Posted on 07/20/2013 10:06:32 AM PDT by John Semmens
Representative Frank Wolf (R-Va) says that sources have informed him that key witnesses to the events surrounding September 2012′s attack that killed Ambassador Stephens and three other Americans in Benghazi have been forced to sign non-disclosure agreements.
“As I understand it, these people have been threatened with loss of employment, lawsuits and possible prison time if they testify before Congress,” Wolf said. “Non-disclosure agreements may be appropriate in a business context where proprietary secrets must be protected from competitors. However, they strike me as completely inappropriate as a means of blocking Congressional oversight of government operations.”
Secretary of State John Kerry defended the agreements as “more humane than the alternative. The Government has an absolute right and obligation to protect itself from revelations that could damage its credibility or ability to carry out its policies. The Government ought to be able to count on its employees to refrain from revealing state secrets. We need to be able to counterbalance Congress issuing threats in order to try to compel testimony. The non-disclosure agreement gives these employees legal grounds to refuse to answer questions.”
Kerry warned Congress “not to push the issue lest the Government be compelled to resort to the more drastic measures used by some other governments where witnesses simply disappear never to be heard from again. If Congress persists in its dangerous quest for information it doesn’t really need the blood will be on their hands.”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://azconservative.org/2013/07/20/ag-assails-zimmerman-verdict/
"The Government has an absolute right and obligation to protect itself from revelations that could damage its credibility or ability to carry out its policies."
Credibility and ability to carry out "its policies" is NOT a license to murder !
Did Kerry really say this ?
Was Kerry threatening that the Administration would have people killed before allowing them to testify before Congress ?
By the way, the link provided seems to be to an article in the Arizona Conservative about the Zimmerman verdict, not Benghazi.
Almost had me there LOL
LOL...Blood pressure returning to normal —— slowly.
Why don’t you take your adolescent fantasies somewhere else? I mean this is a breaking news forum. Go over to comedy or better yet, the democrat underground. They will love your juvenile antics.
Ha! More humane than the alternative. Don’t brush that option aside quite yet.
Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ |
...many a true word spoken in jest....
Ha...they all have an invite for luncheon with Polonius...
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