Nine top Senate Republicans are calling the CIA a thoroughly unprofessional and dysfunctional organization, which cannot be trusted to protect the country against future terrorist attacks. Specifically, they think the CIA is likely to deliberately pass up “opportunities to prevent attacks” and “policies to protect the nation”.

The Republicans with this dim view of the CIA include Minority Whip Jon Kyl, Jeff Sessions, Kit Bond, Orrin Hatch and John Cornyn.

These honorable gentlemen also believe that “the foremost duty of the Department is to protect Americans”. That’s funny. I could have sworn it was to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the land. At least, before and after the tenure of one Alberto “Buttercheeks” Gonzales.

(And even Buttercheeks was only one word off from my description: “trample” instead of “uphold”.)