TaftFan
04-20-2015, 05:34 PM
I did not realize this until recently. Yes, I have read the Constitution several times, but sometimes parts of it don't really hit you until you look up the context.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_or_Debate_Clause
Members of Congress may enter classified information into the Congressional record with legal immunity. However, they may not obtain the documents illegally and it does not prevent the from being disciplined by Congress. I expect anyone who released information today would be removed from Congress.
Mike Gravel put 4,000 classified pages (https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/11/10/mike-gravel-senator-put-pentagon-papers-public-record-urges-udall-torture-report/) of the Pentagon pages in the Congressional Record in 1971.
I wonder if any of our liberty reps have any good information they would be willing to leak, even though it would be the end of their careers in politics?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_or_Debate_Clause
Members of Congress may enter classified information into the Congressional record with legal immunity. However, they may not obtain the documents illegally and it does not prevent the from being disciplined by Congress. I expect anyone who released information today would be removed from Congress.
Mike Gravel put 4,000 classified pages (https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/11/10/mike-gravel-senator-put-pentagon-papers-public-record-urges-udall-torture-report/) of the Pentagon pages in the Congressional Record in 1971.
I wonder if any of our liberty reps have any good information they would be willing to leak, even though it would be the end of their careers in politics?