I thought I was done with the Guantanamo thing in Michigan, but I came across this article in CQ 

In the first post I put up in the Guantanamo series, I pointed out that Rep. Pete Hoekstra was using the situation to his advantage in a bid to be the next governor of Michigan.  And now, nearly three months later, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo of California, is of a like mind, referring to his intention to run during the hearing.

 Hoekstra didn't like it much, but that's too bad. 

Maybe if Dave Munson, the guy that headed up the opposition to Gitmo detainees at Standish Max, hadn't been invited as a witness to a hearing about "the executive branch violating the rules for keeping Congress 'fully and currently informed' of intelligence activities" the connection would not have been made. 

The Republicans said,  "Munson would illustrate how the Obama administration's refusal to share information with the intelligence panels was part of a broader problem with executive branch transparency."  

At last report, detainees at Standish Max was a no-go, so why was Munson brought in to re-hash a dead issue?  Could not the Republicans have brought in a better example?  The Democrats did.  Some former staffers from the Church Committee.  It's like the 3th grade science fair....the brainy kid brings in the foaming volcano and the doofus brings in a rock from the driveway.

Although....it was a Fox News report that brought out the no-go Gitmo North story.   And, ya know, I didn't find any other major media service come out with a similar story.....

Hmmmm.

Interesting.

I don't hate opera, but I never understood it.  I reckon it wouldn't be the first time a diva belted out a second verse just when you thought the dang thing was over.