein whether al Qaeda is one or the other of the two major branches of Islam -- Sunni or Shiite -- Reyes answered "they are probably both," then ventured "Predominantly -- probably Shiite."
Words fail. They just fail.

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