open letter to rec.skiing.alpine.moderated readers
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the Constitution. # # James Madison must be rolling in his grave at that claim. # # The principal of separation of powers, which he wrote into the # Constitution, was designed to let each of the three branches of # Government check abuse by the others. # # Congress does not like to tangle with the executive on claims of # national security. # # But will it lie down before this claim of exclusive, imperial power? The New York Times, June 20, 1997 President Threatens Veto of Senate Bill for CIA By TIM WEINER WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday passed a secret spending bill for U.S. intelligence, but the White House threatened to veto it over a provision that would protect whistleblowers. The Senate bill would let employees of the Central Intelligence Agency and other branches of the government tell members of Congress classified information that would expose a crime, reveal lying to Congress, uncover fraud or stop abuses. They could do so without approval from their superiors and without fear of reprisal. They could only pass on information to appropriate members -- for example, CIA information would have to go to the Intelligence Committee. But the White House said it would veto the entire bill over that provision. In a written statement, it said -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 8.8.3 6yTgBHDHrNkXaHVkCARdXk1lM4Rlxw+esCNgSB5PFVePtLSpNQ lFhl6na5ufhuvz pUtkwZVVoRq6R/2R6izFJXE4uKuW47DHA/mkstmB7AXdu/caYfzSWUfTUTVHLRX3 g8LWAv1HmZDc+Uj48+UioFlOSSw/2/Bj/DOrs9yHfuy1iLVNwkfg1f/jfbl05CjR KRsnfUs7eyBqpEPJ9yUQSqKazdnVwIw/V3KMKyzRK4== =Cd4N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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