The Occasional Exception Came Much Sooner than Expected

Rep Peter King, leak hating leaker

I anticipated an exception to the keep-talking-wingnuts rule, and leave it to Peter King to kick off the tag #STFUWingnut:

Rep. Peter King's (R-N.Y.) public thanks to Jordan this month for helping capture Osama bin Laden's son-in-law has upset a delicate U.S. government agreement to keep Jordan's role in the operation secret, U.S. officials told The Huffington Post. 

King, a member of the House Intelligence Committee and until recently the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, was the first U.S. official to confirm the arrest of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith. In a March 7 statement several hours before the indictment against Ghaith was unsealed, King thanked "our allies in Jordan" for help capturing Abu Ghaith, who served as a spokesman for al-Qaeda.

Via Hunter, who points out what a freaking cry baby King has been about government leaks.

This guy and Michelle Bachman (I'll be getting to her soon enough) are on the House Intelligence Committee. Thanks, Republicans! Could you guys go back to talking about rape, commies, or brown people? Something besides national security?