KO: How the Republicans Gave Away the Keys to the Atomic Store to Backstop a Talking Point

Mickeleh's Take: The gay pastor story seems to be dominating the news. But this was the big one. Watch through to the interview with Joseph Cirincione. "...a text-book case of what happens when you politicize intelligence...We gave terrorists and other nations a roadmap on how to build a nuclear bomb... This is a case of congressional ideologues, of zealots thinking that they can't trust our own intelligence officials..."

(Tags: Iraq, Bush, Republicans, New York Times, NYT, Security, Nuke, Nuclear, A-bomb CIA, Politics, Election, Olbermann, Keith Olbermann)