State Dept Prohibits Officials From Discussing Blackwater & Iraqi Corruption

[kpete]

Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Administration Oversight
State Department Prohibits Officials from Discussing Iraqi Corruption


The State Department has instructed its officials that they cannot communicate with the Committee about corruption in the Maliki government unless the Committee agrees to treat all information, including “broad statements/assessments,” as national security secrets. Other points of growing contention between the Committee and the State Department include Blackwater’s assertion that the State Department has instructed the company to withhold information from the Committee and the refusal of Secretary Rice to testify.

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1497

[AuntPatsy]

1. Executive privilege marches on, hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil

and it will all go away.

[Trillo]

2. Impeach. nt

[bobthedrummer]

3. K&R + crossposted thread with extensive Blackwater links

"Security Company Death Squads Timeline by Dirk Adriaensens and Sarah Meyer" (started 9-25-2007)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x309935

IMPEACH CHENEY FIRST

[progressoid]

4. Well, of course they did.

Surprise surprise.

[libodem]

5. gag order everything

there vill be NO talking, there vill be NO free speech...