Why were they surprised?

Today’s big Intelligence Story — on the revision of Executive Order 1233 — gets even bigger. It turns out that Congress got by-passed with the revisions and they were hurt and surprised. We are not a bit surprised. And the “Two Mikes,” may have a bit of negotiating to do as Mike McConnell-DNI takes over a bit more power from Mike Hayden-CIA. As follow-up to an earlier post, “Bush Orders Intelligence Overhaul” (NYT — updated the afternoon of 7/31/08). To quote: The [House Intelligence] Commit

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