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To: stockman_scott who wrote (78985)	2/22/2009 6:51:11 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 89467

What is this about????? PRESIDENT HUSSEIN FORCES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO SHUT UP: DOD MUST SIGN SECRECY BUDGET VOW atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com What doesn't President Transparency want the American people to know? What is his secret plan for the military? Very scary, folks. When did the President turn emperor -- where are the checks and balances? Where are our elected officials? This is the thug administration. Memo to Dod: take a page from the leftards and LEAK! W. House: DoD Officials Must Vow Secrecy on Budget Defense News hat tip Dorothy The Obama administration has directed defense officials to sign a pledge stating they will not share 2010 budget data with individuals outside the federal government. In an undated non-disclosure agreement obtained by Defense News, the administration tells defense officials that "strict confidentiality" must be practiced to ensure a "successful" and "proper" 2010 defense budget process. The secrecy pact comes as dozens of Bush-era Pentagon appointees remain on the job, asked to stay on by the Obama administration until replacements are confirmed to ensure continuity during wartime. The Pentagon and Office of Management and Budget have agreed on a fiscal 2010 defense budget top line figure of $537 billion. That level is nearly $50 billion lower than the $585 billion defense plan created during the final months of the Bush administration, and $24 billion higher than the already enacted $513 billion 2009 defense budget. The pledge covers any data about the 2010 budget, including: "planning, programming and budgeting system documents and databases, and any other information" that concerns the administration's internal discussions about "the nature and amounts of the president's budget for fiscal year 2010, and any supplemental budget request during the current fiscal year." The administration is requiring defense officials to promise they will not divulge the kinds of information covered in the document "to any individual not authorized to receive it." "Under no circumstances will I disclose such information outside the Department of Defense and other government agencies directly involved in the defense planning and resource-allocation process, such as the Office of Management and Budget," the agreement said.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (78985)	2/22/2009 11:16:56 PM
From: denizen48	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Have you heard of any website keeping track of the criminal indictments which should be coming in against the crooks who took our economy? Bill Maher's first show was great. And he is right. We need some executions, some hangings, some electrocutions of these f'ing bankers & money managers. The economy is already in the tank. We don't care. We want to see some punishment, now. Why is Bernie still in his penthouse? Why isn't Karl Rove in jail?