I recall that after Iran-Contra that a bunch of laws were passed to make this much more difficult, I wonder if Obama is violating any of these laws?
I wonder if Obama is violating any of these laws?
every time he wakes up in the WH
Which reminds me. Ed Markey voted against funding the Contras after kissing Ortega’s ass.
Laws mean nothing to Obastard.
No, the lesson of Iran-Contra was that the existing laws worked (were sufficient). No new laws were passed. The failure was people, not the laws.
The covert arms sales to Iran violated numerous statutes that restricted the transfer of arms to nations that support international terrorism, principally the Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (Pub. L. No. 90-629, 89 Stat. 1320 [22 U.S.C.A. §§ 2751–2796c (1989 Supp.)]).
By failing to report the Iranian sales to Congress, the Reagan administration had ignored reporting provisions in the 1980 Intelligence Oversight Act (Pub. L. No. 96-450, tit. IV, 407(b) (1), 94 Stat. 1981 [50 U.S.C.A. § 413 (1982)]).
That law required the president to notify Congress in a timely fashion of any “significant anticipated intelligence activity, and to make a formal written “finding” (declaration) that each covert operation was important to national security.
It seems likely that the 0bama Administration “gets” the arms sales reporting statute, which is why 0bama has kept delaying sending heavy arms to the Syrian rebels today (though old M40 anti-tank cannons have made it to them), however, the law requiring the reporting of significant intelligence activity has probably been broken by 0bama’s Administration already.
I certainly won't have to wonder if he's violating any of those laws, because I know he is. Sometimes it's better to be a pessimist.
>>I wonder if Obama is violating any of these laws?
That would only be relevant in a Republic that hadn’t gone Bananas.
How is it secret training when the Chinese media broadcast footage of US troops training al Qaeda rebels a few years ago? Pretty sad when the slow-moving Chinese media outscoops the MSM on Middle East coverage.