What's all the hub-bub, BUB...BA

I'm wondering if Leonard Boswell's health isn't a bigger issue than what he's letting on. First he undergoes surgery and chemotherapy, for a benign tumor. That caused him to miss quite a few months of work. Now he's missing meetings of the intelligence committee? Boswell claims everything the committee does is classified and not even attendance should be divulged. Boswell and intelligence? That's an oxymoron, in more ways than one! If it's sooooo secret, why do we know who's on the committee? I have no problem with them meeting in closed session, but as a taxpayer I want to know when an elected member of Congress isn't doing their work! Boswell wouldn't confirm if he was at the meeting, but it sure sounds like he wasn't. He said he had access to what was said at the closed briefing and also provided this quote, "Every word is transcribed. I had staff there. No question about it. We all had staff there, we always do." The only reason for this lame piece was the Ragister is laying the groundwork to get their good ol' boy, and lone Dummycrat in the House, re-elected this fall.