Earlier this week, I talked about how Congress is hiding the U.S.–Israel military relationship in the defense bill.
There is a second bill that goes further. It makes it law that a president can't pull intelligence sharing back without clearing a legal hurdle, even if you elect one who wants to. 🧵
There is a second bill that goes further. It makes it law that a president can't pull intelligence sharing back without clearing a legal hurdle, even if you elect one who wants to. 🧵
It's Section 622 of the Senate's Intelligence Authorization Act, approved by the Intelligence Committee last month on a bipartisan vote. Think of it as the intelligence-side twin of Section 224, the weapons-integration provision I broke down previously.
The clause that matters: intelligence sharing with Israel "shall not be suspended, reduced, or otherwise materially limited" unless the president names a specific national-security reason and reports it to Congress.
The default is bolted to on. Reversal is the exception.
The default is bolted to on. Reversal is the exception.
It all runs through classified channels and closed-door committees. You won't find it in anything you can read or vote on, and if it passes, the people you do elect may not be able to do anything about it.
I laid the whole thing out, with every claim sourced. Read it here: bit.ly/3RMiKXu
I laid the whole thing out, with every claim sourced. Read it here: bit.ly/3RMiKXu
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