The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) created the systems that permit intelligence weaponization. The SSCI is the organizational institution that supports the Fourth Branch of Government, the intelligence branch. Keep in mind, the SSCI previously created a bipartisan “Restrict Act,” to deal with what they deemed dangerous information on the internet (under auspices of TikTok ban). SSCI Chairman Mark Warner is the current enabler of the continued weaponized intel operations.
In this video segment below, notice how Chairman Warner leads off his remarks. Two flares triggered. First, you can tell by his response, that President Trump’s “classified documents” were exactly what we thought they were; evidence against those who constructed the Trump-Russia claims from inside govt. Second, notice how Warner now wants to block any President from controlling intelligence as defined by the Fourth Branch. This stuff is getting brutally obvious. WATCH:
“I’ve got bipartisan legislation that would reform the whole classification process. We way overclassify. We, frankly, should have a process in place so that no president or vice president ever takes documents after they leave office.” 👀
MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to Virginia Democrat Mark Warner. He is the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Great to have you here.
REP. MARK WARNER (D-VA): Thank you, Margaret.
MARGARET BRENNAN: I have to pick up where your Republican colleague just left off. Are the Trump and Biden classified documents that were in their personal possession, and not in controlled areas, equally egregious?
MARK WARNER: Well, Margaret, three things quickly. One, the administration took way too long to get us these documents. Two, while Mike and I have a great working relationship, I believe, based on the documents I’ve seen, that there is a difference in terms of the potential abuse that came from the Trump documents. And, third, it’s one of the reasons why I’ve got bipartisan legislation that would reform the whole classification process. We way overclassify. We, frankly, should have a process in place so that no president or vice president ever takes documents after they leave office. That is kind of the lowest common fruit.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Yes.
MARK WARNER: We ought to get that passed. We’ve got part of that in the intel authorization bill and I hope becomes the law of the land so we can prevent this from happening going forward.
MARGARET BRENNAN: You’ve said based on documents you’ve seen, but you want to see more documents?
MARK WARNER: We have actually — I’m about at 98 percent satisfaction at this point.
MARGARET BRENNAN: OK, 98 percent satisfaction.
There’s a lot more on the national security front that we’re tracking right now, including this potential prisoner swap with Iran to bring five Americans home. Are you comfortable with the trade?
MARK WARNER: I’ve not gotten the brief. The Senate Intel Committee has not gotten the brief. We will be getting it shortly.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Wasn’t the staff briefed?
MARK WARNER: Well, I can tell you, I have not been personally briefed.
MARGARET BRENNAN: You weren’t? OK.
MARK WARNER: I think we need to start with the premise, it’s always the policy of our country to try to bring back Americans, who are held hostage. That was not only under Biden, it was Trump, it was Obama, Bush. I want to hear what kind of constraints are being put on in this exchange in terms of what has been reported of the $6 billion that was South Korean payments to Iran that would be released. I want to hear that and get those details before I weigh in further.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Because you have concern that money is fungible and there could be abuse?
MARK WARNER: I – you know, there is obviously — money is fungible. The administration has said there are guardrails. I want to get a better description of those guardrails first.
MARGARET BRENNAN: You have been very active on artificial intelligence. And we talked about this back in January.
Microsoft just announced a few days ago that China has a new capability to automatically generate images for use in influence operations to mimic American voters across the political spectrum and create controversy along racial, economic and ideological lines. How much of a risk is this to our upcoming elections?
MARK WARNER: It’s an enormous risk. And artificial intelligence, I’ve spent as much time on this I think as any member of the Senate, and I never spent something where you — the more time I spend, in certain ways the more confused I get. The whole economics around these large language models, which used to be, you know, who had the most data, who had the most compute power would win. That fundamentally changed after Facebook released its so- called llama model into the wild in the spring.
We just had a major session, Leader Schumer put together, had the kind of the who’s who in the room. And what it – what I’m concerned about is even the AI leaders who say they want rules, guardrails, I’m concerned that when you actually put words on paper will those major tech companies support that? Because you’ve seen, we in social media have done zero.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Yes.
MARK WARNER: Now, in terms of China, China is a major player in AI. And where I think we ought to start, where AI tools, whether it comes from China or domestically, could have the most immediate effect would be the public (INAUDIBLE) in our elections –
MARGARET BRENNAN: Right. And (INAUDIBLE) legislative reaction.
MARK WARNER: Which Microsoft just cited. And hear — hear me – hear me out – hear me out on this. But the other area beyond elections is faith in our public markets. These same tools could completely disrupt the confidence in our public markets by using these same deep fake tools.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Right.
MARK WARNER: So, I believe we ought to start. If we can put together an alliance between the capitalists and the small d democrats, we might at least get guardrails coming in the next year with the elections and the concerns about our markets.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So, you’re concerned not just about spooking, you know, the stock market. We’re talking about misleading people going into an election. Congress isn’t going to legislate ahead of the election, are they? I mean Leader Schumer said this is the most difficult thing we’ve ever undertaken.
MARK WARNER: I think this is – this is why the notion of trying to solve it all, the bias questions, the whole questions around deep fakes –
MARGARET BRENNAN: Yes.
MARK WARNER: The questions around what’s called hallucination, where you get answers that have no relationship to what the question was asked. But we ought to at least start with some guardrails around trust in our public election, trust in our public markets. There I think we can move before our elections. I think it will be bipartisan. Let’s start on that framing point. I think we can all agree there could be huge disruption in both of those areas. And that’s where I’m focusing my time.
MARGARET BRENNAN: You may have heard our CBS polling there at the top of the program. And one of the data points I want to show you here. It says, when people compare their finances now to how they were before the pandemic, by two to one they say they’re worse, not better. And when they feel worse, they tell us they’re voting for Donald Trump.
How can President Biden win over those voters?
MARK WARNER: Well, I think we’ve seen from President Biden’s actual record, record amounts of job growth coming again after Covid. We’ve seen major legislation. There are now laws in infrastructure, in the so-called CHIPS bill, and transition in our energy economy, and most of that has only been about 10 cents on every dollar spent out. So, I think the positive effects of that will really continue to penetrate this coming year.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Do the people in Virginia feel that, that you talk to?
MARK WARNER: I – listen, I think there is a general feeling, oh, my gosh, everybody seems to be at each other’s throats here in Washington.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Yes.
MARK WARNER: You know, the notion that we’re going to potentially go into a government shutdown. Mike Turner and I work very closely together.
But I do think – I wish the House leadership would be spending a little more time on what would happen with a government shutdown, which makes us look bad around the world, and, frankly, in a state like mine, in Virginia, where we have so many government workers, government contractors, it will be a disaster. And yet the attention coming out of the House leadership is on impeachment and putting forward things they know will not ever pass the Senate in any kind of bipartisan fashion. And I think that is part of the underlying unease that voters feel.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So, you believe we are headed for a government shutdown?
MARK WARNER: I would like to say no, but we’re eight or nine days away and we’ve not even been able to see the House pass the most basic defense appropriations bills. I hope and pray that Speaker McCarthy will say, hey, I’m going to throw over the far right, and I’m going to put together a bipartisan effort with the Democrats and mainstream Republicans to keep the government funded. I think that would get, again, 350, 400 votes.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Senator, good to have you here in person.
Chutzpah!
Fire them all!
So, if a president is not allowed to have his papers, say a person like Schiff, could make up anything and where’s the proof its not true? President Trump has saved himself many times because he had the receipts. They seem to be trying to make sure he doesn’t again if he should/is elected which I pray he is.
Exactly!
And when/if a democrap ever gets back into the oval office, well they’ll just ignore the rules like they always do.
Mmmmm…….If I combine this thread with Sundance’s Schumer/AI thread and fly up to the 30,000 foot level perspective and then back down into the weeds, something becomes very apparent in all these maniacal manipulations and machinations–
What the heck do we need the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of Government for if they are all going to be controlled and run by the IC and ‘AI’? If all 3 branches of government agree to be suborned by IC and AI partnership as a 4th branch while our Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and We the American People are no longer recognized or represented, then We The People are at liberty and duty bound to respond accordingly.
And do these ‘Wunderkin Whankers’ realize that they have just eliminated any reason for their very existence?
Why do you need Congress if an AI can write the laws and the budget? Why do you need Congress if they are under the control and threat of the IC?
Why do you need a judge, lawyer, or court at all if AI can make better/non biased legal decisions after input from IC of what is allowed or not allowed as evidence due to ‘national Security?
Why do you need an Executive Branch or President if he has no power and is only a figurehead told what and what not to do by factions of his own Executive Branch, the IC, and AI?
But most importantly; What would be the reason for The American People to have any use for any of the ‘4’ branches or AI to be a part of their lives, much less arbitrarily ruling over them as overlords?
So, Schumer and Warner, just who exactly allowed the IC to gain this power to “get back at you six ways from Sunday”? Why you did! And they obviously control you and have you well in their grip! Now you want them to fully control the other two branches too? But most importantly what you really want or are being blackmailed into is to give them total and ‘udder’ <grins> control over We The People!
So tell me again, exactly what service or benefit do you actually provide to ‘We the People of The United States of America”? None is my answer. And you’ve now made clear publicly that is your answer also. May God have mercy on all you bought and paid for government bureaucrats and technocrats, I sure won’t.
I sing ” God Bless America” almost every day. I don’t know anyone, for any reason, that sings “God Bless our government, AI, and the IC”, do you? There’s a damn good reason for that!
I’d also like to borrow and expand on Decartes’–“I Think, Therefor I am” a wee bit–
‘I am an American Citizen, Therefor I always have standing and matter, as I am America!’
Exactly – who is qualified to tell us we don’t have standing in anything connected to OUR government?
The Charter of Liberties comes from the Magna Carta…our Forefathers gave us a Bill of Rights.
No one. No one at all.
I asked yesterday why are we voting and paying all our so-called representatives who do nothing but what the highest bidder tells them to do about stuff they have absolutely no hand in forming. Just eliminate all that useless spending and let the states do their own buying and selling.
Paprika asked: “What the heck do we need the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of Government for if they are all going to be controlled and run by the IC and ‘AI’? ”
Have you ever been to a seedy travelling carnival? The carnies need the bright lights of the midway and the freak-shows to draw in the rubes and keep them distracted… while they pick their pockets.
In other words, look over here at this crisis (border, “Insurrection”, Ukraine, whatever) and don’t look at how we Deep Staters (both Democrats and Republicans) are setting the people up to accept the discarding of the US Constitution. This is the core of this effort. This is why the SSCI is the most corrupt, Anti-American committee in Congress. No doubt it will pass the Senate because the Senate Democrats only know one way to operate–lock step–and they will likely have some support from Anti-American Senators (Romney, Murkowski, possibly Collins).
Hopefully the House will send a resounding HELL NO back to the Senate on this “legislation”.
Two takeaways:
Lifeless Margaret Brennan has reduced herself to needing to wear what looks like negligee/a bra under her jacket to attract viewers.
Sen Warner’s hands are shaking. He may have a medical condition causing the shaking but more likely it’s because he’s a lying fraud, knows he’s a lying fraud and realizes most see him as the lying fraud that he is.
How does one escape the sticky wicket of Biden’s taken documents are ok but President Trump’s are not.
Absolute Kabuki Theater.
I believe he knows the jig is up and knows what he faces for being part of the corrupt cabal. I can see the fear in him.
I noticed Margaret Brennan’s bedroom attire too. Wondered if it was just a come-on for that nasty man she was talking to. Did you also notice he was treating her like she was a member of congress instead of just a lowly ‘ole journalist? Like he really cared what she thought?
Yes, they are on the same team and are equal members of that team.
The only difference, he took an oath and she didn’t. So her actions are fraudulent but aren’t criminal. His actions on the other hand carry a different set of consequences.
We owe Mark Warner a debt of gratitude. He’s openly admitting why we need to repeal the Patriot Act and abolish the SSCI, Department of Homeland Security, and end the 9/11 state of emergency.
Keep in mind, the SSCI previously created a bipartisan “Restrict Act,” to deal with what they deemed dangerous information on the internet (under auspices of TikTok ban).
So we must be talking about more bipartisan legislation. Plus the existing Patriot Act and a large number of Executive Orders coming out of the White House.
Do you feel like this is helping you or your family? I don’t.
an alliance between the capitalists and small d democrats=fascism.
Our government is full on fascist. Now they want to come after individuals who disagree with the government. That is the bottom line of what he is saying.
Everyone under the President in the Executive branch derives their authority from the office of the President. You cannot deny a President access to his own papers while allowing access for people who exercise authority solely derived from the office of President.
Think of the opportunity here it’s like having the only oil well in existence located in your back yard. You can sell the oil in almost any place, to the right customer at your price, is this not so Chairman?
Luckily, all of the current members of the United States government are above such things.
Yeah. Let’s make the bureaucracy more powerful than our elected president. Sheesh! We already have enough problems with the administrative state.
CYA is the way to summarize this idea. Warner’s is particularly large, flabby and has metastasized to his brain.
So this is why they needed to bring Feinstein back.
Fwarner and F all of those parasitic grubberment workers in northern Virginia. ..
FJB
Want electorate confidence in our elections? Require voter ID with paper ballots marked with dark blue ball point pens. Mailed in ballots limited exclusively to properly and legitimately requested absentee ballots. Absolutely no ballots accepted after the polls close.
How much of this does Mark Warner support?
This ultimately has to either get stomped out or end up at SCOTUS because the Legislative Branch is attempting to usurp power delegated to the Executive Branch and specifically POTUS.
This is exactly why “Intel Officers” have been historically “Restricted” Line Officers, not “Unrestricted” Officers that are capable of operational command in combat, per military regulations. In short, they don’t give operational orders. Generals Hayden and Clapper could not pull rank over a junior officer in combat, but the real reason for this restriction is now made perfectly clear by this unprincipled move by the IC against the Chief Executive. Take this to SCOTUS asap.
Once Parliament declared the King was not in control of the Army, the British Civil War erupted.
I love that there are far right Republicans and main stream Republicans, but there are only Democrats.
I just don’t think congress can limit how presidents handle classified documents. Vice President yes – President no.
Knowing and having met Warner – several times – I’m surprised he kept his tweaking in control.
Some suggest:
All part of the same “National Security” information structure design:
Keep the documented information inside the “National Security” apparatus inside, only for those on the inside. Keep everyone else away from the documented information.
Without documented inside information, those on the outside are effectively powerless against the “National Security” apparatus.
For example: The “Warp Speed” covid shot program was run by DoD and the shots themselves produced by DoD contractors, as a “National Security” imperative. This effectively blocks the public from important information about the program, such as manufacturing and quality control data, shot composition, etc. – all of which should be available to the public because this was a taxpayer-funded program.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/operation-warp-speed-cia-linked-contractor-covid-vaccine/
Why was this done? The answer may lie in the fact that the shots have been demonstrated as harmful and ineffective for their claimed purpose.
Its important to understand that all of America’s institutions and paradigms have been turned to sink America now. The “National Security” paradigm is one.
Government
Military-Industrial Complex
Pharma, biological sciences, healthcare
Information Tech
Finance
Diversity > DIE Marxism
Corporatism
Debt-based economy
See Sun Tzu “The Art of War”, how to subdue your adversary without fighting. We are riding a sinking nation down, as a new hegemon is rising. Coincidence?
MARK WARNER: I would like to say no, but we’re eight or nine days away and we’ve not even been able to see the House pass the most basic defense appropriations bills.
**I hope and pray that Speaker McCarthy will say, hey, I’m going to throw over the far right, and I’m going to put together a bipartisan effort with the Democrats and mainstream Republicans to keep the government funded. I think that would get, again, 350, 400 votes.**
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Warner is frightened of exposure. Which Trump will bring. He wants to cripple the power of the presidency. He wants to use AI, which is not intelligence at all, but is the most powerful propaganda.
In this “close to completion” bill, exactly WHO outside of the Fourth Branch (not authorized in the US Constitution) DOES have oversight over said “Intelligence” agency? It certainly cannot be the SSCI, likely the single most corrupt committee in the entirity of Congress, whether led by a Democrat or Republican. This is the one branch of unauthorized, unchecked government that actually needs the MOST OVERSIGHT. This agency has declared itself to be untouchable. Reminds me of the old KGB or SS. Their tactics are all similar and their offensiveness is from the same playbook.
Why, other than for nefarious reasons, does this “intel group” need to be 100% independent of the Presidency? They are not elected. They are not appointed. They are not Constitutional. Why is this even being discussed other than to be the enforcement arm of actors who do not like or support our Constitution?
BURN IT ALL DOWN
Warner is at the top of the list of traitors to the U.S. Constitution.
and the answer is simply to make all AI use “read only”. Make it criminal to use AI to write or publish, unless it is specifically marked as produced by an AI.
The Dems are vile- trying to grab power all the time- the founding fathers set up three independent branches of government – only in recent time have the spooks gone rogue …I can’t believe that any Democrat who loves this country can suport the corrupt Biden family and his brain dead cabinet (Cackling Kamala; Mayorkus who has broken every law possible to open our borders and then lies under oath to Congress again and again about his actions; Blinken, who rallied the 51 “Intelligence” officers ( misnomer if ever there WAS one!) to sign a letter that Hunter’s laptop was “Russian Disinformation- thus ALL of them committed ELection Interference and should be in jail; Mayor Pete (who seems to be missing in action)- which is good, because every acton he has taken has failed…maybe he is working on his “racist roads” because he’s sure not doing anything for E. Palestine; and Merrick Graland- who sicc’ed the FBI on parents at school board meetings… And the most obvious incompetent in the administration KJP, the absolute WORST PRESS SECRETARY IN MODERN HISTORY…I can’t beleive that smart Democratics (and I know some) are ok with this clown show running our country into the ground. Gas was $7 this week in LA . If Democrats were Honest with themselves, they’d admit that life was much better under Trump: no wars, cheap gas, our allies were paying their fair share and worked with us; our enemies feared us…so Trump was a braggart- The BIdens are a crime sydicate- his son is a grifter, theyve made millions off of Joe’s positions, Joe and Jill raised 2 drug addicts AND refused totacknowledge their granddaughtr for 4 years…. and my persoal favorite: they opened bank accounts n the amess of Joe’s GANDCHILDREN to launder their foreign pay offs… making their grandchildren legally liable to prosecution. How an anyone think this is ok?!?!?!?
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They feel insulated and protected from accountability, that’s why they keep pushing forward despite the public being opposed to it. It’s funny, the dumbest Democrat House reps actually knew what they were saying when they told their supporters to harass Republican politicians in public. That’s the pressure point they all fear.
… he’s still in place?! Tells you all about the country!