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Schiff seeks rule that would block oversight of some military operations
Washington Times ^ | July 11, 2022 | Susan Ferrechio and Kerry Picket

Posted on 07/16/2022 1:26:45 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Rep. Adam B. Schiff, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, wants a defense policy bill to include language blocking Congress from oversight of the military and National Guard in some cases of domestic deployment.

The amendment is poised to be added to the National Defense Authorization Act, which the House plans to take up this week, and it has drawn criticism from Republicans who fear Mr. Schiff is trying to preemptively block them from oversight if their party wins the House majority in November elections.

“This un-American amendment will fundamentally and irreparably erode Congress’ constitutional oversight responsibility,” Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, a member of the Armed Services Committee and chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, told The Washington Times. “House Democrats led by Adam Schiff are attempting to cover up for the national security crises of the weakest commander in chief in U.S. history.”

The exemption from congressional oversight is narrowly focused on the domestic deployment of troops, but Mr. Schiff’s free pass for the Pentagon could impact a range of oversight from border security to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

(Excerpt) Read more at amp.washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: 2022election; adamschiff; bugeyedliar; california; congress; coverup; election2022; kerrypicket; oversight; schiff; schiffforbrains; susanferrechio
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1 posted on 07/16/2022 1:26:45 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Watch out when they use the word “some” as a qualifier.


2 posted on 07/16/2022 1:28:45 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Mr. Mojo

More to the point, the bill is likely intended to hide the use of the military in suppressing internal dissent. This is a totalitarian move.


3 posted on 07/16/2022 1:31:25 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Mr. Mojo

“narrowly focused on the domestic deployment of troops”

Just what the hell are these bastards planning?


4 posted on 07/16/2022 1:32:07 PM PDT by es345st
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To: Mr. Mojo

They are pumping are oil reserve dry the oil is going to Europe the oil from Saudi Arabia that usually comes here is going to China. This week hackers found out that China has been manufacturing the vaccine for Pfizer here in the United States the vaccine distribution center one of them in New York was breached by anti-VAX or’s they were all Chinese staff.. Biden ministration just remove 60,000 from Service for not getting their shot they say they’re going to dismiss another 260,000 if they refuse the booster......... Chinana has been manufacturing armaments and armored vehicles in South America and Trudeau sold the Chinese a deep water port last year in Canada. ..... The cameras the airport and whether cameras on the West Coast and the East Coast I’ve been turned off now for three days with no explanation. The army reports there are ammunition and equipment shortages throughout our service at this point the equipment has been sent to Ukraine and Uganda. Gltua


5 posted on 07/16/2022 1:33:24 PM PDT by Therapsid (eagan )
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To: Mr. Mojo

This guy is an enemy of the state.

His opinion isn’t worth cold hard cow patties.


6 posted on 07/16/2022 1:33:38 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: es345st

It could just be ex post facto removal of Congressional oversight of the January 6, 2021 riot-protest-tour, just in time for GOP takeover of House.


7 posted on 07/16/2022 1:34:40 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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“Rep. Adam B. Schiff, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, wants a defense policy bill to include language blocking Congress from oversight of the military and National Guard in some cases of domestic deployment.”

So when the Demoncrats want to send out the military to quell peaceful civilian protests they don’t have to notify Congress what they are about to do?


8 posted on 07/16/2022 1:35:02 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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Democrats like changing the rules to suit their needs. When the rule they just created, comes back to bite them on the ass, they claim it’s unfair, and want to change it again. They’re little kids, who have to repeatedly stack the deck, so they always come out on top.


9 posted on 07/16/2022 1:35:14 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Huey Long


10 posted on 07/16/2022 1:35:42 PM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: Mr. Mojo

The “We Don’t Want To Know” law.


11 posted on 07/16/2022 1:36:09 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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Here it comes.


12 posted on 07/16/2022 1:36:13 PM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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If this is passed, the next step is to set up military run encampments where “undesirables” and “enemies of the state”, i.e. conservatives and patriots, will be held for undetermined periods.


13 posted on 07/16/2022 1:37:45 PM PDT by Signalman
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From Wikipedia:

The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes which limits the powers of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States. The Act was passed as an amendment to an army appropriation bill following the end of Reconstruction and was updated in 1956 and 1981.

What Schiff is saying is that he wants the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States, but he wants to keep it a secret and probably lock up any journalist who dares to print news of the clampdown.

14 posted on 07/16/2022 1:38:18 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. It's "whatever".)
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To: Therapsid
"This week hackers found out that China has been manufacturing the vaccine for Pfizer here in the United States..."

China has also manufactured one of the two drugs packaged as Paxlovid.

15 posted on 07/16/2022 1:39:56 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: es345st
Here's your answer in a nutshell..

The Derp State placed military asset WITHIN the Jan. 6th crowd and their actions are unclear.

Schiff does NOT want the possibly Republican-dominated House or Senate looking into what the U.S. military was doing at the January 6 Trump rally and at the CRAPitol that day.

16 posted on 07/16/2022 1:40:49 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Let’s hope you are right because that would mean the rats don’t think they cheat enough to keep the house.


17 posted on 07/16/2022 1:44:58 PM PDT by es345st
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To: Mr. Mojo

This communist bastard wants the same protections that the chicoms had @ Tiananmen Square in 1989...


18 posted on 07/16/2022 1:45:15 PM PDT by SuperLuminal
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11.3 devolution? All the obvious craziness latey is making Q less crazy sounding. The deltas....the deltas.


19 posted on 07/16/2022 1:48:53 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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wants a defense policy bill to include language blocking Congress from oversight of the military and National Guard in some cases of domestic deployment.

An amendment like this would be unconstitutional.

One Congress cannot pass a law binding a future Congress.

Each Congress is free to oversee whatever it wants to oversee.

-PJ

20 posted on 07/16/2022 1:49:37 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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