covert action

I do not understand the politics of the latest CIA inspired hatefest on Capital Hill.  Certaintly it looks like the Ds are seeking to get payback for the Pelosi fiasco early this year.  But if I was a Republican on the side of this issue, I would do some polling to verify what seems intuitive -- namely that if there is one thing that the American people want the CIA to do it is to seek out and kill Al Qaida leaders around the world. I suspect that this issue will gain little traction in places outside of the beltway where process stories have a hard time gaining traction.  However, from a political perspective, I would think R's would want  to take advantage of this issue  by highligting it outside the beltway and presenting a picture of what they would like the CIA to do -- again identifying, capturing and/or killing AQ leadership around the world.  At the very least make the Ds go onto the defense on this issue. Over at Volokh conspiracy, Kenneth Anderson has this to say about the whole matter.