Robert Gibbs Reveals: ‘One of the First Things’ White House Told Me Was Not to Acknowledge Drone Program Exists

The Blaze

AP

Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Sunday he was ordered never to acknowledge the existence of the U.S. unmanned drone program by an administration that prided itself on transparency.

Gibbs said on MSNBC the still-secretive drone program meant he had to duck reporter questions he knew were perfectly accurate.

“One of the first things they told me was, you’re not even to acknowledge the drone program, you are not even to discuss that it exists,” Gibbs said. “I would get a question like that…once I figured out it was about the drone program, I realized I’m not supposed to talk about it.”

“Here’s what’s inherently crazy about that proposition: you’re being asked a question based on reporting of a program that exists, so you’re the official government spokesperson acting as if, the entire program — ‘pay no attention to the man behind the curtain,’” he said.

Gibbs, who was a senior adviser to President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign, opined that the U.S.’s “denial of the existence of the program when it’s obviously happening undermines people’s confidence overall in the decisions that their government makes.”

(h/t Washington Examiner)

[Debrajoe Beatty]

Obama and his administration are master liars.

[kim perkins]

I heard on the radio, in 5 years theres going to be around 300,000 of these flying over us. Really, i doubt its going to take that long

[Edie Faylor]

So, what is the next step - after they get all the information they want on all of us?  

[2qubpiy7cyc82]

It's all getting stored in the fusion centers proposed and set up by the Homeland Security Advisory board, chaired by our good friend, Mitt Romney.  Now, if they don't like you, they have all the information that they have gathered about you at their fingertips, making it ever so easy to whoop up whatever charges they need to make to neutralize you.

[Jeanne Michael]

The government has been lying to us for years and yes, they are all traitorous bastards!

[Old Glory]

Has ANYONE notice that this programs is the ONLY thing OBAMA shows any interest in! I've notice that in his 1st term

[Will Smith]

There are ways to make them crash. All you need is a satellite uplink. Any satellite dish can be used to do so.

[Betty]

Will, are you serious? A way to crash a Drone! interesting to say the least.................

[SUSAN MARIANO]

WISH GIBBS WOULD TELL US MORE GOOD SH&^.    WATCH YOUR BACK BOB, SHIT HAPPENS.

[william e grant]

WE KNOW WHAT HE IS WE KNOW WHAT HE HAS DONE ( YET NOTHING I REPEAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ==? )  THANK YOU CONGRESS AND A VERY LARGE HERD OF SHEEP .