If the head democratic party's intelligence guru flunks the basics, is
it surprising that the American public really does not realize their
own vulnerabilty by electing these neophytes to office?


Incoming House intelligence chief botches easy intel quiz


CNN ^ | 12/11/06 | CNN's Scott Anderson and Brian Todd
Incoming House intelligence chief botches easy intel quiz WASHINGTON
(CNN) -- Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, who incoming House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi has tapped to head the Intelligence Committee when the
Democrats take over in January, failed a quiz of basic questions about
al Qaeda and Hezbollah, two of the key terrorist organizations the
intelligence community has focused on since the September 11, 2001
attacks. When asked by CQ National Security Editor Jeff Stein whether
al Qaeda is one or the other of the two major branches of Islam --
Sunni or Shiite -- Reyes answered "they are probably both,"...