A congressional trip to Iraq this weekend was supposed to be a secret.
But the cat’s out of the bag now, thanks to a member of the House Intelligence Committee who broke an embargo via Twitter.
A delegation led by House Minority Leader John A. Boehner , R-Ohio, arrived in Iraq earlier today, and because of Rep. Peter Hoekstra , R-Mich., the entire world — or at least Twitter.com readers—now know they’re there.
“Just landed in Baghdad,” messaged Hoekstra, a former chairman of the Intelligence panel and now the ranking member, who is routinely entrusted to keep some of the nation’s most closely guarded secrets.
I kept digging into it to see whether it was a parody. Still not sure. Although knowing the guy; well....
I was gonna post a thread but this is as good as a thread as any.
Outside of Sioux Falls (our largest city), a small town in Iowa is planning on building a super casino. Our legislators want the state to allow these casinos everywhere (currently we have the reservations, Deadwood, and video lottery). The thinking is that if we only threaten to build one in Sioux Falls, Iowa will call theirs off. Meanwhile we will build huge casinos all over the state. I don't get it.
