House GOP leadership discussing new ways to limit classified information on Capitol Hill
Source: msn/CNN
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CNN House Republican leadership is actively discussing new ways to restrict the classified information that all lawmakers can receive, after the White House indicated it will limit intelligence sharing with Congress going forward. Democrats are warning that would threaten their ability to do their jobs, and some Republicans also say they would be against further restrictions.
The conversations happening at the House leadership level have so far revolved around who should be allowed to access the most sensitive information, lawmakers involved in the discussions told CNN. The Trump administration is planning to limit what it shares with Congress, a senior White House official told CNN on Wednesday.
That comes after CNN reported that, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by seven people briefed on it, the US military strikes on three of Irans nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the countrys nuclear program and likely only set it back by months. Were looking into that, House Speaker Mike Johnson told CNN, when asked what ways he is looking to limit classified information coming to Congress in the future. Its a real problem.
Johnson did not rule out eliminating classified briefings for the entire House, which House and Senate lawmakers received last week on Iran, as a potential option. It probably affects what we are able to be told because there are real risks to that. So, its unfortunate. It effects how the institution works, and thats a problem so we got to address it, Johnson said.
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EarlG
(23,044 posts)Why dont they keep it in cardboard boxes in a bathroom, or on a stage, or in a closet at Mar a Lago? Apparently Trump thinks that is safe enough for top secret documents.
Wifes husband
(459 posts)The hypocrisy of these jerks is breathtaking
BumRushDaShow
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
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Bayard
(25,949 posts)I know nothing about this group, or the author, but he says the Constitution was never meant to imply that there were to be 3 co-equal branches of government. "Congress is the dominant branch of our government."
That being the case, I don't see how trump can withhold classified info from Congress.
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/how-the-myth-of-the-coequal-branches-became-the-norm/
BumRushDaShow
(156,421 posts)what you linked is from the American Enterprise Institute - a RW org - and I suppose the focus of that article was on the fact that the powers of Congress were enumerated first as "Article I", with the Executive Branch second as "Article II".
What is being pushed by the current regime is the fringe "Unitary Executive" theory which puts the President above all.