cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40254758
The Trump administration said Monday in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security.
The filing came in response to a lawsuit filed last Friday by the National Trust for Historic Preservation asking a federal judge to halt the project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress.
In its filing, the administration included a declaration from the deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service saying more work on the site of the former White House East Wing is still needed to meet the agency’s “safety and security requirements.” The administration has offered to share classified details with the judge in an in-person setting without the plaintiffs present.
It’s convenient how you can say anything is a matter of national security and that makes it ok.
Just like eroding every possible freedom to ‘protect’ people from terrorists and children from pedophiles. Irony is dead.
Don’t forget to add some claims about weapons of mass destruction to help the case.
Well, they did just declare that fentanyl is a WMD.