Monday, January 22, 2018

The Intercept has an explanation of that intelligence money bit

THE HOUSE SPENDING bill released Wednesday would allow President Donald Trump, or people under him, to secretly shift money to fund intelligence programs, a break with 70 years of governing tradition.

Since 1947, section 504 of the National Security Act has mandated that the administration inform Congress if it intends to shift money from one intelligence project to another, if the new project has not been authorized by Congress. That notification can be — and almost always is — done in secret, but it is at least a minimal check on executive power.

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But without any obligation to spend funds as specifically authorized, there is no obligation to inform Congress.

  Intercept
And five Dems let this go through.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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