Op-ed by HPSCI ranking member Adam Schiff in the ongoing Nunes memo nonsensehttps://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/958869046568669185?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E0 …
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Not sure the procedure for disclosure used here (House Rule X 11(g)) really qualifies as "obscure" - it's been discussed a couple of times before eg in the joint SSCI/HPSCI 9/11 report - but its never actually been deployed SFAICT.
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Normally classified info is given to the exec branch for classification review before release. X/11(g) is being used to circumvent that process, and Schiff is right it's being used in a novel and broken way.
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The purpose of X/11g is really about congress saying what to do if exec branch and HPSCI eventually disagree. So e.g. with the 9/11 review, some congressmen didn't like the Saudi pages being withheld, hence the X/11g discussion
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But this is different: this isn't Nunes et al disagreeing with the exec branch and asserting their superiority under X/11g; it's them denying the exec branch the opportunity to do that determination in the first place.
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Replying to @emptywheel @pwnallthethings
Trump is the militant wing of the Executive Branch.
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That we have a militant as POTUS is why Article II enthusiasts should rethink their blind faith. But even Bush (er, his sidekick) was a problem.
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Replying to @emptywheel @pwnallthethings
I recall when I was a kid hearing about Group A being "the militant wing" of Group B. But then one day I realized it was a charade. To make it OK to negotiate w/ Group B while its members were blowing up people. By pretending the bombers were really separate & uncontrollable.
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