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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:37 PM Original message |
"...only people Obama has prosecuted are the whistle-blowers" - Jane Mayer | New Yorker |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Recommended. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. i'm surprised there hasn't been much discussion of this...it's a hugely important piece |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. It's a long article. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Inconvenient truths sometimes get overlooked somehow, don't they? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Such is the nature of inconvenient truths. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
43. when that doesn't work, inconvenient truths become targets for attack. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. really really long -- but it's a real page-turner! |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Um, I posted Jane Mayer's New Yorker article about it yesterday |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. i wondered if there might be some marginalizing of it |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
64. Yeah ... not popular here to make clear the differences between what |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
81. what's sad is that local Dem groups think they can ride Obama's coat tails in 2012 |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #81 |
143. 80% of the public wants an end to the wars -- 76% + MEDICARE FOR ALL -- 2010 did happen!! |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. I salute you.l n/t |
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TroubleMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:44 PM Original message |
That's not right - they've prosecuted other people. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. to be fair, everyone knows that MMJ patients are all commie spies |
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mountainlion55 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
49. NO NO NO |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. heh heh - silly me |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #49 |
72. I like your commentary. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. Much safer being a torturer or a mortgage assignment forger than a whistleblower or pot farmer. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
65. +1000% -- this guy testified before Congress as a "whistleblower" -- and is being prosecuted for it! |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. If you haven't done anything wrong.. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. so true...the government wouldn't ever do anything harmful to its citizens' freedom |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
70. + 1. n/t |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Good grief, the govment knows all about you and your monkey. nm |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
78. Geez, even I know about him and his monkey. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #78 |
113. ...and believe me, you don't wanna KNOW what those two have to hide... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #113 |
123. if it involves bananas, it's not going to be pretty. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #123 |
129. but it will meet the RDA's for nitrogen, to say the least... |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:21 AM Response to Reply #123 |
139. I assure you, |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #139 |
146. I heard a bust of William Jennings Bryan came into it as well. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. If we've learned anything since we ran Bush out of town, is that it wasnt Bush. It's so much bigger |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
40. So very true... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
82. there's not nearly the energy for "issue" politics that there used to be... |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #82 |
94. It's true. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
84. AND ANOTHER THING......no you pretty well covered it. At some point the masses will wake up. Hope |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #84 |
100. we need our older folk really really bad -- |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. It's so much bigger |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #59 |
85. Cheesus, you said the N-word. But I agree. nm |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
66. Unfortunately the same ptb control the message machine. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #66 |
86. Yes it may be a while. But what's ptb? |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:43 AM Response to Reply #86 |
138. ptb = powers that be |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
93. So sadly true. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. That's |
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mountainlion55 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
51. So what! |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
119. So what? The OP is misleading, that's what. I guess the truth doesnt matter to you nt |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
116. What does your list have to do with anything? |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. I'll tell you WTF. The OP title is misleading. That's WTF. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #120 |
128. Do tell. Who's been prosecuted on the non-whistleblower side of illegal spying on Americans? |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #128 |
140. That is not what the title of the OP asserts. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
121. Alas, the mob ignored your facts in its rush to kill anyone named Cassius. n/t |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. Unacceptable. This is the WORST of the Bush Doctrine that Gov't "Secrets" are whatever embarrasses. |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. You realize, of course, that Drake also supported the "national-surveillance state" |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. actually, anyone who reads this article will come away with a much different view |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. I did read the article and it did not support your OP commentary |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. portraying him as persecuted, open-government, anti-surveillance hero is absurd" - LOL |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Wow, have you even read the article you posted? |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. "Patently offensive"? In your post #12, you conceded that Drake |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. 'attempt(ing) to minimize the seriousness of this matter' - spot on |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
102. lol, you're not even trying to address the facts, are you? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. i suggest you create an OP that clearly lays out your position, and see how many people buy what |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #105 |
112. Alright, I'll try one more time |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #102 |
107. and btw -- i never said he was military at NSA, i said he was military PRIOR to NSA. |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
99. So pointing out that Drake is a former spook is the same as blaming a rape victim? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #99 |
103. the prosecution of Drake is analogous to rape |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. If you say so, though I suspect there may be more than a few women out there who disagree |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. you don't have to hang a poster of him, but plenty others will. |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
110. Azathoth, Nobody is Good |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #110 |
118. True |
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StarburstClock (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
97. Ad-hom smear noted |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. Say what? n/t |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. He didn't commit espionage, is the point. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. It's not treason to expose government crime and corruption. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Obama campaigned as a great supporter of Whistleblowers. Now, not so much. |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Indeed. Which is why I didn't accuse Drake of committing treason. n/t |
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The Green Manalishi (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
87. re:"It's not treason to expose government crime and corruption" |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Bradley Manning's "treasonous idiocy"? You've got to be joking. |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Perhaps you should reread my post |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
60. Rationality and nuance? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
68. i think the poster understood perfectly -- Wiki-Hate |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #68 |
104. Oh I see, I badmouthed Manning and that caused the poster to completely lost his/her marbles |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. HA! when someone disagrees with you "they've completely lost their marbles" -- so rational of you. |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #109 |
122. No, when someone responds to me in a way that isn't even related to what I posted |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
98. Manning is not an idot, |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
53. i think you nailed it. Wiki-Hate. |
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Gravel Democrat (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
18. ^^^ Fascinating and deeply disturbing article. A Must Read |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. easily the most important reporting yet, this year. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. K&R n/t |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. K&R. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #31 |
56. Hey there. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. K&R |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. Deleted message |
DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Someone quoted in the article suggests he's naive on intelligence matters. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
30. Excellent article. This guy needs support. What a travesty of justice. |
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dreamnightwind (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
34. "We had the power" |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 06:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. there's no better illustration as to why the Constitution was meant to keep power in check |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
73. My household just watched "Fair Game" and it is quite chilling |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #73 |
89. ah -- need to add that to netflix! |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
39. This definitely needs much more attention. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
63. +1 -- |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
42. Government Secrecy, and the prosecution of Whistle Blowers... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. seriously -- and it's amazing how little people care about this. |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Next, we'll be sending Seal Team 6 after whistleblowers. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. or, sending Seal Team 6 after any group selected by the software as a threat to political power |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
46. Big KNR! |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
48. Political parties - two sides of the same corporate/oligarch coin. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Bill Hicks...Politics in America |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
50. Important article |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
54. This particularly disturbing. Just who did we elect as our great hope? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. i think that's exactly right -- these agencies are a necessity and require oversight... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
74. Barack to nation: |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #54 |
96. It also reaffirms the precedent established by the Bush administration |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
58. K&R |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
61. K&R |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
62. ... and Harry Reid made "deal" today on extending PATRIOT ACT -- !! |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. b/c taking your shoes off in the airport is essential to "our freedoms" |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #62 |
75. Well one big difference - Republicans often do what |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
71. Not that it's needed |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
76. Kicking ! n/t |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
77. This story is really going to hurt Obama in 2012. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. it might not - not if the issue of whistleblower protection doesn't become an issue |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #79 |
88. it probably will not even be on the radar |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
80. President Obama should hang his head in shame |
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zeos3 (912 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
83. K&R |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
90. Highly recommended |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
91. K&R'd!!! |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
92. And ever so slowly it finally dawned upon them that they had been lied to all along. - K&R n/t |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #92 |
142. But they couldn't admit the realization amongst themselves |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #142 |
145. .... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
95. Read it and weep. nt |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
111. This is so untrue it doesn't even qualify as hyperbole. n/t |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #111 |
125. but hey, thanks for the kick! |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #125 |
141. You're welcome. People who mislead should be brought into scrutiny. I'll keep kicking nt |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
114. No new information, but retread stuff to bash Obama. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #114 |
124. actually, i'd love nothing more than to be able to praise Obama for making this right. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #124 |
127. It's spooks arguing with spooks over money... and this power predates Obama. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. Trying to imprison a whistleblower for 35 yrs on espionage charges is an argument over money? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. The charges are directly related to classified documents used to try and rig bids. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Is there a refutation of fact a whistleblower is charged with espionage hidden somewhere in there? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #135 |
136. Whistleblowing means you get subjected to scrutiny, so have your crap in order when you do it. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. this is a CRIMINAL prosecution -- not civil. it's not about money. that's #1. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #131 |
134. Okay... |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #114 |
126. It can only be read as a "bash" because a) it's true, & b) it's what we hired Obama to stop. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
115. Whistleblowers need community, national support -- they're trying to help us all |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
117. kick for later n/t |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
132. *****k&r! nt |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
137. Vush, Cheney, Rove, Ashcroft, Gonzalez, Rumsfeld, et al walk free. |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
144. kick! |
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