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Hoyer: The minority whip came to me
indicating that there were things he thought the Members ought to have
knowledge of that he was of the opinion could not be divulged in public
debate. There is a provision under our rules to accomplish that
objective. After discussion with him and limitation on the time so that
we could, in fact, get to a vote on what we believe is very important
legislation, we have agreed to this arrangement. Again, it's limited,
but we did not want to be nor are we in the position of saying to the
minority whip if he has such information that we want to preclude that
from being offered, because we want no indication that any information
is being withheld.
Mr. KUCINICH. My friend has said two things. One is that there's an assumption that it's going to be about FISA, and another one is that there is going to be a debate of sorts. When I asked the question if you are aware of whether or not anything like this has happened before, we are talking about specific legislation that is before this House, would the gentleman know what the precedent for this is? Is this unprecedented that the House of Representatives would be meeting in secret preliminary to legislation that it intends to pass? I haven't experienced this in my time; and for information purposes, I would ask the gentleman, who has been here, I think 26, 28 years, if in his experience he can remember that.
Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman. In responding to him, I believe, and I'm not, frankly, absolutely positive, and I am hoping that somebody perhaps on the Intelligence Committee staff or others in the House knows, but I believe that during the early 1980s, 1983, on Contragate there was such a session.
Mr. KUCINICH. When?
Mr. HOYER. In 1983.
Mr. KUCINICH. On what?
Mr. HOYER. Contragate.
Mr. KUCINICH. Iran-Contra?
Mr. HOYER. Yes.
Mr. KUCINICH. Was that before the hearings or after the hearings?
Mr. HOYER. I don't know the answer to that question.
Mr. KUCINICH. I just want to point out something here, Madam Speaker, as this House proceeds on this track. There are some of us here who feel that this country has drifted towards a version of a national security state. When the House begins to meet in secret on matters that relate to security prior to legislative acts, it raises questions about the Constitution of the United States. I know I am familiar with my friends' awareness that the Constitution gives the Congress the ability to make its own rules. I also understand from the first amendment that Congress wouldn't restrict any establishment of free speech. This is the citadel of free speech. This is the only place in America that someone can stand and say anything they want at any time and be free from any kind of a legal attack. Once we close that up, we're changing the nature of it at a time when this country's at war, when there have been questions raised about secret meetings and what was told with respect to torture, about secret meetings and what was told with respect to rendition, about secret meetings and what was told with respect to private corporations doing wiretapping.
And it is a very bad precedent for this House to get into the business of conducting any of its business in secret, except, and Mr. Blunt appears to provide the exception, except under a circumstance where there's classified material on something as important as the security of our families. And so long as we have set out all the parameters of the meeting in the agreement, then I have no problem with it.
Originally posted by matth
I remember reading about that closed door session back in the spring, and was starting to wonder if any additional information would come out.
Revelation 13:1-18
1And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
11And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Originally posted by ALightinDarkness
All the classical signs of a hoax....
...Only conspiracy sites got the leak
...No evidence for it what so ever
...Playing up to the hopes and fears of what conspiracy theorists want to happen
And on, and on, and on. I guess this just proves that if you tell people what they want to believe, they will believe it in the absence of all evidence. Its quite logical as to why this is a hoax - if any congress person was truly concerned about the things the video claims they were talking about, just leak it to the mass media. The media lives for stuff like that. They love to instill utter panic.
The history of the CIA's involvement with the American press continues to be shrouded by an official policy of obfuscation and deception . . . .
Among the executives who lent their cooperation to the Agency were William Paley of the Columbia Broadcasting System, Henry Luce of Time Inc., Arthur Hays Sulzberger of the New York Times, Barry Bingham Sr. of the Louisville Courier-Journal and James Copley of the Copley News Service. Other organizations which cooperated with the CIA include the American Broadcasting Company, the National Broadcasting Company, the Associated Press, United Press International, Reuters, Hearst Newspapers, Scripps-Howard, Newsweek magazine, the Mutual Broadcasting System, The Miami Herald, and the old Saturday Evening Post and New York Herald-Tribune. By far the most valuable of these associations, according to CIA officials, have been with The New York Times, CBS, and Time Inc.
Originally posted by jimmyjackblack
You people need to read the freakin' Bible, it talks all about this stuff that's going on folks, seriously, you can't deny it, it's a prophesy being fullfilled.
Originally posted by bubbles75
Besides too many laws were made allowing the rich not to pay taxes
Originally posted by Grambler
I just want to say that I'm not sure I believe 100% that this is truth, but it is certainly a possibility. I'm just saying that saying it can't be true because the MSM didn't report it is absurd.
Originally posted by Grambler
There is a difference between the MSM saying the economy sucks and its Bush's fault and this. See, this story involves both political parties, not just one. They will show things that prove one party or the other is dumb, but nothing ever to serious. For example, Fox will attack Obama, and MSNBC will attack McCain, but they will never report on issues that would implicate both parties (unless it was something minor). They also hesitate to report the most serious accusations against the administration, and report almost nothing on independent politicians or people that are Republican or Democrat but are way against the system.
Originally posted by Grambler
Read the link in the post above, as it shows how little the MSM cares about being unbiased. If your right that the MSM would jump on this, why did they hardly mention Kucinich's articles of impeachment? Why was Ron Paul hardly ever talked about, despite the fact that he was highly critical of Bush and at one time was breaking fund raising records?
Originally posted by Grambler
The reason is that the two parties are controlled by the same people. The game the media plays is to point the finger at one party or another (but never point out anything to criminal) so that the average US citizen chooses a party and blames all of the problems on the other, as opposed to realizing how horrible both parties are.
Originally posted by Grambler
Above all else, never forget this. The MSM was 100% behind the invasion of Iraq, and never questioned the WMD story. Now we come to find that one of the reasons for this is that they were intentionally letting CIA employees be perceived as independent analysts. Instead of asking questions of the administration, they helped them sell their war to the people. Again, I encourage everyone to read this thread.