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US axes website for reporting human rights abuses by US-armed foreign forces

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763 points tartoran | 1 comments | 23 Oct 25 14:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.298s | source
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mikeyouse ◴[23 Oct 25 14:35 UTC] No.45682307[source]▶
> Tim Rieser, former senior aide to Senator Leahy who wrote the 2011 amendment mandating information gathering, told the BBC the gateway's removal meant the State Department was "clearly ignoring the law".

We're in a really bad place... with a servile congress, it turns out there aren't really any laws constraining the executive branch. When everything relies on "independent IGs" for law enforcement inside executive branch departments, and the President can fire them all without consequence or oversight, then it turns out there is no law.

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wffurr ◴[23 Oct 25 14:46 UTC] No.45682445[source]▶
The answer is impeachment, but when Congress is stuffed with boot licking toadies, then there is no recourse.
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Yeul ◴[23 Oct 25 15:04 UTC] No.45682691[source]▶
A good point. The people who sit in parliament are very often just machines of the party. Yes yes TECHNICALLY they are elected by the people and have a mandate but your career is over if you speak out.

You have to be a very special kind of person to break rank.

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1. cogman10 ◴[23 Oct 25 15:16 UTC] No.45682809[source]▶
Which is the flaw of the impeachment/conviction process. It heavily relies on elected officials having a strong moral compass. It's what the founders got the most wrong about the US as it's basically a worthless process. It really doesn't matter what evidence gets presented or what a president does. The result will always be a party line vote.