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"We hid this from the president because we were afraid he might issue a perfectly legal and constitutional order to stop doing it." Yes, way to bury the lede.
by PixyMisa 7y ago
"We hid this from the president because we were afraid he might issue a perfectly legal and constitutional order to stop doing it."
Yes, way to bury the lede.
- jessaustin 7y agoThat damn Constitution! It actually allows a president to stop us from going to war! We never knew, because no president in living memory has dared defy MIC... (current office-holder is no exception)
- jonathankoren 7y agoSounds more like, "We hid this from the president because he's _at best_ an unwitting intelligence asset to a hostile foreign power."
- Redoubts 7y agoThe fact that both interpretations are potentially valid is particularly awful.
- akhilcacharya 7y ago"We hid this from the President because he would blab to our enemies for some reason" is absolutely a buried lede.