The Pentagon is barring nearly all Defense Department personnel, including military commanders, from talking to Congress or state lawmakers unless they have received prior approval from the agency’s office of legislative affairs, according to a memo signed this month by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and obtained by CNN.
“Unauthorized engagements with Congress by [Defense Department] personnel acting in their official capacity, no matter how well-intentioned, may undermine Department-wide priorities critical to achieving our legislative objectives,” says the memo, which was obtained by CNN.
egoVirus on
The one thing we’ve got going for us is how recklessly incompetent these people are.
PickleKnight004 on
Uh, since when do we need ‘permission slips’ to chat within our own government? This isn’t middle school. 🙄
frakenspine on
People didn’t pay attention when bro said he won’t be shackled by legal stuff anymore. Dude is about to go on a war crime spree
zubuneri on
MAGA last year: Biden is the enemy of free speech
Maga now: CENSOR ME DADDY
ImaginationToForm2 on
Need to inundate Hegseth with 10000s of “all interactions” each day. Maybe he will get tired of it.
Assine2 on
Someone has to take Kegbreaths testosterone and anabolic steroids away.
Netalott on
Hegseth is deluded if he thinks he can stop leaks. He suffers with Disorder of the Ironic Process. It’s understood that the gastrointestinal tract is exquisitely sensitive with this condition.
[https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/living-sticky-mind/202008/disorders-the-ironic-process](https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/living-sticky-mind/202008/disorders-the-ironic-process)
blackmantaapprentice on
Tr*mp and his buddies have plenary authority so this tracks.
BigGrooveBox on
This guys gotta go. What an embarrassment. These freaks are frothing at the mouth to make Americans lives worse.
Novel_Quote8017 on
It’s always surprising to learn what has always been legal and simply wasn’t abused out of goodwill until now.
VigilantVet on
I’m extremely curious to know what triggered this new guidance. Are military leaders speaking directly to Congress about how the current state of the country? Or, is this a preemptive move to head off any future coordination of a “contingency plan?”
etxipcli on
What a paranoid creep
SmedlyB on
So, contempt of congress is now the official military position.
mildly_houseplant on
Wouldn’t this mean that the approval office is buried in an insurmountable mountain of requests from day 1 of the policy taking effect? My understanding is that military liaisons and lawmakers are talking to each other all across the country all day every day? And now all of them need prior approval every single time? Effectively that would mean close to 0 functional communication now allowed between military and government except for an extremely small number of specific pre-approved messages.
HallucinogenicFish on
Firing JAGs, kicking the press out of the Pentagon, muzzling military officials.
Sure seems like they’re hiding something or preparing to.
Keptlosingmylogins on
MAGA:The news is what daddy says it is, he wouldnt lie to me
Noodly_Appendage_24 on
Sounds like someone is worried about a coup.
thrawtes on
One day they’re probably going to try to and restrict the common peoples ability to look at the US code.
Until that day, however, I can go look at it and quote it:
FFS. Let’s not pussy-foot around, let’s go all the way!
Sometime later at a congressional hearing…
Congress-critter: “So, Mr. Hesgeth, what is your title?”
Pete: “I’m a military official and I have not been given permission to speak on such matters. Shit I shouldn’t even be here becasue I’ve not been granted permission to interact with Congress.”
poontong on
I can only imagine who gets posted as military liaisons to congressional offices now. I bet there is no litmus test to get that job nowadays.
SmoothJazziz1 on
Are ppl blind or just too stupid to see what’s happening?
LuigiTheTweak_eth on
Ummm when did the executives legislative priorities supersede Congresses legislative consent?
We really need a Congress that isn’t just rubber stamp approval of executive overreach. Where are the legislators?!
CurrentlyLucid on
King Pete? WTF?
BlackGuy_PassingThru on
They are trying to stop an uprise.
JustMakinStuff on
Do you need prior approval before leaking attack plans to a reporter via a non-approved messaging app?
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The Pentagon is barring nearly all Defense Department personnel, including military commanders, from talking to Congress or state lawmakers unless they have received prior approval from the agency’s office of legislative affairs, according to a memo signed this month by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and obtained by CNN.
“Unauthorized engagements with Congress by [Defense Department] personnel acting in their official capacity, no matter how well-intentioned, may undermine Department-wide priorities critical to achieving our legislative objectives,” says the memo, which was obtained by CNN.
The one thing we’ve got going for us is how recklessly incompetent these people are.
Uh, since when do we need ‘permission slips’ to chat within our own government? This isn’t middle school. 🙄
People didn’t pay attention when bro said he won’t be shackled by legal stuff anymore. Dude is about to go on a war crime spree
MAGA last year: Biden is the enemy of free speech
Maga now: CENSOR ME DADDY
Need to inundate Hegseth with 10000s of “all interactions” each day. Maybe he will get tired of it.
Someone has to take Kegbreaths testosterone and anabolic steroids away.
Hegseth is deluded if he thinks he can stop leaks. He suffers with Disorder of the Ironic Process. It’s understood that the gastrointestinal tract is exquisitely sensitive with this condition.
[https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/living-sticky-mind/202008/disorders-the-ironic-process](https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/living-sticky-mind/202008/disorders-the-ironic-process)
Tr*mp and his buddies have plenary authority so this tracks.
This guys gotta go. What an embarrassment. These freaks are frothing at the mouth to make Americans lives worse.
It’s always surprising to learn what has always been legal and simply wasn’t abused out of goodwill until now.
I’m extremely curious to know what triggered this new guidance. Are military leaders speaking directly to Congress about how the current state of the country? Or, is this a preemptive move to head off any future coordination of a “contingency plan?”
What a paranoid creep
So, contempt of congress is now the official military position.
Wouldn’t this mean that the approval office is buried in an insurmountable mountain of requests from day 1 of the policy taking effect? My understanding is that military liaisons and lawmakers are talking to each other all across the country all day every day? And now all of them need prior approval every single time? Effectively that would mean close to 0 functional communication now allowed between military and government except for an extremely small number of specific pre-approved messages.
Firing JAGs, kicking the press out of the Pentagon, muzzling military officials.
Sure seems like they’re hiding something or preparing to.
MAGA:The news is what daddy says it is, he wouldnt lie to me
Sounds like someone is worried about a coup.
One day they’re probably going to try to and restrict the common peoples ability to look at the US code.
Until that day, however, I can go look at it and quote it:
>[The right of employees, individually or collectively, to petition Congress or a Member of Congress, or to furnish information to either House of Congress, or to a committee or Member thereof, may not be interfered with or denied.](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/7211#:~:text=5%20U.S.%20Code%20%C2%A7%207211,Prior%20Provisions)
FFS. Let’s not pussy-foot around, let’s go all the way!
Sometime later at a congressional hearing…
Congress-critter: “So, Mr. Hesgeth, what is your title?”
Pete: “I’m a military official and I have not been given permission to speak on such matters. Shit I shouldn’t even be here becasue I’ve not been granted permission to interact with Congress.”
I can only imagine who gets posted as military liaisons to congressional offices now. I bet there is no litmus test to get that job nowadays.
Are ppl blind or just too stupid to see what’s happening?
Ummm when did the executives legislative priorities supersede Congresses legislative consent?
We really need a Congress that isn’t just rubber stamp approval of executive overreach. Where are the legislators?!
King Pete? WTF?
They are trying to stop an uprise.
Do you need prior approval before leaking attack plans to a reporter via a non-approved messaging app?
When are we arming and marching?