Members of Congress are supposedly outraged that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld didn’t warn them about Abu Ghraibgate:
Lawmakers are incensed that Rumsfeld gave no hint of the oncoming controversy when he was on Capitol Hill last week for a classified briefing, hours before CBS’ 60 Minutes broke the story. Even Bush administration loyalists are expressing outrage over the lack of communication.
“If we are going to be a partner in this war on terror, then we should be completely briefed, not just on things they want us to hear,” said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas.
Had these same lawmakers paid close attention to the news, they might have picked up on advance hints of the controversy themselves. As early as January CNN reported that the military was conducting an investigation into the allegation of prisoner abuse.
Apparently the Congresscritters needed the media herd’s prompting to get worked up about this story.