outlawauron said:
TheRealMafoo said:
Sqrl said:
I vehemently disagree with allowing all of congress to be briefed on every aspect of TS/S affairs. There is certainly an oversight and policy requirement but this is balanced against national security issues. And as much as people like to roll there eyes at the scare phrase "National Security" it is naive to think it is always illegitimately used (thus the need for oversight).
As for the article from what I can tell congress was simply not briefed on the program in question right? So why are they claiming th
ey were misled (other than their penchant for dramatics)? Not being privy to information is not that same as being given misinformation.
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We have thousands of people with very high level clearances. 535 more would not be that much. Plus, these should be the people you trust the most. If not, why the hell did you elect them?
I do think we, as a nation, should do a lot better job electing people with character, but I also think once we do, they should know all the information needed to do there jobs.
I personal think everyone in Washington cares deeply for the US, and would go out of there way to keep us safe. I just argue about there methods and what they think America stands for, but never there dedication to the country.
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I disagree vehemently. I do not trust Congress at all. Politicians are corrupt enough as is.
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I think everyone here knows I don't trust government. But if government is doing something (good or bad), it is the custodians of the government's responsibility to manage it.
How do you expect them to do there job, if the don't have all the facts? Plus, I bet things would go a lot different in Washington, if none of them could ever use the excuse "I didn't know".
The answer to "I didn't know" in Washington, should always be "It's your responsibility to know. Not good enough".
By the way, everyone in congress holds a clearance high enough to be privy to the information we are talking about (I used to as well). The issue is not if they can be trusted, but that information at that level is always on a "need to know" basis. I think they all need to know.
