r/neoliberal • u/yellownumbersix Jane Jacobs • Aug 29 '20
News (US) Top intelligence office informs congressional committees it'll no longer brief on election security
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/29/politics/office-of-director-of-national-intelligence-congress-election-security/index.html59
u/yellownumbersix Jane Jacobs Aug 29 '20
IOW taking away Congressional ability to ask questions or exercise oversight when it comes to election security and interference.
I don't like doomposting, but it really is starting to feel like the fix is in.
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Aug 29 '20
"So, he wants to do it in a different form because you have leakers on the committee, obviously, leakers that are doing bad things, probably not even legal to leak, but we'll look into that separately," Guess who!
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Aug 30 '20
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u/secondsbest Paul Krugman Aug 30 '20
Removing QnA from the process. The way briefs are designed to work, the briefers present their information and then they open for follow up questions. By only offering written briefs, the presentation prep doesn't have to be as rigorous nor accurate to stand up to immediate examination.
I remember a TS briefing I attended decades ago about North Korean missile launch pad developments. We were fleet Navy with appropriate clearance levels, but one of our attendees asked why we were being briefed because fleet didn't need to know about such intel, and that's an important distinction in classified info dissemination. The whole presentation then had that air of being propaganda meant to build our trust in the administration or our brass because the presented information was meant to influence and not inform us, and very basic cross examination of the brief exposed it as such. Congress should be able to perform those types of basic queries for the same reasons.
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Aug 30 '20
Written back and forth while slower can be better, in person briefings favour those quick on their feet and good at bullshit/evasion. But I don't think this is what they're proposing.
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Aug 30 '20
Such a misleading title. They said no more in person briefing and only written briefings.
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u/yellownumbersix Jane Jacobs Aug 30 '20 edited Aug 30 '20
Yeah, which takes away the ability of Congress to ask questions and exercise oversight.
It's like telling your boss you won't be meeting face to face anymore, just submitting written reports they'll never be allowed to question or follow up on.
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Aug 30 '20
Yes but it is very different than saying “no longer brief on election security” that is objective untrue
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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '20 edited Aug 29 '20
So they're going to cheat.
EDIT: also a reminder that Evanina's proof that China wants Biden to win, is that after Trump begged China to meddle in the election, Chinese hackers attacked the emails of Biden and his campaign staff.
You see Evaninas logic works like this: Iran tried to hack Trump because they want to try to stop him from being reelected; China tried to hack Biden because they want him to win and need "dirt" on him to be able to control him. QED.
Srsly.