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This is really strange. Was Obama a secret RNC agent or simply thick as a brick?
Thick as a brick
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This is really strange. Was Obama a secret RNC agent or simply thick as a brick?
I've never seen you spend so much time and energy on ANY thread on this forum!Do you think I have some vested interest in whether the "Nunes Memo" be released? I an assure you I do not. I don't care whether it is or isn't. I care only to see the kvetching among Republicans about whether to release the thing be ceased, and the reason I care to see that I know given the rules under which the House of Representatives functions, House Republicans, having control of the House, have all the power and authority they need to release it.
The bigger question in my mind is whether whatever be released will be in fact authentically and entirely the memo Rep. Nunes penned. AFAIK, the only people who've seen the memo are Nunes, a few other GOP members of the House Intel. Cmte., Trump and their respective staffs. It's not clear to me whether the ranking Democrat on the Committee has seen it. It'd make sense that he has, but I don't know that he has. Moreover, Executive Branch personnel have their own copy of it and, insofar as Trump can unilaterally declassify it, there's really no reason, other than hype and posturing, why the memo hasn't been released if the GOP want it released.
And that is the point I have been making: if the GOP will that the memo released, there's nothing stopping them from releasing it. They have in both the House and the Executive Branch the authority to do everything that's needed to release it. The only reason they couldn't release is because they destroyed it.
What part of the "source" document for the emboldened text in post 16 -- text to which you have not responded directly -- did you not read? It's a short document. Read it.the Executive branch can declassify their copy of it, and nobody but Trump has final say in that regard.
Perhaps in a perfect world, and wouldn't the Democrats just love that! Trump goes against all of his advisors and just throws the thing out there raw, embarrassing the USA and many people revealing unnecessarily all kinds of sensitive information and makes yet more enemies in the intelligence agencies and elsewhere he already has enough trouble with and yet more fodder for the Press to rail about to be used against him! No, I think however they do it, Congress must do it and with due diligence towards releasing only those things necessary and nothing more. It will also be a matter of TIMING.
Congress can do whatever the hell it wants to do with classified content that is part of the Congressional record.
Republicans are not all of Congress and the democrats in the Senate are going to fight this. Democrats are not like the GOP in that they "eat their own" when someone goes astray, and the Democrats will fight this kicking and screaming all of the way because it basically implicates THEM.
Now who's intentionally blurring something? I assure you, not I
Sure. No. Not you.
Is there some part of the above quoted statement that you don't understand?The United States Senate and the House of Representatives, as part of the Legislative branch of the U.S. government, are not subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12958, as amended, which governs the classification of national security information within the Executive branch." (Source)
Insofar as the memo was created by/is the property of a member of the House, all that's needed, at most, is for the appropriate Member in the House to instruct the House Sergeant at Arms (or maybe the Clerk of the House) to release it. "At most" because what we're talking about is a memo Devin Nunes wrote, and as such, may very well be not part of the official House's Congressional records, but rather considered part of the papers of the Congressman himself.Republicans are not all of Congress and the democrats in the Senate are going to fight this.
If that's the case, he, at his discretion can release the memo.In contrast to the institutional records of the House and Senate and the records of their committees, the papers of an individual senator or congressman are considered the “private property of the individual member,” and are often donated to an archival repository in the politician’s home state upon retirement.
Why do you keep mentioning the Senate when the document in question is part of the House's (or House member's) records? You acknowledged that Republicans control the House.Republicans are not all of Congress and the democrats in the Senate are going to fight this.
Repubs control the House,
Remember that because of separation of powers (SoP), Congress is beholden to laws, rules and procedures to which it chooses to subject itself. Taking SoP to an abstract extreme, Congress could write a clause into every law it passes that says "this law shall apply to and be enforced for all citizens except sitting members of Congress." Obviously, order would be destroyed were Congress to so move for every law, rule and procedure, but make no mistake, they do so move in some instances, namely those for which Congress feels that would compromise its independence (as a branch of government) were it not to do so. And when Congress does so, what anyone else thinks about it is of no consequence.When every Republican Leader has read it and is demanding for it's release to the American public
I just heard that Republicans are calling for the release of that memo that Devin Nunes wrote. Republicans control every branch and department of government. Why are calling for it it? They control everything; all they have to do is release it. They don't have to call for a damn thing.
BINGO! they classified it, they can declassify it....
it's all the same game only reverse of what they did with the Fusion GPS testimony.... they made up a bi fat lie about the dossier and Steele, and could only tell the lies if they kept the GPS testimony from us....
now they are telling another one of their lies and claiming dems don't want it released, then they claimed democrats haven't read it.... who knows what they will lie about next???
In any classified documents the House Intelligence Committee has to vote to release it to congress and the Dems voted against it.
Then they had a 2nd vote to release it to the public and the Dems voted against it.
It's pretty clear that the Dems did not want anyone to see it.
So something must be there.
In any classified documents the House Intelligence Committee has to vote to release it to congress and the Dems voted against it....
In addition to sharing with us what specific House rule requires a the House Intel Cmte. vote on declassification, please share with us the House rule stipulating that House Intel Cmte. declassification votes require more than a simple majority to pass any or all motions to declassify a document.In any classified documents the House Intelligence Committee has to vote to release it to congress and the Dems voted against it.
C4A, it doesnt work that way.BINGO! they classified it, they can declassify it....
The classifications are given based on a criteria of things like sources, methodology, data sensitivity, etc.
Now they do often over-classify things, but that usually seems to be the case when a doc can cause harm in combination with other docs.
But if you really want to know what is going on in DC visit Russia Times.
The reasons for classifying and declassifying documents are many and varied, and that's so regardless of whether it be documents Congress has classified or documents the Executive Branch have classified.The classifications are given based on a criteria of things like sources, methodology, data sensitivity, etc.
Republicans want this alleged damaging group of FISA memos released to the public, but Democrats are fighting hard to stop the release.
65 Republicans Lawmakers Are Trying To Force Release Of FISA Memos; Democrats Trying To Stop ⋆ WayneDupree.com
All true, but they still have to vote on it. And that allows Dems to block releasing it via declassification of it.C4A, it doesnt work that way.BINGO! they classified it, they can declassify it....
The classifications are given based on a criteria of things like sources, methodology, data sensitivity, etc.
Now they do often over-classify things, but that usually seems to be the case when a doc can cause harm in combination with other docs.
But if you really want to know what is going on in DC visit Russia Times.The reasons for classifying and declassifying documents are many and varied, and that's so regardless of whether it be documents Congress has classified or documents the Executive Branch have classified.The classifications are given based on a criteria of things like sources, methodology, data sensitivity, etc.
That said, and as I've noted before, Congress, due to Separation of Powers (SoP), is not subject to Executive Branch classification/declassification rules and procedures. Every document that is a part of the Congressional Record can, by Congress and only Congress, be classified or declassified as Congress sees fit to do.
What Congress cannot do, other than by passing express legislation requiring it [1], is declassify Executive Branch documents; however, where a copy/version of a given document is possessed by both Congress and the Executive Branch, Congress can declassify its copy of the document. Whether Members will see fit to do so is different matter, but that they can is not questioned.
Thoughtful readers rightly recognize that SoP can give rise to "bizarre" circumstances. The declassification of content that is part of the Congressional Record and part of the Executive Branch's records is one such example. What is there to say about such odd situations being possible? Only that the Founders willfully chose to form a tangled web of a government that, when its branches collaborate, is very powerful and effective and that when they don't, is all but impotent.
Note:
- Though Congress can pass such laws, it has no enforcement capacity, so its sole avenue of recourse, were the law not enforced/heeded, is to bring the matter before the SCOTUS and, if Congress be the prevailing claimant, rely on the Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court to see the SCOTUS' ruling (which may or may not be the same thing as the terms of the law that gave rise to the case) carried out. (The Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court's authority is strictly limited to enforcement of the SCOTUS' rulings (aka orders), one such ruling being the issuance of a bench warrant for the arrest of persons deemed/found in violation of Court rulings or deemed in contempt of court.)
Senator King has absolutely no reason to hype this kind of crap and he wants it released now as well.Fox news said last night that some republicans that read the memos were like Nunes and Jordan about it, but many Republicans said to Fox news reporters that the memos prove nothing and they warned that Jordan, Nunes and Gaetz better watch out with this hype they are putting out for partisan hackery, cuz when they are released they will show nothing out of the ordinary....and nothing illegal.
No Democrat fears it, they have not even read it....the only one in the articles from the right wing source in the op said that read it was Adam Schiff, and I posted his comments, and also NO ONE AT ALL THAT is Republican on the intelligence committee agreed to releasing Nunes's memo's....Senator King has absolutely no reason to hype this kind of crap and he wants it released now as well.Fox news said last night that some republicans that read the memos were like Nunes and Jordan about it, but many Republicans said to Fox news reporters that the memos prove nothing and they warned that Jordan, Nunes and Gaetz better watch out with this hype they are putting out for partisan hackery, cuz when they are released they will show nothing out of the ordinary....and nothing illegal.
For the record, it is a memo written by Nunez that summarizes the coordinated FISA activity that did reverse monitoring of the Trump campaign.
So it is vulnerable to a partisan spin anyway, but the facts contained in it are what the Democrats so fear.
All true, but they still have to vote on it. And that allows Dems to block releasing it via declassification of it.C4A, it doesnt work that way.BINGO! they classified it, they can declassify it....
The classifications are given based on a criteria of things like sources, methodology, data sensitivity, etc.
Now they do often over-classify things, but that usually seems to be the case when a doc can cause harm in combination with other docs.
But if you really want to know what is going on in DC visit Russia Times.The reasons for classifying and declassifying documents are many and varied, and that's so regardless of whether it be documents Congress has classified or documents the Executive Branch have classified.The classifications are given based on a criteria of things like sources, methodology, data sensitivity, etc.
That said, and as I've noted before, Congress, due to Separation of Powers (SoP), is not subject to Executive Branch classification/declassification rules and procedures. Every document that is a part of the Congressional Record can, by Congress and only Congress, be classified or declassified as Congress sees fit to do.
What Congress cannot do, other than by passing express legislation requiring it [1], is declassify Executive Branch documents; however, where a copy/version of a given document is possessed by both Congress and the Executive Branch, Congress can declassify its copy of the document. Whether Members will see fit to do so is different matter, but that they can is not questioned.
Thoughtful readers rightly recognize that SoP can give rise to "bizarre" circumstances. The declassification of content that is part of the Congressional Record and part of the Executive Branch's records is one such example. What is there to say about such odd situations being possible? Only that the Founders willfully chose to form a tangled web of a government that, when its branches collaborate, is very powerful and effective and that when they don't, is all but impotent.
Note:
- Though Congress can pass such laws, it has no enforcement capacity, so its sole avenue of recourse, were the law not enforced/heeded, is to bring the matter before the SCOTUS and, if Congress be the prevailing claimant, rely on the Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court to see the SCOTUS' ruling (which may or may not be the same thing as the terms of the law that gave rise to the case) carried out. (The Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court's authority is strictly limited to enforcement of the SCOTUS' rulings (aka orders), one such ruling being the issuance of a bench warrant for the arrest of persons deemed/found in violation of Court rulings or deemed in contempt of court.)
All true, but they still have to vote on it. And that allows Dems to block releasing it via declassification of it.C4A, it doesnt work that way.BINGO! they classified it, they can declassify it....
The classifications are given based on a criteria of things like sources, methodology, data sensitivity, etc.
Now they do often over-classify things, but that usually seems to be the case when a doc can cause harm in combination with other docs.
But if you really want to know what is going on in DC visit Russia Times.The reasons for classifying and declassifying documents are many and varied, and that's so regardless of whether it be documents Congress has classified or documents the Executive Branch have classified.The classifications are given based on a criteria of things like sources, methodology, data sensitivity, etc.
That said, and as I've noted before, Congress, due to Separation of Powers (SoP), is not subject to Executive Branch classification/declassification rules and procedures. Every document that is a part of the Congressional Record can, by Congress and only Congress, be classified or declassified as Congress sees fit to do.
What Congress cannot do, other than by passing express legislation requiring it [1], is declassify Executive Branch documents; however, where a copy/version of a given document is possessed by both Congress and the Executive Branch, Congress can declassify its copy of the document. Whether Members will see fit to do so is different matter, but that they can is not questioned.
Thoughtful readers rightly recognize that SoP can give rise to "bizarre" circumstances. The declassification of content that is part of the Congressional Record and part of the Executive Branch's records is one such example. What is there to say about such odd situations being possible? Only that the Founders willfully chose to form a tangled web of a government that, when its branches collaborate, is very powerful and effective and that when they don't, is all but impotent.
Note:
- Though Congress can pass such laws, it has no enforcement capacity, so its sole avenue of recourse, were the law not enforced/heeded, is to bring the matter before the SCOTUS and, if Congress be the prevailing claimant, rely on the Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court to see the SCOTUS' ruling (which may or may not be the same thing as the terms of the law that gave rise to the case) carried out. (The Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court's authority is strictly limited to enforcement of the SCOTUS' rulings (aka orders), one such ruling being the issuance of a bench warrant for the arrest of persons deemed/found in violation of Court rulings or deemed in contempt of court.)
All true, but they still have to vote on it.
Please share us the House rule on how classified House documents are declassified, specifically the passage that says House Intel. Cmte. members must vote to declassify Congressional documents.
In addition to sharing with us what specific House rule requires a the House Intel Cmte. vote on declassification, please share with us the House rule stipulating that House Intel Cmte. declassification votes require more than a simple majority to pass any or all motions to declassify a document.
You h ave your cause and effect reversed here, C4A.No Democrat fears it, they have not even read it...
And of course the public is too stupid to understand it so we cant release it ......
Intel Committee Ranking Dem Adam Schiff: “Can’t Release Memo Because American People Won’t Understand It”…
I have looked for Congressional rules/procedural documentation that indicates the declassification process for Congressional documents requires a vote of any sort. I have not found anything indicating that is the case. Perhaps by working together you will find it, and if you do, please share it with me. AFAIK, the only thing I'm aware of Congress voting on is legislation. [1] Everything else Congress does happens via a Congressional administrative action, and such actions need no vote.
And of course the public is too stupid to understand it so we cant release it ......
Intel Committee Ranking Dem Adam Schiff: “Can’t Release Memo Because American People Won’t Understand It”…
Nunes is a Trump hack....he planned this whole thing nearly a year ago with the whitehouse, and called all those press conferences.... don't you remember? Then he had to RECUSE himself from the investigation and he was accused of leaking classified information.... and was put under an Ethics Investigation....You h ave your cause and effect reversed here, C4A.No Democrat fears it, they have not even read it...
I think they are called 'Republicans'...Nunes is a Trump hack.....