No Gulags Here

Kudos to Secretary Rumsfeld for standing up against the double standards of the liberal goons.

I saw part of this briefing this morning as I was getting ready for class, and there was a great moment I'd like to share. Here's the full transcript, which I'll snag a section from.

QUESTIONER: Mr. Secretary? Mr. Secretary, as someone who has complained or expressed concern in the past about the use of anonymous sources by the press, and someone who was also around at the time of Watergate, I'm curious about your reaction to the news that Mark Felt was identified as Deep Throat. In your opinion, do you think he's a hero, as his family and some people believe? Or did he abuse his position, as some of his critics say?

SEC. RUMSFELD: Oh, goodness. I was in Belgium as ambassador to NATO during that period and --

QUESTIONER: You're not going to get off that easy! (Laughter.)

SEC. RUMSFELD: Purty near! (More laughter.) And I have not followed what's been -- I've not read these articles. I think that any time wrongdoing occurs it's important that that wrongdoing be reported, and I think that's appropriate. Now, who one reports that to, the authorities is one thing, or somebody else is another. But I'm not knowledgeable enough to be in a position to judge it.

QUESTIONER: May I do a follow-up, first of all? I have a question for General Myers. But if you'll indulge me, you've been very tough on leaks from that podium and elsewhere. And it would seem to me that if you have somebody here, a number two in the FBI who's leaking, you would feel very strongly one way or the other that he's either a hero or a criminal. But you kind of are ducking this, the way it sounds.

SEC. RUMSFELD: Well, I'm not in a judgmental mood. (Laughter.)

When I saw this, I looked at the screen, amazed. This was absolutely hilarious, and those who say that Secretary Rumsfeld's nothing but a hardass haven't watched his press briefings.