Why are Democrats going nuts over a CIA 'program'?

Washington Post:

The secret CIA program revealed to members of Congress late last month involved a series of planned attempts to assassinate top al-Qaeda leaders -- efforts that never progressed to an operational stage, according to current and former intelligence officials.

The CIA has long possessed the authorization, granted by President George W. Bush in a secret 2001 directive, to use lethal force against a small group of top al-Qaeda leaders whenever they were located. Although the agency's attacks on terrorist camps using pilotless aircraft is well documented, the CIA's program involved operatives "striking at two feet instead of 10,000 feet," a current intelligence official said.

Neither the officials nor the CIA would elaborate on the program or explain how it differed from other, well-understood attempts to destroy the group's senior leadership. But one current U.S. intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the program was small, intermittent and "exactly the kind of work people would expect the agency to be doing."

Both officials said the program never progressed to the point where congressional notification was required.

"It didn't go anywhere," the current intelligence official said.

The program touched off a political firestorm last week when several Democrat lawmakers complained that the CIA had misled Congress by failing to disclose its existence to the proper oversight committees.

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Just exactly what kind of "oversight" did this "program" need?

This seems to be another example of how unsuited Democrats are to have any control of national security. They should be ashamed of making a big deal out of nothing. It is really too bad the "program" did not reach fruition, because I would like to see more al Qaeda leaders destroyed. Apparently the Democrats on the intelligence committee have other ideas of how to make war against people trying to commit mass murder against our citizens.

The Democrats should be embarrassed to even bring this issue up. If they want to make a political event out of this case, they are going to be very disappointed.