but he acts like he's never heard of the document:
No less than USA Today called attention to these secret orders in an article published on June 24. The article explained:
Of the 30 PPDs issued by
Obama, 19 have not been released. And for 11 of those, the White House
has not disclosed even the subject of the order.
"It's not only the
public that doesn't have copies. It's also Congress that doesn't have
copies," Aftergood said. "It's a domain of largely unchecked
presidential authority. It doesn't mean it's bad, but it's lacking in
independent oversight.”
But they have the same
legal force as an executive order, forming a body of largely secret law,
said Harold Relyea, a political scientist who advised Congress on
national security directives before retiring from the Congressional
Research Service.
"The difference is that while executive orders are public by law — they must be published in the Federal Register
to be effective — PPDs are not," he said. "It is a kind of secret law.
People have to obey it. But it's a directive that can allocate money,
direct people or take a course of action.”
Write your CONgresscritters. Demand this stop - now.
