[Peace-discuss] DN!: Hersh: Congress Agreed to Bush Request...

[John W.]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 9:56 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:

In fact it would have been perfectly legal for members of Congress "to
> squeal about those secret operations [or] for Durbin et al. to divulge that
> they knew the 'evidence' given for justification for attacking Iraq was
> bogus" on the floor of the House or Senate.  The Constitution specifically
> says of members of Congress in the "Speech or Debate Clause" (Article I,
> Section 6, Clause 1) that "for any Speech or Debate in either House, they
> shall not be questioned in any other Place." --CGE


I don't understand.  Our legislators can talk about classified matters of
national security on  the floor of the House or Senate?



> Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
>

>  Yeah, four more involved... but the strange and awful thing here is that
>> it would have been "illegal" for these guys to squeal about those secret
>> operations. Same deal in effect made it "illegal" for Durbin et al to
>> divulge that they knew the "evidence" given for justification for attacking
>> Iraq was bogus BEFORE the attack was carried out. Something is seriously
>> amiss here (other than the players invovled).
>>
>>  --Jenifer
>>
>
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