As previously noted, the 118th Congress is expected to authorize a “Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.” The subcommittee will fall under the jurisdiction of the House Judiciary Committee led by Chairman Jim Jordan. Additionally, Thomas Massie (R-KY) is being reported as a representative under consideration for the chairmanship the House subcommittee.
In order to avoid another complete waste of time; and considering the background of the current political dynamic which will surround this subcommittee; and considering my accurate predictions for all other special committees and House investigations; and considering that I have ZERO optimism that this committee will generate anything any different than the prior investigative sub and select-committees that preceded it (Fast and Furious, IRS Targeting, Benghazi, etc.); and with full understanding of the complexity of the daunting challenge such an undertaking would require; I have been asked to outline an actual roadmap for success in this noble endeavor.
So, I will…. Even if I believe it is futile.
Let me also say up front that many readers will not like this approach, and most professionally Republican along with media in/around Washington DC will absolutely hate the ideas as they are presented.
Assuming Jim Jordan and Thomas Massie have some grasp of the scale and scope of the opposition they are about to face; and assuming they have a fully prepared staff to support them – willing to take on the most consequential investigation in our lifetimes; then we begin by first defining who will oppose any effort to investigate the “weaponization of government“. Which is to say everyone!
The entire apparatus of the DC political system will do everything in their power, individually and with collective assistance, to ensure this committee fails. The stakes are basically for all the marbles. DC politics is a system of compartmentalized silos. A collection of weaponized institutions that view their common enemy as the American people not within them.
Specifically, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), and every Republican member therein, including SSCI Vice-Chairman Marco Rubio, will make it their priority mission to block any investigation that touches on how the intelligence apparatus of the United States government is weaponized against the people. The SSCI facilitated the creation of the National Security State, and any effort to investigate the outcome will make the House investigators mortal enemies to the Senate.
Additionally, every executive branch intelligence institution including the DOJ-NSD, FBI, DHS, ODNI, CIA, DIA, NSC and every sub-agency within their authorities will do anything and everything to block a subcommittee looking into their domestic activity. Every national security justification that exists, and some that have yet to be created by the DOJ National Security Division solely for the expressed interest of blocking this subcommittee, will be deployed.
Every member of the subcommittee and their staff will be under constant surveillance. Phones will be tapped and tracked, electronic devices monitored, cars and offices bugged, physical surveillance deployed, and top tier officials at every subsidiary agency of the U.S. government will assign investigative groups and contract agents to monitor the activity of the subcommittee and provide weekly updates on their findings. The White House together with the National Security Council will also backchannel to and from these agencies doing the surveillance.
The intelligence apparatus media will be deployed, and daily leaks from the various agencies to their contact lists in the New York Times, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC will be in constant two-way communication for narrative assembly and counterpropaganda efforts.
This is the context of opposition to begin thinking about before anything moves forward.
Additionally, the national security state will demand the House investigation take place on their terms. They will demand secrecy, national security classification and require House subcommittee members to adhere to the Intelligence Community terms for review and discussion of anything.
Each agency will not voluntarily assist or participate in the investigation of any of their conduct. Every official within every agency will do the same; and they will require legal representation that will be provided to them by Lawfare political operatives skilled in the use of “National Security” and “classified information” as a justification for non-compliance and non-assistance. A protracted legal battle should be predicted.
Lastly, anticipate Special Counsel Jack Smith using his position to block the House subcommittee from receiving evidence. The House should anticipate that congressional representatives are already under investigation as a result of the authorities granted to Jack Smith by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco {Go Deep}. The White House and all of the executive branch agencies will use the existing Special Counsel to block House investigation. Heck, that looks to be the primary purpose of the appointment.
As a result, expect the House subcommittee members to be under constant threat from the DOJ, via the Special Counsel, specifically from DAG Lisa Monaco, with statements that House subcommittee investigative efforts are “obstructing” a special counsel investigation. The aforementioned agencies and the Senate intel committee will work with the DOJ to use the Jack Smith special counsel as a shield to block participation with the House subcommittee.
With all of that in mind, what is the successful path forward?
♦ First, the subcommittee needs a communication strategy in place before the rules, terms and member outlines are even contemplated. A communication strategy so that information can come from the committee to the public without the filtration of a corrupt system that will bend and skew the findings as a weapon against the committee itself.
Hire a communication staff and set up a website for the sharing of information directly from the committee to the public. The daily activity of the committee should be shared publicly in granular detail. The witness names as scheduled, documents requested, everything that involves the committee activity should be known to the general public. This system should be updated at least DAILY, or as information is compiled.
This communication network should also contain a separate staff assigned to solicit, accept and distribute information provided by the public to the subcommittee. Yes, you read that correctly, the subcommittee website should be able to accept information provided by the public as it relates to the ongoing committee work. Crowdsource We The People as research leverage against the much more effective Lawfare operations you will face in opposition.
♦ Next, GO PUBLIC with everything. Do not use the terms and conditions of the secretive administrative state. Tell the public what you are finding as you are finding it. You can share information without violating “sources and methods.” Schedule a media appearance at the 8pm hour twice weekly with a high visibility broadcast media network to provide updates and answer questions.
These scheduled appearances should be in addition to random media press releases and press comments as pertinent information to the subcommittee arrives. What this means is that you do not wait to produce a 2,000-page final report before releasing the information. The final report should be an update and summary of all previous findings that have been released to the public along the way.
♦ At the outset, put no rules on media contacts with any subcommittee staff or member. Counter the darkness that fuels the intelligence community agenda with maximum sunlight and transparency. Use truth as a weapon against disinformation. That means no nondisclosure agreements at any part of the process.
Yes, this is radical change in approach, but this is also a radical enemy you are facing. Playing the secrecy game works in their favor, not yours. Transparency is your tool, not theirs – use it.
Every member of the committee can say anything they want about any of the material or witness testimony they hear during the course of the investigation. Public hearing or closed-door sessions, it matters not. The same rule applies. Committee members are completely free to discuss any findings as the information is reviewed.
The goal should NOT BE accountability on those who may have perpetrated or supported weaponized activity against American Citizens. The goal SHOULD BE for maximum public information, transparency and sunlight about the weaponization as it is discovered. This approach makes We The People the accountability portion of the process. As a result, the next section is again rather groundbreaking….
♦ Every witness to the committee should be granted full legal immunity provided by the House and House Speaker for anything said during the testimony or admitted as being done as part of the evidence fact-finding. Again, the goal is transparency and openness, not prosecution and accountability. Use sunlight as a weapon to draw out the truth, then let the American people be the judges of what that truth means when contrasted against the constitution of our nation.
Let me repeat this… There should be ZERO legal liability for any conduct that happened as a part of any witness effort to weaponize the United States government against the American people.
Why this approach? Because (a) it circumvents any issues that might impede testimony, removes hurdles; (b) immunity compels confession, honest sunlight and the urgency of the situation; (c) immunity makes the truth more likely; and finally, (d) you are not going to get legal convictions anyway. The truth has no agenda.
Let’s rip the Band-Aid off and start the process to fix this crap, restore the First and Fourth Amendments and heal the injury.
Remember, from the Church Commission we got the secret FISA court and more tools for violations of our Fourth Amendment rights. From the 911 Commission we got The Patriot Act, DHS, TSA, DNI and many more violations of our rights and Fourth Amendment protections. We do not need any legislation as an outcome of the House “Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.”
We do not need your legislative help. All prior legislative help only ended up making things worse. What we need is a full, uncensored, brutally honest expose’ of how bad things have become and how that system can be dismantled and destroyed. The existing constitution is the protection, just remove the stuff that is violating it.
I know the approach is rather different from the norm. However, if this roadmap seems reasonable, I am certain you will find a great deal of support from within the system that is currently operating and from people outside the system who will volunteer time and effort to assist.
Summarized: (1) Know the scale of opposition. (2) Formulate a communication strategy around it & build a website. (3) Communicate findings by telling the story to the American people as it is discovered. (4) Grant immunity to all witnesses. (5) Don’t wait until the end to generate another useless report that few will read. (6) Make sunlight the motive of the committee. (7) Consider success when the American people can see the problem. (8) Dissolve any weaponized systems. (9) Don’t create new ones.
If you tell us the truth, We The People will fix it ourselves.
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He was right.
Kanekoa the Great: Elon Musk slams CISA election censorship network as
‘propaganda platform’ (substack.com)
“This DHS-backed censorship network used 120 analysts to censor millions of social media posts on elections and covid-19.
CISA is the outfit that claimed “Sure–Elections Can Easily Be Stolen, But, Hey, Everybody’s Just Too Gosh-Darn Nice to Do Anything Like That!”:
CTH: Homeland Security Admits Dominion Voting Systems Have Inherent Vulnerabilities
Easily Manipulated by Local Election Officials
Rest in the Vine: Crooked Elections and Unnatural Selection: Your Occupation Government at “Work”
It’s good that you wrote this as it will save us from all the moaning, griping, attacks on Jordan , Massie, or others on this committee because they did not destroy the deep state, the intelligence agencies, etc in one fell swoop because “they are sell outs and swampers”. Oh and if a woman is on the committee will it be “trailer trash” like MTG? (these are not my words but I am sure someone on this site will come up with them…again).
At least we have a realistic picture of what they will be dealing with if this committee even gets off the ground without various DOJ investigations and pretend scandals around the participants. I guess just being able to talk about it without already having unexpected cardiac arrest is an accomplishment in itself.
Thank you for saying this. The whining, griping, and moaning on this message board has been excruciating for days. We fought, they blinked, and our situation regarding exposing the Swamp is better than it was when Pelosi was in charge. They did not accomplish their mission in one election and one SOTH vote. I hope that this works. We have some fighters in the House. Maybe they can chop off the head of at least one of the Beasts.
“I have ZERO optimism that this committee will generate anything any different than the prior investigative sub and select-committees that preceded it”
ZERO optimism is the same as 100% pessimism. They are synonymous. Unless someone wants to really split hairs.
Given this, there would be no point in CTH in any way covering any part of this committee’s proceedings, but I doubt that will be the case.
Reality is full of bad news. Bad news has to be told too. History is full of it.
Zero optimism is just ‘Zero’. More like ambivalence.
Ambivalent means uncertain and/or indecisive. I don’t think Sundance is either. Au contraire.
I think you need another word. A much different word.
OK. Do you have a much different word? Because ZERO optimism is NOT the same as 100% pessimism. They are NOT synonymous.
Regardless, bad news needs to be told. If I took all the bad news out of my Bible, ‘The Good News’ would be a small percentage.
I’m looking forward to ‘The Good News’.
“Because ZERO optimism is NOT the same as 100% pessimism. They are NOT synonymous.”
I didn’t invent the English language. I just speak it.
I would think that the measure of optimism will go from zero (Que Sera) and will be adjusted in a positive direction (Que Sera, Sera… ) incrementally as observed behaviour and progress warrants, until either hoped for goodness begins to appear, or it all just goes straight to Hell.
The key is No Expectations. If it turns to shit, well, that was expected, I suppose. First principle, when dealing with Leviathan.
Great plan, Sundance. I look forward to seeing you on CSPAN!
Perhaps 100% pessimism could be called Que, -Sera, -Sera… adjusted to infinity. 🙂
Gotta have some fun. It’s Sunday.
Hey Jeff, I hope you saw my Charlie Reese post thats on the previous page. His finest imo
Regards sir
I’ll check it out – a little nostalgia for a beautiful Sunday! Cheers, CK
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Ty friend. Cheers
We are not looking to feel good or protect ourselves from being disappointed. We are looking to be effective in saving/restoring the republic. To Make America Great Again — meaning someone with good character, skills, talent, and ethics can make a good living pursuing life, liberty, and the happiness.
Demoralization 101.. focus on narrative/counter_narrative.. Do not build anything new or counter to what they are building around you. Don’t look at the walls, don’t pay any attention to the cameras. Keep watching the show. One side or the other, they have something for you. It’s was designed here, and even assembled here but it was made in China so it’s cheap and Amazon has it in stock.. One for everyone.. If they play their cards right your children will have no other options for anything.. not food, water, education or employment. let alone a society they can forge their own lives in. Keep watching the show..
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I like the Suggested Roadmap and I hope they run the investigation as laid out To The T.
Sundance has a logical strategy but I would add interim reports as any investigation seems to wrap up. If there are multiple investigations and all info is dribbled out daily, people will lose the big picture. There needs to be an opportunity to make some waves occasionally and recap the daily stuff regularly to help with total understanding. Like Sundance does.
Also, the committee needs to use the Breitbart method of multiple disclosures. First one gets everyone all riled up and invites lies and criticism about the release. 2nd one substantiates the first and proves that all the criticism and liars are wrong. Third one nails the coffin shut with irrefutable evidence.
Sundance, thanks for lighting the path. Is there anyway to ensure that the “right people”, if there are any, are receiving this message ? You and others have provided years of sourced information that doesn’t receive the attention it deserves.
If anyone has watched any of these congressional hearings led by “Republicans” such as Ms. Lindsey you will know what a waste of time they are and are just fodder for laughs at their happy hour later. Typically Ms. Lindsey will start by thanking and praising the people, he should be seriously grilling, for their time and “public service”. A “D” will get time, typically a black that you can’t criticize because that would be racciss, will go on an unrelated rant on racism and oppression, R meanness that any questions should be asked of any of these angels, and the like. Everyone else will be pretending not to know things or will be woefully unprepared on the issues. Questions asked will not approach within 1000 miles anything that Sundance would ask.
So it’s going to be another frustrating and exasperating year, along with humiliation fueled by the media propagandists.
Take comfort that the Lord is sovereign.
Who says all the weapons are in the house? Good gun owners have them all over the place. Some in the shed, the garage, the basement, and even the yard. Knowing they are all over would you chance trying to steal one or two and have one of the kids pull out the pillow puncher and take you down?
Shouldn’t we ALL forward this to said committee members?
Why do I feel like I have seen this play before?
WAR
When – is the question.
When is it time to water the tree?
Until then, sunlight and truth, successfully communicated — as was Jefferson’s strongest prescription for defence.
Truth growing more and more bright and undeniable — first in the eyes, then the minds, then the hearts of the nation — then with action.
The desire for truth must, however, extend all the way to an understanding of God, our Creator, our purpose, a desire to be a light — and not just to win for our own selfish sake. Propelled by a faith in the Good Will and wisdom of our Creator, and an understanding that there is good and evil, there is sin/deviation from right, and that it has consequences – both earthly and spiritually.
Which takes us to Sundance’s prescription: act locally, create networks, family, love each other above all. Start there.
No amnesty for treason. First the atlantic, now the treehouse. Smh
Limit the size of the committee to 10 members. Let Jordon pick members from both sides. Eliminate opening statements. Allow each member 30 consecutive minutes for questions.
6 Republicans, 4 Democrats
we need a dozen different committees all taking a piece. then, a better picture will form.
Excellent suggestions. I hope this gets to Jordan et al.
I like this.
“(3) Communicate findings by telling the story to the American people as it is discovered.”
This will help inform people, and do a hell of a lot to get people to pay attention to what their representatives are doing. Or not doing.
“(4) Grant immunity to all witnesses.”
Immunity to witnesses, not immunity to their bosses.
“(5) Don’t wait until the end to generate another useless report that few will read.”
Agreed. STRONGLY. Tip-toeing around, wasting time and giving the enemy time to formulate a counter-attack will not work.
The TwitterFiles has shown that people can follow along as information is released. Initially the leftist media tried attacking those reporting, but it failed. They have chosen to try ignore what is being reported, but people are very interested and following the story now.
Waiting to release bombshells just prior to an election makes it look like a political hit. Release information immediately so people can hold their representatives accountable.
“(7) Consider success when the American people can see the problem.”
If they follow your prior suggestions, this should not be an issue.
” (8) Dissolve any weaponized systems.”
The only thing I would clarify here Sundance is those systems should include repealing any laws enabling them.
By the way, Strzok is already setting up how the DOJ and FBI will try avoiding revealing anything.
You certainly have Peter Pegged Sundance.
This is an excellent set of suggestions. No way the Republitards will never accept it. The goal is not to jail an actor here or there, as satisfying as the vision of Andrew Weismann being raped in prison might be.
The goal is to defund and dismantel these anticonstitutional constructs and as JFK said, scatter them to the winds.
A couple of things. I don’t believe there is any mention of the expected behavior of the Marxist Dem representatives on the committee. I’m assuming they will be appointed by their Marxist Dem leadership, unlike the J6 Witchhunt did to the Republicans, so the proposed complete transparency would go a long way to blunting the impact of whatever Pencilneck style leaking the Marxists undertake. Second, I’m struck by how what is being proposed is basically a more formal version of the strategy and actions of the Digital Army Anons who have so successfully powered the Q movement.
This is an important post but would ask for consideration of some wider issues:
The MOST appropriate setting for judgements about declassification and uncooperative witnesses is a military tribunal under enemy combatant status.
MILITARY TRIBUNAL
— Enemy combatant status, domestic enemies
–evidence of aiding and abetting non-US enemies is now/thereby in military and executive authority channels
–THEN hand them off to “Congressional oversight and funding/destruction decisions” determine what we keep and what we toss (in terms of three letter agencies including the FED)
–Trial records are public and not able to use “ongoing investigators product/documents”
SETTING THE CONDITIONS
— Declare a state of “public danger” based on stolen election, treasonous and sedition activities by and at the direction of government elected, appointed, and employed individuals.
–Identify the “enemy”
–Consider activation of the militia to protect rights and provide for enforcement of the laws of the union
–fund the militia for purposes of law enforcement
–Call for the pardon of everyone in DC on J6
Why is this recommended/suggested
–This immediately puts accountability and responsibility on NON-GOVERNMENT ACTORS yet retains the ability to
–prosecute for lower level crimes (violation of rights, speech for example by the fbi both institutionally and by individual accountability) at the state level and at the county level.
–Where the punishment is able to be attached to the severity of the precise nature of the violation in a time and place (civilian courts) (state level also) appropriate to the offense and offender.
I sure hope this idea can be elevated as part of the discussion…
Our vision of how we remain free MUST incorporate the principles of the militia and the 2A more generally…
Plus we will NOT be healthy as a nation or culture without a vision for and a method of accountability in the very circumstances we face
Yes! Military Tribunals are an even better suggestion than the article. Without military intervention and suspension of certain civil frameworks, we can never hope to truly secure the nation. What is going on is a foreign-led coup, after all, not a “Constitutional” legal struggle. Which means there must be international arrests as well. Why hasnt Soros, for example, been named as an enemy combatant, far worse than Soulemani? If we dont arrest or drone the likes of him, then we are simply not serious about saving the Republic.
Absolutely brilliant.
I hope whoever asked you to do this, is listening.
I hope the congressional 20 are listening.
You have made the other side very, very afraid.
Only caveat is make is the following:
After immunity has been offered, if it comes to light that a witness lied, misled, obfuscated or simply fails to provide the complete and utter truth, any immunity is off the table and they will be subject to prosecution.
“I have been asked to outline an actual roadmap for success in this noble endeavor. So, I will…. Even if I believe it is futile.”
SUNDANCE, at your site we appreciate our USA will be even better with your endeavor. Whether DC itself will be better is a whole different point.
After years of reading & admiring your spot on editorials and predictions, can I ask if this invitation was once again slipped under your door by the same admirer who did so back when you first visited DC?
All if these ideas seem reasonable. However, I do have a slight problem with total immunity. You are most likely correct in saying there will not be any prosecutions coming from these investigations. That being said, I would like to see someone go to jail for a length period of time. Maybe even a few of them. We all have our hopes and dreams.
If it does shine a light on all the shenanigans, I could even get behind immunity for those who testify. Sunshine is the great disinfectant. Letting the general public see what is going on in the 4th branch would be great. Despite what our “betters” might think about us, we can handle the truth. And we deserve to know the truth.
Thank you Sundance. In a normal world you see all of that and more. People would go to jail and equilibrium would be restored. America would pulled out of the clutches of evil.
My predection: This committee and any other committee formed will generate testimony and information as it pertains to the 2024 election cycle. There will be just enough sunlight to push the election towards DeSantis. The uproar on Fox News will be deafening and the other will pretend to reluctantly report the glossy parts. Then if THEY decide they’ve printed and stolen enough money from our treasury then THEY will install DeSantis. He will be GWB in a MAGA costume and the People will feel victorious even though the House and Senate will flip in 26 because it’s their turn and the freight train is continuing to barrel down the tracks out of control. It’s just not as noticeable after we all got ugraded to the 1st class car and get to luve comfortably again. But like with Carter Reagan Bush Clinton Bush Obama. The cycle never completly resets back to where it was before the leftist took over. But you never noticed because it’s better than it was yesterday. That’s just hoping we make it to 24 and have an election.
Absolutely brilliant suggestions. Theres really no other way at this point, Sunlight is the only ethical hope and weapon left. Dont be too pessimistic about the Subcommittee yet, with true patriots in control, 2023 could truly be different. The world may not win the ultimate war against global evil, but we could still have one final, resounding victory for truth and justice, which would be worth it all.