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The Transparency is Apparent
Author: Raine
Date: 10/24/2019 13:11:20
GOP claim that the decision to storm the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, also known as a SCIF, was because they wanted the impeachment proceeding to be more transparent. They want all lawmakers access to all hearing. As we all know, even in normal times SCIF meetings do not work that way.
Even worse, it seems that this was a request from the White House. This was published yesterday:
At this point, it should be abundantly clear that the only reason why they are pulling this dangerous idiocy is because they don't know what is being said and as a result, those involved cannot coordinate their stories. They aren't acting like they are protecting innocent people. What even more reprehensible is many of the people who led the 'protest' charge are actually on the very committees allowed to be present during yesterday's SCIF testimony.
They want people to forget that all of this is going to be made public in a few weeks.
This morning, from judge Napolitano, of all people said on F&F:
They say they want transparency, and boy they sure are showing their asses. At the same time, they are breaking the law and making the entire nation less safe.
and 
Raine
Mieke Eoyang, a former House Intelligence Committee staffer who managed meetings inside the same SCIF during the Obama administration, told me: “This is the kind of thing that, for people who work in national security, makes our hair stand on end.â€
The protest demonstrated how rank-and-file lawmakers can be one of government’s biggest cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Members of Congress are high-value targets for Russian and Chinese hackers who routinely go after their personal devices and email accounts, but lawmakers don't get any special protection for those devices and often don’t have enough training or savvy to protect them themselves.
Google, for example, informed an unspecified number of senators that foreign hackers were targeting their gmail accounts last year.
Even worse, it seems that this was a request from the White House. This was published yesterday:
Ar least some of Republican SCIF crashers met with Trump yesterday, where they outlined a plan to crash the hearing, according to several people familiar with the matter. Trump supported the action, saying he wanted the transcripts released. https://t.co/Q28mDG1OZS
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 23, 2019
At this point, it should be abundantly clear that the only reason why they are pulling this dangerous idiocy is because they don't know what is being said and as a result, those involved cannot coordinate their stories. They aren't acting like they are protecting innocent people. What even more reprehensible is many of the people who led the 'protest' charge are actually on the very committees allowed to be present during yesterday's SCIF testimony.
They want people to forget that all of this is going to be made public in a few weeks.
This morning, from judge Napolitano, of all people said on F&F:
Andrew Napolitano demolishes Fox's talking point that Dems need transparency: "These are not the impeachment hearings. The impeachment hearings have to be held in public by the House Judiciary Committee. This is the initial interview of witnesses. ... He's following the rules." pic.twitter.com/3UW9tGPCC3
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) October 24, 2019
They say they want transparency, and boy they sure are showing their asses. At the same time, they are breaking the law and making the entire nation less safe.
and Raine
