Peter Hoekstra, certifiably contemptible political liar

Hoekstra, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, claims some of the recent leaks to the media about BushCo intelligence programs were deliberately done to help al Qaeda.

“More frequently than what we would like, we find out that the intelligence community has been penetrated, not necessarily by al Qaeda, but by other nations or organizations,” he said.

“I don’t have any evidence. But from my perspective, when you have information that is leaked that is clearly helpful to our enemy, you cannot discount that possibility,” he added.

I suppose Hoekstra could actually be dumb enough or Bush/Cheney-hypnotized enough to actually believe this, which would be scarier yet than political lying like this. But that’s more than scary enough. He’s quickly moving past people like Rick Santorum and Peter King and into a class all his own.