Washington’s BlogSenate: Which Groups Are We At War With? Admin: That’s Classified
The Senate’s Committee on Foreign Relations held a hearing today on renewing the Authorization for the Use of Force (AUMF) in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Senators repeatedly asked representatives from the Department of Defense which groups we are at war with. And the DOD refused to answer.
As the ACLU’s deputy legal director and director of the ACLU’s Center for Democracy (Jameel Jaffer) tweets:
Senate: Which groups are we at war with? Admin: That’s classified.http://t.co/olW6B6Wy35
— Jameel Jaffer (@JameelJaffer) May 21, 2014
In response, people tweeted how Orwellian this is:
@JameelJaffer @trevortimm Either Oceania or Eastasia, I think.
— Steven Bellovin (@SteveBellovin) May 21, 2014
@JameelJaffer @ggreenwald “We have always been at war with [classified].”
— Jay Schiavone (@jaytingle) May 21, 2014
“@JameelJaffer: Senate: Which groups are we at war with? Admin: That’s classified…” Prob b/c we supportAl Qaeda even as we ‘fight’ them.
— Anthony Bisotti (@drbisotti) May 21, 2014
@JameelJaffer don’t ask who, or why. It’s your job to Clap Louder!
— Patrick Brennan (@pmbrennan) May 21, 2014
And noted that normal Americans may not be immune:
@JameelJaffer@Popehateasy list: US Veterans, Teachers, Police, Firefighters, Gun owners, Capitalists, Casual Pot users…..
— Brian James (@bjames50) May 21, 2014
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/05/defense-department-refuses-tell-senate-groups-war.html
Do we need any further proof that this government is broken? How can the differing branches be accountable to the people, when they can’t even be accountable to each other. Not even when that accountability is mandated by law.
Bahahaahaha!!! Unfrigginbelievable.
ready
aim
fire! these criminals
The DOD tells the Senate it’s none of your business who we are at war with….and on CNN they report the “lost airplane took a left turn.” The only way Americans will demand to know who we are bombing and who we are at war with, is when that other country drops a few bombs here in the US. THEN ! The people will want to know what the hell is going on.