Good ideas represent opportunities that fleetingly come and go. Bad ideas, on the other hand, never seem to have expiration dates:
In the president’s signing statement issued Saturday in passing into law the fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill, Mr. Obama said restrictions aimed at protecting top-secret technical data on U.S. Standard Missile-3 velocity burnout parameters might impinge on his constitutional foreign policy authority.
As first disclosed in this space several weeks ago, U.S. officials are planning to provide Moscow with the SM-3 data, despite reservations from security officials who say that doing so could compromise the effectiveness of the system by allowing Russian weapons technicians to counter the missile. The weapons are considered some of the most effective high-speed interceptors in the U.S. missile defense arsenal.
There are also concerns that Russia could share the secret data with China and rogue states such as Iran and North Korea to help their missile programs defeat U.S. missile defenses.
And what’s the likelihood of that? And, more importantly, what would be the consequences?
On the plus side, there’s every chance that Vladimir Putin would like us more.
So we’ve got that going for us. Which is nice.
(For those not a part of the system, the definition of “top secret” information is data which, if revealed, could cause “exceptionally grave damage” to national security.)
And this anti-American, communist buffoon continues to be an oath-breaking office holder because?
Paul
Only because we keep allowing him to do so…..idiots that most of the population are.
the SCOAMF strikes again…
but none dare call it treason, lest they be labeled racist.
I’m calling it TREASON, racism bull- shite be damned.
His actions are in direct violation of the oath of office, and he is going to keep it up as he himself knows that he’ll be shown the door in November.
The new President, likely Mr. Romney, should start making a list of all the items that will need to be reversed via executive order on day one.
I say we also need to draw up indictment papers for Obama And Holder…..detain them indefinitely under the new orders signed by President Doofus until we figure out what prison they need to reside in for the rest of their lives…..or is that racist too?
B@stards.
i guess our only real hope is that whoever has the data falsifies it prior to handing it over.
of course, they would likely be tried and imprisoned if they did, which is what ought to be happening to whomever wants to do this.
Traitorous bastard.
Dig into Executive Order 13526 (see http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-classified-national-security-information)
•Modifies the “third agency rule” to authorize re-dissemination of classified materials by third agencies, except in limited exceptional cases, without the approval of the originating agency. Section 4.1(i) (source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/12/28/promoting-openness-and-accountability-making-classification-a-two-way-street)
4.i.(2) Classified information originating in one agency may be disseminated by any other agency to which it has been made available to a foreign government in accordance with statute, this order, directives implementing this order, direction of the President, or with the consent of the originating agency. For the purposes of this section, “foreign government” includes any element of a foreign government, or an international organization of governments, or any element thereof.
The bottom line: The EO effectively gutted the long-established norm for handling classified info. Unless marked with special handling (e.g. orcon), anyone can ‘share’ just about anything with anyone (some restrictions apply; your mileage may vary; no purchase necessary to enter). When everything is special handling then nothing is special. When the third party rule is tossed away, then who will share anything with the USG? The sources & methods dangers are readily apparent to a casual observer – the only conclusion can be sOmeone has an agenda.
Once the info is released – how can the egg be unscrambled? Similar confusion and dismay several years ago when nuclear weapons info was ‘shared’ because we did not need to maintain strict control anymore (no more enemies ….. until North Korea, Iran, Pakistan et al) — a mad scramble to put the toothpaste back in the tube …
sigh.
Concur with redc1c4 — Perhaps the only hope is that someone in the chain will cook the books and submit accidentally erroneous data … move a decimal point one way or the other… transpose a few digits (is dyslexia prtotected under ADA? )… computer error/glitch/database corruption/uncalibrated or miscalibrated instruments … the list of possible excuses is far longer than the public’s interest span.
This administration is determined to break the low altitude record – not being satisified with a mere tie. A very deep hole.
I wonder how much Putin gave to the Obama reelection campaign?
i’m sure he’s promised him lots.
%-)
Link to facebook that covers such topics:http://www.facebook.com/armscontrol
http://www.armscontrolwonk.com is another source.
Speechless. Just friggin speechless.
Originally I simply loathed the man (both on general philosophical principles and due to my repulsion over his unwarranted arrogance and narcissistic persona.) believing all public evidence extant showing him to be both ignorant buffoon and leftist doctrinaire Charlatan par excellent. capable of doing great damage on the domestic front. As such I used to joke about the Duck Blind option. Now? After this and the E. European ABM debacle wherein Obama threw our Allies under the bus to curry favor with Putin and his domestic base resulting in putting most of Europe under threat of future Iranian nuclear missile blackmail, and other actions proposed to gut the armed services, the Duck Blind option is looking better and better–the existence of a “President Biden” ins policy notwithstanding…I no longer joke “only half in jest.”
VX, Biden would be a blessing at this point. And I think Biden has proven his lack of ability to do much of anything but be a punch-line.
His actions – imperious, but never surprising.
On another note, VX – Barbancourt, 8 or 15? Equiring palates need to know.
Fuzz
SCDave/
Is it possible to be an effete snob connoisseur and slobbering knuckle-dragging Philistine at the same time? *I are*–just depends on my blood alcohol level and/or bank account. I have been known to drink a Cuba Libre w. diet coke and Rite-Aide house rum.
All of their dark rums are double-distilled in copper pots like Cognac and the 12 yr old stuff definitely should be sipped like Cognac. The 8 yr stuff (which I started out on and which I prefer–has a heavier “rum” taste) can be done that way also, neat, or mixed–tho it’s too heavy/sweet for some in mixed drinks. Actually, the 3-Star 4 year stuff ain’t all that bad! And, although it still makes for a heavy Cuba Libre, not nearly as heavy as the 8, although flavor is much the same. They are all three pretty much seamless on the same continuum, each distinct, but not separate in taste from the others–unlike some brands as one moves up the scale..
Talley Ho the Blue Star Angel!
Try the Bacardi (yes, Bacardi) 8 year. As good as the Barbancor 8 and nearly as good as the older.
You might try this new Panamanian Rum: http://rondejeremy.com/
DAve/
Bacardi Aenjo? Heh, first introduced to that when on the border at Laughlin in Del Rio in UPT back in ’66. Good stuff…Barbancourt, however, has the status advantage of sounding both “exotic” and “French” at the same time…status, man, status..
(Plus you can be a do-gooder safe in the knowledge that you’re helping re-build the Haitian economy…on second thought, only gives ‘em more to steal…lol, nevermind.. )
I’ve had as a Civilan Contractor for DOD,DOE, etc,etc.
Security Clearnaces. So I could haul People and Stuff
around in an airplane. I bet 0 could get a security
clearnce at Wal-mart..
This is insane!!!
Holy Balls. I wasn’t going to vote this election but now I am, no matter which idiot the Republicans put up against Obama he can’t be any worse than our current Imperator.
WCOG, this has become known as the syphilitic camel choice; i.e. “I would vote for a syphilitic camel if it were running against Obama.”
I believe the Instapundit popularized that one.
Something about this….it’s tickling my brain….missiles….satellites….guidance systems….Democrat administration….treason….hmmmm.
Oh wait! Now I remember.
http://alamo-girl.com/0041.htm
GREAT LINK Stephen! Where’d you dig that up? What a great compilation of the perfidity of the Clinton Administration! All in one convenient place. Someone did a helluva research job there..
Had it bookmarked from a few years ago. I believe I was digging around in regards to Nork missile upgrades.
I guess the non-disclosure agreement for 75 years is no longer in force for those who signed them, right? What’s the point of classifying anything, if some buffoon is going to expose the keys to the kingdom for a handful of beans?
might impinge on his constitutional foreign policy authority
Since when does P.BO worry about such things? He is the messiah, the one who won; such things are just trivialities in his life, piffle to be swept away with a sweep of his blessed hands.
Now I understand his grand plan. First, wreck the economy so that we are all equally poor. Second, gut the military. Third open the door for either China or Russia to take over and make us slaves in the oil fields, coal mines, gold mines, etc. We will all be so grateful for having a job that we won’t mind losing our liberty and our souls. A few of us will be able to work on carving his face into Mount Rushmore, alongside either Putin or Wen Jiabao.
AM!
This was the tipping point for me. I always wondered about TheOneWhoWon. Was he just a dithering, lazy liberal dupe who spent too much time in college, doing blow, hanging out with human debris, listening to his Piled Higher and Deeper professors and believing everything they told him about how this country was evil, capitalism had to go, etc? Or was he on a programmed path to destruction, a true Manchurian candidate so nefarious that we can’t even imagine how black his heart really is?
I think the latter. Exposing the secrets of the SM-3 to the Russians..the RUSSIANS…is treasonous. But I don’t think he cares. He thinks we need to be taught a lesson, knocked down a peg or two and if we’re just a little weaker, the world will be nicer (just like Carter did). He has a plan. He intends to wreck the economy. He intends for environmental regulations to ruin our standard of living and inhibit progress. He thinks we don’t deserve any of this and he’s going to make sure that we pay for our sins.
But it never works that way. The Islamic states see us as weak, ripe to be toppled. China is flexing its muscles. Russia will try to screw us, any chance they get. The SM-3 relevant specs will go to them and be disseminated to their NORK and Iranian friends.
The world is headed for a major conflagration. And we’re putting our fire trucks on blocks. But I guess fighter wings, CVBGs and Army divisions don’t have a constituency and won’t get TheOneWhoWon re-elected, so…
We can only pray the masses who are relegated to the unemployment rolls from the DoD work spooling down will, regardless of their current party affiliation, will vote their pocketbooks and take their angst out on the man who stood, and for the first time, accepted responsibility for something, and didn’t make it GWB’s fault….oh, how the historians will love this….be it our conquerors who write it, or the ones who document the almost fall and then rebuilding of the USA.
Oh, crap! I forgot that’s part of the plan! Put them on Government provided for 99 weeks sit at home pay….and tell them how wonderful the President is for helping them through their troubled times with a pittance, but a pittance nonetheless…and to be grateful and beholdin’ to TheWON! because he forced those things through Congress, by shear will and vision…
I have always said this is August, 1939. This time we get the Chamberlain, reading Churchill’s WW2 history, “The Gathering storm” first. Again eerie paralells to today.
I forgot we baield ou the euros in the 30′s in particular
the Germans, sound familar?
I’m thinking that when international leaders–the tough guys that is–sit down to a hand of international security poker with Obama, they all know who the “mark” is. The only problem is that the Bamster is playing with our chips.
The election can not come too soon!
Obama is hell bent on destroying every vestige of our country’s greatness, and even existence. The economy, the culture, the work ethic, the future of our children, and the means to defend our nation are all on the verge of extinction.
This man hates our country, there can be no question about that. The only questions are why, and why the mainstream media has been so disinterested in ever doing any real reporting on him.
When the story of our nation’s decline, and possible total collaps, Barack Obama will be clearly identified as the cause.
Pray we can last until January 21, 2013 and that it might be possible to repeal and reverse the worst of his actions.
In related news, President Doofus announced to the world yesterday he intends to gut our nation’s defense like a fish…..In Navy News, it was a record year for exploding command pin bolts….35 in total
EOD Firing Adds to Navy’s Record in 2011
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January 06, 2012
Military.com|by Amy Bushatz
The Navy announced another 2011 firing this week, bringing the tally of top leaders fired last year to 35, 27 of which were commanding or executive officers. The sacking spree sunk a 2003 record of 23 such firings.
According to the latest Navy announcement, Command Master Chief Lee Morrison, the command master chief of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3, was relieved Dec. 16 for a “loss of confidence in his ability to perform as a command master chief.”
The group commodore, Capt. Edward Eidson, took punitive and administrative action against Morrison Dec. 29 for “failing to follow reporting requirements and implement command policies,” a Navy news release said. “As part of the command leadership triad, command master chiefs carry a great deal of responsibility; their performance must be impeccable to serve their Sailors and their commanding officer.”
Morrison had served as the unit’s top Sailor since May 2010. He has been temporarily reassigned to the staff of EODGRU-1, also housed at Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado, Calif.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Master Chief Christopher Borkenheim will serve as the command master chief for EODMU-3.
This is getting worse and worse. Even if we throw him out in November, the damage he can do by then will be immense if he gets away with this.
For those of you with a “follow the money” bent, ponder this: The Chicago law firm that hired Obama (and his wife) out of law school represents and advises the Chinese government – a major client for them.
I never gave the conspiracy theories much credence, but the influence is definitely there. Chicago government was always for sale. He came out of that environment.
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I did not know that–but why am I not surprised? Typical.
This and the present cut back in defense spending DEMANDS the resignation of the ENTIRE
JCS. It might even get a write up in the stupid NY Times .
You can serve the country in many ways besides
“getting along”!
Those feckless crap weasels resign, on principle?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Good one.
I’m still PO-ed nobody at the 4-star level asked about the Congressional approval to use force prior to bombing Libya. I guess once one makes flag rank, that whole “uphold and defend the Constitution” stuff no longer applies.
Causing “exceptionally grave damage” to national security is a feature, not a bug with the Jug Eared F***.
Every day I think I can’t hate this guy more than I already do, and everyday he gives me another reason to crank up the hate another notch.
Elections have consequences. Certainly the next one will.
Our current president is a total waste of skin, worthless, and anti-America! He will soon have us relagated to 3rd world status if he has his way. He MUST be voted OUT OF OFFICE for the sake of our nation. He is giving away the store and cares little about it. His entire focus in the past 12 months has been to be re-elected. He is doing all of this campaigning on our dollar and that is further proof that he should be stopped! In brief, he is a blooming idiot!
I just threw up a bit, in my mouth.
This buffoon must not thrown out!
Sorry, bit of red-eyed rage typing confused that last line – should read “this buffoon must be thrown out!”
…Still waiting for Flit to drop by and accuse everyone of being raaacist. VX in particular.