Today on patriot podcasts there was only a mention of the satellite phones issued to 50 members of the Senate.
There could have been lots of good questions like which 50? Was it partisan? Are they all Democrats or Republicans, working out of the sunshine with taxpayer funded phones? Fifty senators is more than the Intel committee of both sides.
On the chat I told everyone to call their senators! Taxpayer funded phones means we have a right to know!
I called Rick Scott's office. His wonderful aide called me back in 1 hour. Steve said they hadn't heard this and he looked it up and found it! (He said I was quick lol) He saw the Sgt of Arms put this forward and he is sending this where it needs to go, because they are all interested in the questions I have as well.
They will respond by snail mail, my preference. His staffer said if I didn't like the response to call him back and we will move further....he agreed it's our right to know, and he doesn't believe Senator Scott knew about this. He does now.
GREAT WORK! Here's the job description of the Sergeant at Arms.
https://www.senate.gov/reference/office/sergeant_at_arms.htm
Hmm, she's former Army Intelligence and cyberintelligence ....
https://www.senate.gov/reference/common/person/gibson-karen.htm
I did find this yesterday when we were posting about it
https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm
Information about Current Senators Party Division 118th Congress • Majority Party: Democrats (48 seats) • Minority Party: Republicans (49 seats) • Other Parties: Independents (3 seats)
According to the .gov website, the independents caucus with the Ds, and that's how the Ds have the senate majority.
Another SAA responsibility
The SAA also protects the senators and can arrest and detain any person violating Senate rules.
33 yr. Military career.. is it me or does that # always pop up ?🤷
oh, good catch
gotta wonder if this is about exposing her somehow, bc this sat phones story is kind of weird
Yes it is a lot of conflicting information about it..
yes, I'm also reading that the phone came from DHS, but who really knows. I've been following this for a couple of days, I'll post if i find something new.
Makes me dream of a T-Rex coming to DC and swallowing all the SAT phones...
Godzilla would be more entertaining...same...but different.
There's a specific reason why Military Personnel need to Forced into Retirement after 20 years and 1 Day....
They become Self Corrupting, to the point that they will become Political, and they'll turn against their Oaths, and start doing stupid shit that isn't good for the Country....
"..elected by Senators.." Who nominates?
That's a very good question; the answer is The Speaker of the House, who was Nancy Pelosi in Mar 2021. Very interesting.
While I was looking around that .gov website I caught this as a responsibility of the SAA
Emergency Preparedness The Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness provides the management structure to oversee and integrate security and emergency preparedness planning, policies, and programs for the Senate. Working in close cooperation with the secretary of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Capitol Police, this office is responsible for continuity of operations training and assistance to the Senate as well as integrating Senate security plans.
Continuity of operations, you say ...
With her background, I get a WH vibe... No one in government tells anyone how a program benefits the "giver". They just promote the benefits to the recipients, but always an ulterior motive...sat phone will be trackable everywhere. Has Starlink received a new gov. contract recently? Someone has to provide service for these phones..
I get a WH vibe too. Plus, if you look at the responsibilities of SAA, they don't perfectly match up with her very specific intelligence and cyberintelligence background. And then we are reading a lot about continuity of operations, continuity of government, etc., which is part of the SAA responsibility, so this is all very interesting.
But aren't their regular phones trackable too?
But her name is Karen guise!
edit: I was wrong, The Speaker of the House nominates the Sergeant At Arms for the House. Can't dig up where the Senate SAA comes from yet. Both SAA swap off every other year being in charge of the Capitol Police.
A haircut not up to approval of anon and the name Karen is also somehow a detraction worth mentioning first?
Excellent work. Serious Intel.
Agree it doesn't fit the conversation. It was just my first thought. I'll edit. Not Intel, just looking stuff up on the .gov website.