'Public still can't see it’: The continuing transparency saga of Obama's Internet plan

Note all the caveats in Kimmelmann's statement about what #FCC's doing—because NO ONE outside FCC can see the secret 332p order #SubCommTech

— Berin Szóka (@BerinSzoka) February 25, 2015

@BerinSzoka , apparently it's now been edited down to 317 pages https://t.co/aOjV7WFkmi

— Jim Partridge (@JM_Partridge) February 25, 2015

Ajit Pai, one of the commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission, has paraphrased Nancy Pelosi to describe what citizens should expect about the transparency level of President Obama’s plan for Internet regulation.

Here’s Pai showing the revised version that Americans still can’t see:

Here is Pres. Obama's revised 317-page plan to regulate the Internet. The public still can't see it. I'm voting no. pic.twitter.com/RirBVPChmV

— Ajit Pai (@AjitPaiFCC) February 25, 2015

The historic levels of transparency continue!

https://twitter.com/AndrewNYC/status/570604741992054784

@AjitPaiFCC Thank you for voting no Commissioner! Why is the @FCC hiding it's new #Internet regulations from the public that it "serves"?

— "Doomsday" Dave Hatter (@DaveHatter) February 25, 2015

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@JSrago @AjitPaiFCC Anything that regulates this large a swath of the country should be transparent.

— Harry Meade (@AVGrump) February 25, 2015

@AjitPaiFCC Good luck. You people with actual integrity are going to need it.

— Julian DiLorenzo (@JoggingJulian) February 25, 2015

@AjitPaiFCC Thanks for having a spine!!

— Markeece Young (@blkrepub24) February 25, 2015

@AjitPaiFCC Thank you!!! Whatever happened to obama saying he'd have the most transparent Administration?

— Carol Eide (@eide_carol) February 25, 2015

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