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Sekhmets Daughter

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25. I've read about it

Reply to Luminous Animal (Reply #21)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 11:51 AM

Sep 2012

It ranks right up there with McNamara's great enlightenment. He was not an 18-year-old when he served in Vietnam...he was 34 and should have been able to see what was going on...long before 1969.

His revelations did little to end the war which dragged on and on for another 4 years....

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"Obama, having promised a government of transparency, has brought six prosecutions for leaks so far" [View all] girl gone mad Sep 2012 OP

Du rec. Nt xchrom Sep 2012 #1

There have been some ProSense Sep 2012 #2

And entire websites created to make information more transparent. The OP obviously couldnt be stevenleser Sep 2012 #11

Facts are good... SidDithers Sep 2012 #27

Nuh uh! OnyxCollie Sep 2012 #3

dont forget it is in violation of theTOS xiamiam Sep 2012 #6

Thank you for this post. Luminous Animal Sep 2012 #7

your welcome..I surprised myself my sharing such a personal story and going on a tangent xiamiam Sep 2012 #15

...and there is the difference... blue neen Sep 2012 #17

sometimes we do, many incredible folks are no longer here for various reasons xiamiam Sep 2012 #19

I stick around for a few people but I definitely self-censor...not because I am afraid of having Luminous Animal Sep 2012 #20

Ellsberg was a day late and a dollar Sekhmets Daughter Sep 2012 #4

Why don't you go ask him? girl gone mad Sep 2012 #5

Why give him an Sekhmets Daughter Sep 2012 #26

I am so sorry that you lost your brother and I sincerely wish that you would Luminous Animal Sep 2012 #21

I've read about it Sekhmets Daughter Sep 2012 #25

DURec leftstreet Sep 2012 #8

I have no doubt that there is much work to do... nc4bo Sep 2012 #9

Of course....no one here is advocating not to vote for President Obama...but, his record KoKo Sep 2012 #12

The record is there...yet so few ask WHY....WHY is this? KoKo Sep 2012 #10

I wake up, do my work, get online, and then go to bed... Comrade_McKenzie Sep 2012 #13

Good. Illegal leaks should be prosecuted fully. Why are there more prosecutions? Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #14

Why? Panetta..imo..nt xiamiam Sep 2012 #16

Who is Panetta's and Holder's boss? Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2012 #24

Bradley Manning would have been immune from prosecution had he been a whistleblower. msanthrope Sep 2012 #18

Like fucking CLOCKWORK on DU.. every election.... Send in the clowns... progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #22

Well said... SidDithers Sep 2012 #28

It's funny to watch you get mad. OnyxCollie Sep 2012 #31

But...Transparency in Government made a swell slogan. Politics and expediency as usual. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2012 #23

It's one of the great betrayals of the original Obama candidacy. I have little hope a re-elected villager Sep 2012 #29

Administration Took Accidental Path to Setting Record for Leak Cases (NYT June 2012) struggle4progress Sep 2012 #30