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Obama Passport Scrubber John Brennan Sworn In With Draft Constitution Without Bill Of Rights
Birther Report
3/9/2013
Excerpt:
John Brennan Sworn in as CIA Director Using Constitution Lacking Bill of Rights
by emptywheel
According to the White House, John Brennan was sworn in as CIA Director on a “first draft” of the Constitution including notations from George Washington, dating to 1787.
That means, when Brennan vowed to protect and defend the Constitution, he was swearing on one that did not include the First, Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth Amendments — or any of the other Amendments now included in our Constitution. The Bill of Rights did not become part of our Constitution until 1791, 4 years after the Constitution that Brennan took his oath on.
I really don’t mean to be an asshole about this. But these vows always carry a great deal of symbolism. And whether he meant to invoke this symbolism or not, the moment at which Brennan took over the CIA happened to exclude (in symbolic form, though presumably not legally) the key limits on governmental power that protect American citizens.
Update: Olivier Knox describes how the White House pushed the symbolism of this. [...]
CONTINUED HERE: http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/03/08...bill-of-rights
As pointed out by Free Republic commenter Texas Fossil: Oath? What Oath? Not on Bible? Or Koran? (barf)
But on a never ratified version of the Constitution.
No freedom of speech or the press, no right to bear arms, no Fourth Amendment ban on “unreasonable searches and seizures,” and no right to a jury trial.
Officials do not swear an oath on the Constitution, they swear an oath to "Protect and Defend" the Constitution (the real one).
More Obozo treachery. Or is it ineptitude? [ ]
View the complete Birther Report presentation at:
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...stitution.html
Birther Report
3/9/2013
Excerpt:
John Brennan Sworn in as CIA Director Using Constitution Lacking Bill of Rights
by emptywheel
According to the White House, John Brennan was sworn in as CIA Director on a “first draft” of the Constitution including notations from George Washington, dating to 1787.
That means, when Brennan vowed to protect and defend the Constitution, he was swearing on one that did not include the First, Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth Amendments — or any of the other Amendments now included in our Constitution. The Bill of Rights did not become part of our Constitution until 1791, 4 years after the Constitution that Brennan took his oath on.
I really don’t mean to be an asshole about this. But these vows always carry a great deal of symbolism. And whether he meant to invoke this symbolism or not, the moment at which Brennan took over the CIA happened to exclude (in symbolic form, though presumably not legally) the key limits on governmental power that protect American citizens.
Update: Olivier Knox describes how the White House pushed the symbolism of this. [...]
CONTINUED HERE: http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/03/08...bill-of-rights
As pointed out by Free Republic commenter Texas Fossil: Oath? What Oath? Not on Bible? Or Koran? (barf)
But on a never ratified version of the Constitution.
No freedom of speech or the press, no right to bear arms, no Fourth Amendment ban on “unreasonable searches and seizures,” and no right to a jury trial.
Officials do not swear an oath on the Constitution, they swear an oath to "Protect and Defend" the Constitution (the real one).
More Obozo treachery. Or is it ineptitude? [ ]
View the complete Birther Report presentation at:
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...stitution.html