Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga., said Wednesday that a memo urging Democrat members of the Senate Intelligence Committee to politicize Iraq war intelligence is "perhaps treasonous."
In a statement released by his office, Sen. Miller said:
"I have often said that the process in Washington is so politicized and polarized that it can't even be put aside when we're at war. Never has that been proved more true than the highly partisan and perhaps treasonous memo prepared for the Democrats on the Intelligence Committee."
The retiring Georgia Democrat continued:
"If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin. The ones responsible - be they staff or elected or both - should be dealt with quickly and severely sending a lesson to all that this kind of action will not be tolerated, ignored or excused."
Miller expressed his dismay that senators entrusted with the nation's most sensitive intelligence information would try to use it for partisan purposes.
"Of all the committees, this is the one single committee that should unquestionably be above partisan politics," he said. "The information it deals with should never, never be distorted, compromised or politicized in any shape, form or fashion."
The memo, first detailed on Tuesday by nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity, outlined a plan to use intelligence gathered by the committee to attack the White House during next year's presidential campaign.
NewsMax.com was the first news outlet to print the contents of the memo in full.
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