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Homeland Security Okays Closed Proceedings

CNet is reporting that a newly created branch within the Homeland Security Department that brings together many different federal agency employees and private sector players has been given the go-ahead to disregard a law requiring meetings to be open and proceedings public. From the article: "The 1972 law generally requires such groups to meet in open sessions, make written meeting materials publicly available, and deliver a 15-day notice of any decision to close a meeting to the public. The last is a particular point of concern for Homeland Security officials, who anticipate that private emergency meetings may need to be scheduled on short notice."

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  1. Re:Homeland Security Okay's Closed Proceedings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    this is part of another conservative/Republican plot

    Huh? It's part of another Republican/Democrat plot.

    The only good government is a dead government.

  2. are you retarded? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not paying attention?? You been away from the keyboard for a few years? The effin gestapo, the guys who hijacked the government with the 911 coup (yes, they did it, the scum sucking traitors,the evidence is overwhelming now, the WTC buildings were taken down controlled demolitions while they were running a simultaneous "drill" as one of the covers) are going batshit nuts instituting complete online surveillence and data mining, installing video cameras everywhere, engaging in illegal wiretapping, using paid off government drones for online astroturfing, blackmailing congressmen and judges, paying off journalists to push propoganda, trying to get treacherous computing implemented, trying their damndest to get everyone to accept implantable microchips and various other RFID schemes for commeand and control and surveillence, pushing the cashless society with guranteed inflation (spend it or lose it fast), building freaking hover drones to spy on people and using penetrating radar to look in houses, forcing people to meekly accept jack booted thugs at airports and at random road blocks with that "yess massh" mindset they want everyone to have, setting up the internal passport scheme with the national ID act, forcing people to use their vote hijacking equipment, forcing them to "support" illegal wars by rip off taxes, killing off the middle class economy for their goal of the two class society with them as masters and everyone else slaves....

    And dozens more.

      This is just another example of how they are trying to cover their tracks and hide. EVERY example of them assholes mumbling "national security" to pull off some crap like this has to do with them covering up further fascism. They are the worst bunch of lying murdering thugs ever,because they *pose* as righteous nice guys, and they have just started wasting people by the thousands and taking over. It's only going to get worse with those boys.

    They...are... PIGS.

    The story is under politics. Don't read the politics section then, that is easy enough to do.

      If you don't think all this affects you, you are either A-a moron, or B-one of those fascist pigs.

    I am guessing B-an effin traitor. And possibly even one of the paid off online traitors, brainwashed into working for the coup plotters. Most of their drones and minions are TOO STUPID to even realise they are being lied to, used and abused, and if not that stupid, and they realise what is going on, they lack the courage to do anything about it. They don't even have the guts to *quit*, they just keep cashing the blood money government checks.

    Either way, it doesn't matter which flavor of idiot and traitor you are, suck it fascist!

  3. Re:Why not just suspend that pesky Constitution? by Scudsucker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Democrats certainally are spinless pussies, with only a few exceptions here and there. Like when Harry Reid shut the Senate down over Pat Robert's stonewalling the investigation into trumped up intelligence on Iraq, or when Howard Dean or Al Gore occasionally critisize the Administration. But then they are usually surrounded the Democratic firing squad who insist that Dean "doesn't speak for them".

    HOWEVER, there is still a big difference between being a spineless pussy along for the ride, and a raging dick who gleefully pulls the trigger.

  4. Re:There IS NO LAW by quarkscat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I wonder just how many National Guardsmen, Army, Air Force, Marine Corp, or Navy
    who have gone through the meatgrinder that is Iraq today have not "swallowed the
    blue pill" that this corrupt, illegal and imperial USA regime offered them. Dubya's
    poll numbers would tend to indicate that the American public has seen that "the
    emperor has no clothes". Considering the level of domestic spying, covert "black
    bag" ops against politica;/policy opposition, it is no wonder that the Democratic
    opposition is so disorganized. Crooked elections, rampant graft, and a rubber
    stamp legislative branch could make this country's return to the Constutution,
    the Bill or Rights, and respect for the law take even longer than the interminable
    "war on terrorism".

    If a rational pupulist government cannot be attained through legal avenues such
    as honest and fair elections, no "revolution" by the people against the yoke of
    oppression can stand against a cynical and battle-hardened military returned
    from combat. But I would be willing to bet that the twisted evil regime currently
    in power could be "overturned" by no more than a couple of dozen USMC Scout
    Sniper teams, given a real respect for the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

    So, where are they? The Dubya regime cannot be allowed to destroy this country.

  5. Re:Homeland Security Okay's Closed Proceedings by killjoe · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    WHich begs the question why were the republicans so facinated with where bill clinton stuck his cock into? I mean to take the president of the united states and ask him if he stuck his cock into monicas cunt or mouth is kind of gross don't you think?

    Anyway lying about the whereabouts your cock is very bad, lying about weapons of mass desctruction and then waging war based on that lie is no problem at all. Then continually lying about the war once it's started is fine too. Lying about wiretaps is OK, bypassing the FISA courts is fine, making people disapear is fine, torturing is OK as long as you redefine torture to be "things we do are not torture".

    Lying about a blowjob that's impeachable.

    "We are tearing ourselves apart. "

    Sorry clinton was 100 times better then bush. Yes he made some mistakes but they were no where near as bad as Bush.

    Yes we are tearing ourselves apart, if you ask me the left is not being nearly hard enough with the right. The right has been raping the democrats for over a decade now and yet they still bend over whenever a republican whips out their cock to fuck them in the ass. It's time they fought back for real.

    Yes the above post is harsh, and yes I am pissed off. Give me back my country you evil motherfuckers.

    --
    evil is as evil does
  6. Re:Homeland Security Okay's Closed Proceedings by ben+there... · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just for the record, Repubs didn't give a crap Clinton got a BJ.

    That's BS. They were trying to get him on that before Monica Lewinsky even got involved, looking for scandals in Arkansas. Remember the whole Whitewater thing? Ever notice that nobody ever pursued that? The republicans were looking for anything to destroy Clinton. And obviously, they found it.