On The Leak
Muglack
It appears as if evidence has been brought forward implicating Leo Balzac in the dissemination of classified material from Closed Door Congress.
While my job as Speaker of the House does afford me certain latitude when it comes to upholding some form of justice within the halls of Congress, the current set of "tools" at my disposal also makes my job in doing so quite difficult.
For instance, "illegal proposals" (as in, do not follow the rules of Congress as per the Congressional Rules of Order) can be punished on the forum but if you don't go on the forum then you are quite simply above the law.
Another example is the leaking information from CDC by a Cabinet member. Since I have no control over that "Forum Group" there is quite simply nothing I can do.
While the issue I write about today is not the same as either of those examples, it is quite close.
Using the following screenshots (if you ignore the source of the first one) it is quite clear that this is as close to an open and shut case as you can get in this environment, and I know a little something about open and shut cases.
The IRC log of him sharing the picture
This screenshot shows the accused posting the link to what I assume is an open IRC channel, and commenting about it after doing so.
You'll note that the URL of the screenshot is that same as the one that was passed around the eUK, and was later shared in eCanada. If you haven't seen it, here it is:
The screenshot itself
All things being equal we can lay the blame for the leak at the feet of Leo Balzac. I think it's safe to say we can all agree on that.
Sadly this leads to another question. What do you we do now?
Although he is two-clicking in the eUK now, there is nothing stopping him from getting eCanadian citizenship tomorrow and running for Congress on the 25th. If he won a seat he would legally and rightfully get Congress masking which would allow him full access once again to confidential forums from which he leaked that information.
As Speaker I could theoretically remove his mask at 7 day intervals until such time as he was no longer a member of Congress in game, but that's a lot of red tape even for me. Conversely, if the next Speaker is more lenient than I, and odds are they will be, they could simply give him back his masking and act as if the whole thing didn't happen at all.
While I do admit to there being egg on the face of the MDP since he was a member of our party and had access to the forum do to his PP group masking, I think we should look at the big picture and finally do something about how we do business on the forums.
As such I will be making a proposal in Congress for what surmounts to a "No Fly List" when it comes to Congress candidature. Those people who are found by a preponderance of the evidence to have subvert and compromise eCanada will be added to said list, and should not under any circumstances be allowed to run for Congress, and if they do should be moved to the bottom of the ballot to minimize their chance of winning.
We have 3 days until the ballots locked, it's my intention to have these measures in place, with all of the punishments and details finalized by that time.
If anyone has questions or concerns please feel free to voice them, and I will answer or clarify as best I can.
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Thank you Muglack.
Thank you
Good job
SUBVERSION OF DEMOCRACYYYYYYY!!!@@1!@@1!!
~hyuu~
Sounds fair; needs to be checks and balances for those who do not follow the proper procedures.
Thanks Muglack
o7
Yeah, Muglack!
Some things remain the same on both sides of reality...
http://youtu.be/RIevazPIPzU
eCanada, an awesome team coming together to root out the trouble-makers when it matters most (well, when it starts to matter again a couple years after the fact, but like they say, better late than never). The honour of this new measure put forward by Muglack is inspiration enough to return to politics for anyone playing on the sidelines lately.
Vive le Canada!
Not a bad suggestion. Too bad we didn't have it in place earlier when there were other leaks. 😛
1. give him a pardon;
2. Addy's idea of nothing in Closed Door Congress makes future leaking irrelevant if that policy is continued;
3. Party Presidents can control their lists. If a party president wants to run him and he gets elected - that reflects on the party;
4. Otherwise - complete agreement. (Irrelevant, coming from an outsider, but I had a moment and was looking around. eCan looks quite healthy these days - congrats.)
Shut your ass, mellors 😃 😃
Tem buddy... I love that you are back, and making me feel like its old times again. 🙂 sighhhhh. regards
Now witness the creation of Herr Frankenspeakerstein.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/congressional-report-61-2333216/1/20
Supreme Court....live....live....LIVE!
http://youtu.be/1qNeGSJaQ9Q
Can we get a "Terrorist" masking on the Forums for everybody on the No Fly List?
Damn good work Muglack
o7
I remember being banned for impeaching klop \o/
Good Work Muglack I hope this evidence didn't cost you too much.
You're welcome Canada 😛
xoxo
Interesting. The person everyone thought was the source, turned out to be the source. I would call him a traitor but he was more a spy then a traitor. We all knew who his allegiances were to, yet we let him walk right through the front. door. TWO loving scumbag.
Well done in bringing this to the public's eyes Muglack.
Given the situation were in with Leo Balsack, i think that the idea of a no fly list is an excellent proposal going forward.
o7
Let's protect inefficient laws by proposing more inefficient laws! That'll sure teach the laggards!
But it doesn't have to be inefficient if it is unilateral and cannot be appealed or pardoned or whatever.
I'm sure it is quite easy to set up a "No Fly List" that the Speaker solely controls...and can be updated/added to by all future Speakers...with a 50% + 1 vote of support from Congress, except if the Speaker wishes to remove or modify a person added to the "No Fly List"...in which case a review panel should be established to evaluate the 'grounded' person's likelihood of recidivism. If the review panel (which consists of 5 people nominated by the CP and ratified by Congress votes) has 3 votes supporting an amendment to the "No Fly List" (henceforth called NFL, to make things clearer), then the modification proceeds ahead with a 66% vote of approval by sitting the Congress. As well, the review panel should probably not maybe run for any elections (PP, CP, Congress, MU Captain, Miss eRepublik, etc.) to maintain their objectivity. This point need not apply to the Speaker, however, since that requirement would simply be overkill.
at least that's how I'd do it...quite simple actually.
My comment was pure sarcasm and intended to point out the ridiculousness of attempting such a system.
Way to miss the point, Congress.
http://prntscr.com/1zi2cy
ffs lol
lol.
You think Leo is the main leak? Trust me guys, he was only one of em.
You wanna be more careful who you let in the country... even more careful who you let into Congress and give 'sensitive access' too.
Hi AW... 😉
We have always run on an open trust system sadly and with so many citizens coming and going shiza happens.
It was leaked hours before Leo posted it in #eUK, we had it in DC chat for ages while we lol'd at it.
Why pay Wayne when he'll spill for free 😉
People who do not have integrity in a game, don't have integrity in life. We trust people act with integrity. If they don't, then I guess you can have them. We are not going on a witch hunt for them. Karma will take care of them.
I don't think integrity necessarily translates from in-game to RL. There are many who'd argue Rolo's actions lacked integrity, but I'm sure he's a cool guy IRL.
Some people just want to see the eWorld burn.
yeah, life dont work like it does in game...
Thanks good article
Leo is a danger to society. Lock him up and throw away the key.
MDP likes traitors
So easy to jump ship right? MDP is a very respectable party, and I don't see how Leo's actions should smear off onto every other hard working MDP member. Get your head out of your a$$ multi
oh I forgot, CPF likes traitors lol
Excuse me Maxi?
Why so cereal?
Leo betrayed us? Who would have thought!!? This is so unexpected! /sarcasm
Thank you Muglack for bringing this to the public. I must take some responsibility in how the events occurred because of a masking issue. Party Presidents have read only access to CDC, I was the leader of this usergroup for some reason, and forgot to remove him after the PP elections.
Thus, we need to look at if PPs should have CDC access, and if so, whose duty is it to update the list. In the original proposal to allow PP's access, it was suggested that either the Speaker and/or Admins regulate this usergroup. To simplify this process, I believe PP's should not have access at all.
Why in the hell were they granted access in the first place and who decided this?
Where's Zianni now, to see how big patriot his mentor is. But they are the same, both of 'em are scumbags.
oh thats right Leo and Venerable where is mentor, lol
You're so butthurt about everything that you have to bring up crap that has no relation to the article at all. Seriously, just be happy that the traitor was exposed (well, not naked exposed, that'd be bad).
Also, Zianni's a hero.
bwahahah the only one here who's butthurt is you.
Also, you, Zianni, and your mentor are traitors and scumbags. Fck off and return to your irrelevance little feisty PTO scum.
Again with the "No you, PTO scum".
If anybody was my mentor at any point, it would have been Mary Chan, and you'd be a fool to argue she's a traitor or scumbag or basically anything negative, really.
Is mentor code for multi?
Wouldn't be surprised if he is Zianni's/Leo's mutl.
Multi accusations coming from the leader of a party known for being full of multies?
You're joking, right?
I've played League of Legends with Zianni, I highly doubt he's Leo's multi
It looks like Leo got leaked on...
http://tinyurl.com/YEEEEAAAAAHHHHH
sigh.