Posted on 04/14/2023 4:32:15 AM PDT by george76
Never letting a crisis go to waste is very useful tool, especially when the government creates the crisis. As CTH has said from the first discussion of the classified intelligence leaks, the “leak is the op.”
The intel leak is the operation created by the Intelligence Community to support new expanded powers for the Fourth Branch of Government. It should not be a surprise to discover the institution now leading the charge to give more power for U.S. intel agencies, is…. wait for it….. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
The SSCI is the organizational institution that supports the Fourth Branch of Government, the intelligence branch. The SSCI previously created a bipartisan Restrict Act, to deal with dangerous information on the internet.
According to SSCI Chairman Mark Warner, ‘The Restrict Act’ will give more power and authorities to the Executive Branch to deal with internet danger. Now the SSCI sees the classified intel leaks as evidence for the importance of the Restrict Act.
Well, butter my buns and call me a biscuit, surprise-surprise! Funny how that happens.
(Via NBC) – The Biden administration is looking at expanding how it monitors social media sites and chatrooms after U.S. intelligence agencies failed to spot classified Pentagon documents circulating online for weeks, according to a senior administration official and a congressional official briefed on the matter.
The possible change in the intelligence-gathering process is just one potential shift as officials scramble to determine not only how the documents leaked but also how to prevent another damaging incident.
[…] The president and other officials were dismayed when they learned the documents had been online for at least a month. “Nobody is happy about this,” said the senior administration official.
The administration is now looking at expanding the universe of online sites that intelligence agencies and law enforcement authorities track, the official said.
[…] If the administration tries to check online chatrooms more closely, it will have to navigate legal safeguards designed to protect Americans’ privacy and freedom of expression, former intelligence officials said.
Watching a public chatroom is fair game, but law enforcement agencies don’t have the legal authority to monitor a private online chatroom without probable cause, the former officials said.
“We do not have nor do we want a system where the United States government monitors private internet chats,” said Glenn Gerstell, former general counsel of the National Security Agency from 2015 to 2020.
[…] Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., said the leak raised yet more questions about how the government manages its secrets, only months after revelations that successive administrations appeared to have mishandled classified documents. […] “I think it’s time that Congress plays a role here in setting some parameters,” Warner said. (read more)
Just a few “parameters“…
Swear.
Promise.
Uh huh….
The Restrict Act, also known as Senate Bill 686 [SB686 HERE], also known as the bipartisan bill to empower the executive branch to shut down TikTok. Also known as the ‘online Patriot Act’.
“It won’t really affect us here, since I’m sure they’ve already been monitoring us for 20 years.”
It won’t just be at the websites. It will be monitoring everything you do through your local internet access provider. This is why they want to outlaw VPNs.
OMG... Have always thought they were a bunch of crooks, thieves, etc.... they are.
Lets not make more stringent rules for accessing classified info, lets monitor and censor online social media...for our own good of course.
Natch.
Serious lapse of oversight or someone gave him access that shouldn’t have.
Or the other truly secure document in D.C.: Congress’ list of their bimbo payoffs.
I already suspected the kid was set up from the beginning. He probably has some new “friends” who just happen to be alphabet spooks that egged him on. Why else would a 21 year old have the highest security clearance there is.?
AP says False - these numbers are pulled from a 1999 blog that was never proven. Feb 2023
I’d go with this source, which tracks allegations:
https://www.govtrack.us/misconduct
Sounds like the Senate too but they are higher on the take and pay off list.
So is it the case that the Feds low key wanted the information in these “leaked” documents to be known?
A proven sell ticket to congress and senate indeed. $$$$$$$$$$
Good question among many. Who do you trust to tell the truth?
bttt
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