In his post below, GOP Nazis, John has the quote from Congressman Bob Ney that Newsweek's behavior may have been "criminal." Hmmm....apparently, a lot of people were asking what got him so riled up? .
Could it be that Newsweek was investigating Bob Ney for unethical and possibly criminal activity?
CREW, which wrote an ethics complaint against Ney this week, has the Roll Call story:
Meanwhile, the back-and-forth continues between Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) and Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff, who wrote the original Quran item two weeks ago. (The Bush administration, although the Pentagon had reviewed the entire story, did not challenge the story until Friday.)I love that Melanie Sloan. She just calls them as she sees them. The progressive groups in DC need more leaders who play hard ball like Melanie does.
Ney went to the House floor Monday and bashed Isikoff, calling the star reporter a “yellow journalist.”
Some Hill insiders, including Republicans, questioned why Ney launched such a vitriolic attack on Isikoff. Several sources said Isikoff in recent weeks was pursuing a story about Ney’s overseas junkets and the Congressman’s ties to former Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is the subject of both federal and Congressional investigations into his business ties with Native American tribes.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a liberal watchdog group, confirmed that members of that organization had spoken to Isikoff about Ney.
“It is ironic that Mr. Ney is publicly expressing outrage over Mr. Isikoff’s alleged ethical lapse at the same time that he himself is refusing to take responsibility for his own unethical conduct,” CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan said.
It is almost funny to see Ney become so sanctimonious about ethical behavior all of the sudden. And don't you love it when Congressman get all "vitrolic"?
