Not An Opponent Of Intelligence, Just Protecting The Taxpayer

John Kerry has concocted are remarkably silly explanation for his attempts to slash intelligence spending. He was trying to cut pork.

"Unlike George Bush, John Kerry does not support every special spending project supported by Halliburton and other defense contractors." said Kerry spokesman Chad Clanton.

Kerry was seeking to slash the 1995 intelligence budget, a cut that not even Ted Kennedy could support. But not he claims that he was trying to cut pork. But, the congressional record does not support this defense.

He did not address intelligence specifically, much less single out pork barrel projects in the intelligence budget that his campaign now says he was targeting. However, 10 days earlier on the Senate floor, Kerry declared: "The madness must end."