Rep. Brooks: Obama to Appease Russians By Sharing Secret Technology

In March of 2012, President Obama was caught on tape telling Russian President Medvedev that Russia’s fears about the United States’ missile defense system would be addressed after the November election “when I have more flexibility.”

Congressman Mo Brooks joined Frank Gaffney on Secure Freedom Radio on Monday to discuss how Obama is staying true to his word—but not as expected. According to Brooks, rather than simply pushing for a weakening of the American missile defense system, Obama is hinting at a willingness to hand over the technology that American taxpayers have spent hundreds of billions of dollars on directly to Russia.

It is the advanced nature of the United States’ missile defense capabilities that keeps it ahead of  potential international threats, and “the more our foes know about our hit-to-kill technology, the greater the likelihood that they can develop countermeasures.”

“No other nation on Earth has the ability to hit a high-speed, incoming warhead like the United States of America does,” Congressman Brooks said. “What do I mean by high-speed? Well, it’s more challenging than hitting a bullet with a bullet. In this sense you’re probably talking about approach speeds no less than five miles per second, and maybe as high as ten miles or so per second.”

Congressman Brooks believes that “the past conduct of the Obama administration does raise the risk that they are serious about sharing highly classified, one of a kind, hit-to-kill technology with the Russian Federation.”

Worried about the consequences if this disclosure occurred, Brooks has tried to limit through legislation Obama’s power to give away the technology secrets. He inserted an amendment into the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, which became law, to that effect.

“It was signed by the president. However, when the president signed it, he issued what is called a signing statement in which he said he would ignore this provision if he so desired.”

“This is basically what Congress can do. We can prevent funding from being used. We can pass laws that prevent the president from doing something. Unfortunately, this administration has shown a penchant for not following the law.”

Listen to the interview here.