http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/LouDobbsCFIUS.asxThe one with Lou Dobbs and the gal (can't remember her name) detailing CFIUS. They failed to mention who sits on that committee, which isn't hard to find out, and detailing this info could've had even a greater impact on the general public, IMO. Also, I think that was the clip where they had Rumsfeld saying he 'just found out about this over the weekend' which is really odd, since he's supposed to be on the committee.
Something stinks here, as others have posted about today, about all of this, including the media coverage. We should all proceed with caution. If they're going to after this, they should be giving out all the specifics for viewers to see, including the info that is readily available via internet -- connecting dots, etc. They're still not doing their jobs in full on this one, mostly just complaining.
Here's a post I made the other day, detailing who is in that committee:
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Executive Order. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") was originally established by Executive Order 11858 in 1975 mainly to monitor and evaluate the impact of foreign investment in the United States. In 1988, the President, pursuant to Executive Order 12661, delegated to CFIUS his responsibilities under Section 721. Specifically, E.O. 12661 designated CFIUS to receive notices of foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies, to determine whether a particular acquisition has national security issues sufficient to warrant an investigation and to undertake an investigation, if necessary, under the Exon-Florio provision. This order also provides for CFIUS to submit a report and recommendation to the President at the conclusion of an investigation.
In 1993, in response to a sense of Congress resolution, CFIUS membership was expanded by Executive Order 12860 to include the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. In February 2003, the Department of Homeland Security was added to CFIUS. This brought the membership of CFIUS to twelve under the chairmanship of the Secretary of Treasury. The other members are the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Commerce, the Attorney General, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Trade Representative, and the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. ~snip~
From: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT
http://www.treas.gov/offices/international-affairs/exon-florioSo, in addition to
Snow (old bio here), the other members that approved this include:
Dr.
John Marburger (Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy);
Stephen John Hadley (Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs);
Allan Hubbard (Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council); Condi, Rumsfeld and Gonzales,
Carlos M. Gutierrez (US Secretary of Commerce),
Joshua B. Bolten (Director of the Office of Management and Budget),
Robert B. Zoellick (United States Trade Representative),
Ben S. Bernanke(Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers -- ? -- or his replacement after he became Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
Did I miss anyone?
According to the article in the OP,
Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security is also part of the committee.
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