In a few of their chat lines beginning August 23, George News highlighted and linked to the SIGAR report. At the time I didn't know what they meant to highlight, but this thread here now explains its significance.
SIGAR (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction) July 30, 2021 Quarterly Report to Congress
Astonishing, damning speech given by head of Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (oversight committee on war) @SIGARHQ on efforts by @StateDept and @DeptofDefense to classify vital info on #Afghanwar since the fall of Kabul in Aug.... thread summary 👇
"..shortly after the fall of #Kabul, the State Dept wrote to me and other oversight agencies requesting to “temporarily suspend access” to all “audit, inspection, and financial audit...reports” on our website..." They claimed info on reports could endanger Afghan allies...
"But despite repeated requests, State was never able to describe any specific threats to individuals supposedly contained in our reports, nor did State explain how removing reports could possibly protect anyone since many were yrs old and extensively disseminated worldwide."
Demands to remove info have increased since fall of Kabul: "I received a second letter from State Dept. They said they had reviewed the relatively few materials remaining on SIGAR’s website and included a spreadsheet containing 2,400 new items they requested redacting."
This included the following bizarre request: "State asked we redact #AshrafGhani’s name from our reports. While I’m sure the former President may wish to be excised from the annals of history, I don’t believe he faces any threats simply from being referenced by SIGAR..."
"No audience better understands the dangers of limiting public access to info in the name of “security.” And simply because the war in #Afghanistan has concluded does not mean the American people – or its elected representatives – do not have a right to know the truth..."
For years, while @sigar has put out remarkably detailed, and deeply inconvenient truths, about the war in #Afghanistan, the @DeptofDefense has been able to order classified segments of those reports, hiding them from view of the public... for example..
"DOD restricted from public release a range of info going back to 2015 on the performance of the Afghan security forces, purportedly at the request of the Afghan govt. This included information such as casualty data, unit strength, training and operational deficiencies.."
"In essence, nearly all info needed to know whether the #Afghan sec forces were a real fighting force or a house of cards waiting to fall. In light of recent events, it's not surprising that the Afghan govt, and likely some in DOD, wanted to keep that info under lock and key."
"This info almost certainly would have benefited Congress and the public in assessing whether progress was being made in #Afghanistan and, more importantly, whether we should have ended our efforts there earlier..."
"..Yet @sigar was forced to relegate this information into classified appendices, making it much more difficult for Members of Congress to access the information, and completely eliminating public and press access to and discussion of that information."
"..the bipartisan leadership of the House Oversight and Reform Committee and its National Security Subcommittee have formally requested that all information in @SIGARHQ classified appendices be declassified by the originating agencies."
"Likewise, the Admin should declassify and make available to SIGAR and Congress all internal DOD and State Dept cables, reports etc reflecting security situation on ground over last few years, especially those that differed from public statements of agencies in Washington."
"I sincerely hope we will have cooperation from every corner of the US govt as we undertake our work. @SIGARHQ's Twitter content was accessed over 2.2 million times in August, demonstrating that the American taxpayer not only deserve answers – they demand them."
"We also owe it to the families of the over 2,400 Americans who lost their lives supporting the mission in #Afghanistan to determine why the effort to build a strong, sustainable Afghan state failed so dramatically and disastrously."
We The People paid for that debacle like all the others. Those who have access to our money think they can do what they want with it and not be accountable to us. They think they are entitled to lie, cheat and steal from us and have no obligation to ask our permission or allow us to investigate where our money went. These over bloated organs of government play fast and loose because nobody has ever demanded accountability. They think they can always hide behind a cloak of national security. Bullshit. This government is so corrupt, so mismanaged, so bloated and self serving that I see no way to fix it. We need to stop paying them our money. These 11th hour backroom deals that McConnell, Pelosi and Schumer like to do will stop. If our country needs money, let's start by throwing these bastards in jail and cut the size of government in half immediately. Then, start clawing back money from these corrupt politicians and bureaucrats. They won't need it where they're going.
We need to start running this country like we do our households. We need to view things through the eyes of people who actually pay the bills. So many lives killed in needless wars, so much of our country's treasure squandered by people you wouldn't buy a used car from. Not only should we demand to see everything they are trying to hide but we should be preparing to take back as much ill gotten gain as can be extracted from these fraudsters. This shit will end.
Anyone who spent a second operating with ANA knew it was a sham. Almost all of them were totally useless pussies. Unable to follow even the most basic of instruction, no concept of discipline or how it keeps you and your men alive. Every 1/10 was actually worth a shit.
And yet all of the brass just pretended not to see it. While all of the grunts and support couldn’t not see it. Fuck, watch enough documentaries about the war and watch carefully in the background. Even civilians can see how useless they were if you look hard enough.
In a few of their chat lines beginning August 23, George News highlighted and linked to the SIGAR report. At the time I didn't know what they meant to highlight, but this thread here now explains its significance.
SIGAR (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction) July 30, 2021 Quarterly Report to Congress
https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2021-07-30qr.pdf
[52] Chat Line Compilation for "2AM ET: Monday 23rd, Late Night, Early Morning GEORGE NEWS CHAT, 08/23/2021 #SlingsAndArrows" A Brief Check-in
https://greatawakening.win/p/12jwR2aseG/
Much appreciated, fren!
Since when does DEPARTURE from a country require classification? These people are STUPID -- and ABSOLUTELY corrupt to the core.
Thank you for the summary!
We The People paid for that debacle like all the others. Those who have access to our money think they can do what they want with it and not be accountable to us. They think they are entitled to lie, cheat and steal from us and have no obligation to ask our permission or allow us to investigate where our money went. These over bloated organs of government play fast and loose because nobody has ever demanded accountability. They think they can always hide behind a cloak of national security. Bullshit. This government is so corrupt, so mismanaged, so bloated and self serving that I see no way to fix it. We need to stop paying them our money. These 11th hour backroom deals that McConnell, Pelosi and Schumer like to do will stop. If our country needs money, let's start by throwing these bastards in jail and cut the size of government in half immediately. Then, start clawing back money from these corrupt politicians and bureaucrats. They won't need it where they're going.
We need to start running this country like we do our households. We need to view things through the eyes of people who actually pay the bills. So many lives killed in needless wars, so much of our country's treasure squandered by people you wouldn't buy a used car from. Not only should we demand to see everything they are trying to hide but we should be preparing to take back as much ill gotten gain as can be extracted from these fraudsters. This shit will end.
The nitter link is far more easier to read: https://nitter.net/JaneFerguson5/status/1454133475662041092
Not to my my eyes. I can't do dark backgrounds, but many can, like my hubby. Thanks for putting up the option.
Don’t like dark backgrounds? That’s racist!
And why is the dark in the back?
Cover-up and whitewash, courtesy of the Ministry of Truth.
Pardon Twitter link. Important data point and follow up to this post:
https://greatawakening.win/p/13zgX7eFSa/state-department-ig-to-probe-bid/
Anyone who spent a second operating with ANA knew it was a sham. Almost all of them were totally useless pussies. Unable to follow even the most basic of instruction, no concept of discipline or how it keeps you and your men alive. Every 1/10 was actually worth a shit.
And yet all of the brass just pretended not to see it. While all of the grunts and support couldn’t not see it. Fuck, watch enough documentaries about the war and watch carefully in the background. Even civilians can see how useless they were if you look hard enough.
for real. all the afgani meat eaters are fighting on the otherside you know their homeland...almost like it makes sense
https://files.catbox.moe/7unvu5.jpg
Because Twitter deletes the good stuff.