Shanahan orders new restrictions on sharing of military operations with Congress: report

[babylonsister]

Shanahan orders new restrictions on sharing of military operations with Congress: report
By Tal Axelrod - 05/22/19 12:52 PM EDT


Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan has ordered new restrictions on how the Pentagon shares information about international military operations with Congress, according to an internal memo obtained by The Washington Post.

The May 8 document lists criteria for when Defense Department officials are allowed to provide congressional offices or committees with information regarding operational plans and orders, according to the newspaper.

The memo comes amid criticism from Capitol Hill that the Trump administration is withholding information to impede a slate of oversight probes in the House. Some lawmakers have also expressed concerns that the Defense Department is becoming too involved in President Trump’s immigration policy, according to the Post

“Congress oversees the Department of Defense; but with this new policy, the department is overstepping its authority by presuming to determine what warrants legislative oversight,” Reps. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), the chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, respectively, told the Post.

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https://thehill.com/policy/defense/445025-shanahan-orders-new-restrictions-on-sharing-of-military-information-with

[jayschool2013]

1. Here's the link to the original reporting

in the Washington Post

I know, paywalls, right? Gotta pay the reporters or "curators" won't have anything to re-write.

[dchill]

3. Congress should order new restrictions on sharing of...

funding with the military.

[watoos]

4. Cut the funding

they don't need it if they can come up with a billion dollars for the wall and wasting money on soldiers stationed at the border.

[spanone]

6. trump is slowly(?) eliminating the powers of congress.

If dems win the senate he will do the same.

I agree with the other posters, no info, no dough.

[uponit7771]

7. WOW !! So they can just start a war and tell congress to fuck off !?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. Galling, isn't it?

[librechik]

9. Anybody here see "Seven Days in May?"

military genius decides he's through following orders from the liberal POTUS and makes a takeover plan.

Gripping movie, Burt Lancaster, go watch it.

[Hugin]

10. Not sure an "acting" SecDef can make changes of this scale.

It's a similar situation to the "acting" AG Whitaker overstepping his bounds.

[triron]

11. So will congress do anything other than issue stern words?

Seems like their mo.