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There are public meetings on "secret" treaties? That doesn't sound very secret. Was the activist ejected for breaking the rules. When you attend an in-progre
by jcnnghm 17y ago
There are public meetings on "secret" treaties? That doesn't sound very secret. Was the activist ejected for breaking the rules. When you attend an in-progress House or Senate debate in their galleries, you aren't allowed to have any electronics out, and you aren't allowed to write or draw. From the capital website:
The Gallery "staging areas" are located on the upper level of the Visitor Center near the Orientation Theater exits. Visitors are not allowed to bring battery-operated electronic devices (medical devices are permitted); cameras; creams, lotions or perfumes; strollers; or video recorders or any type of recording device into the Galleries. These items may be stored securely in the Gallery staging areas while visitors are in the Galleries.
What happened to those promised televised health care debates?
- roc 17y agoThe public meeting was on the process of negotiating the treaty. They were quite specifically not discussing the content of the treaty, making the secret treaty still quite secret. The rules of the US Government building aren't relevant. The meetings about the secrecy are being held in Mexico. They nearly required the attending public to sign NDAs and surrender electronics, but last minute deliberation removed those restrictions. Which suggests the ejection of a live-blogger appear quite unfounded. The ACTA meetings themselves are being held at some other time, in an undisclosed location in Mexico.