Trump's disclosure order built a real mechanism this year: a task force, an NDA waiver, a contract for a private archive. What it produced in public so far is one veteran's "yes" on a podcast.
Relying on the executive branch (including the Pentagon, the Office of President, the IC, the MIC aerospace contractors etc) for disclosure, confirmation, transparency or whatever adjective you prefer, is asking the foxes to police themselves, and come clean about the 80-year-old chicken feathers stuck to their lips. Unless Congress asserts its Constitutional authority over the military, and insures that the governance of boards of review (including subpoena power and the appointment of directors) falls under their jurisdiction, and not that of the president or the DOJ, this process will not succeed in revealing the most essential information, or in restoring the Constitutional order of checks and balances created by the Framers.
Yes, that’s where we are. Which is why this whole process is a bit absurd. Certainly not this Congress. Would Carson and Garcia become the tip of the spear if the House flipped? Or would it matter, given that senators like Gillibrand are still pretending that AARO is a legitimate investigatory body. Trust the process when it’s being managed by the likes of Stephen Miller? I don’t think so.
This man has been had it for ages: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/
Relying on the executive branch (including the Pentagon, the Office of President, the IC, the MIC aerospace contractors etc) for disclosure, confirmation, transparency or whatever adjective you prefer, is asking the foxes to police themselves, and come clean about the 80-year-old chicken feathers stuck to their lips. Unless Congress asserts its Constitutional authority over the military, and insures that the governance of boards of review (including subpoena power and the appointment of directors) falls under their jurisdiction, and not that of the president or the DOJ, this process will not succeed in revealing the most essential information, or in restoring the Constitutional order of checks and balances created by the Framers.
Congress asserting its Constitutional authority – that's cute. Buh bye Republic.
Yes, that’s where we are. Which is why this whole process is a bit absurd. Certainly not this Congress. Would Carson and Garcia become the tip of the spear if the House flipped? Or would it matter, given that senators like Gillibrand are still pretending that AARO is a legitimate investigatory body. Trust the process when it’s being managed by the likes of Stephen Miller? I don’t think so.