Senior House Republicans are complaining about Democrats' plans to divert "scarce" intelligence funds to study global warming.That's not their job. And even if it were, would the CIA even get it right? After all, the CIA missed the intel on the fall of the Berlin Wall, the WMD in Iraq, al Qaeda's numerous attacks on the US, etc.
The House next week will consider the Democrat-crafted Intelligence Authorization bill, which includes a provision directing an assessment of the effects that climate change has on national security.
"Our job is to steal secrets," said Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, the ranking Republican on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
"There are all kinds of people analyzing global warming," he told The Washington Times. "There's no value added by the intelligence community here; they have no special expertise, and this takes money and resources away from other threats."
Democrats, who outnumber Republicans on the committee, blocked the minority from stripping the warming language from the bill.
It's not like the CIA doesn't already have a full plate, trying to get a handle on the Islamic terrorist groups and their backers in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Pakistan. Then, there are the ongoing threats and analysis for places like China and Russia and emerging and continuing threats in places like Venezuela, Cuba, Sudan, and most of Africa, and Southeast Asia.
Where does global warming fit in exactly? It doesn't.
This tells you all you need to know about the priorities of Democrats in Congress. They think global warming is a threat on par with terrorism and that the CIA should task its limited assets to investigating an issue that is already in the purview of agencies like NASA and NOAA along with the Department of the Interior, Department of Commerce, and the EPA.
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