Darrell Issa: saboteur or buffoon?

I'll let Darrell Issa choose which definition--either a deliberate saboteur or a reckless buffoon--fits him better. From Foreign Policy's "The Cable":

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) compromised the identities of several Libyans working with the U.S. government and placed their lives in danger when he released reams of State Department communications Friday....

Issa didn't bother to redact the names of Libyan civilians and local leaders mentioned in the cables, and just as with the WikiLeaks dump of State Department cables last year, the administration says that Issa has done damage to U.S. efforts to work with those Libyans and exposed them to physical danger from the very groups that had an interest in attacking the U.S. consulate.

Mitt Romney should answer for his political allies on the Hill. Why is Romney endangering freedom-loving Libyans? Why does he not denounce deliberate saboteurs? Would he suffer the influence of reckless buffoons in his own administration?

And when did the Republican Party begin defending the likes of Julian Assange? What next, Mitt? Flowers in your hair and daisies in gun barrels?

Comments

[Turgidson]

Can't it be both?

[Peter G]

Always with the dichotomies. sheesh. turgidsn's question is apt. And the answer most definitely is both.

[majii]

These are the answers and comments I posted on my FB page:
#1. he's both buffoon and saboteur

#2. for political gain
#3. he's a coward
#4. when Barack Obama became POTUS.
Now, give me my 100 on this way too easy quiz, Dr. Carpenter.

[AnneJ]

Darrell Issa is just an asshole, plain and simple. My favorite memory of him from here in California is when he started the 2003 recall against Gray Davis, not for any noble purpose for Californians but to advance his own career and take the job of governor for himself. He soon dropped out of the race and cried like a bitch at his press conference when Arnold filed the paperwork to run. Arnold was a a terrible governor and we have Darrell Issa to thank for his political rise. But that's republicans for you, when they get chummy with celebrities it's usually movie "tough guys" and they think the actors are the characters they play on screen. I even remember for a short time Arnold's republican fan boys making noises about amending the constitution to let foreign born citizens be eligible for the presidency. My how times have changed in that party now that a non-white, natural born American democrat is in the white house.