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Octafish

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35. Banksters who also laundererd billions in drug money...

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2013, 08:25 PM

Jun 2013

...and yet a guy who uncovers wall-to-wall spying on all Americans, including politicians and CIA director's girlfriends, has to hightail it out of town before he gets muzzled in a secret jail cell.

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So they charge Snowden with espionage in pretty short order, but the banksters wrecked . . . . . [View all] Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 OP

At least I know my emails and phone calls are state secrets? silvershadow Jun 2013 #1

Not really, they've probably been outsourced so who knows who in what third world country is sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #21

Careful, you're tagging half the world's population Coccydynia Jun 2013 #40

No, I'm tagging those in charge of our security with either gross negligence and incompetence or sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #41

DC is a racket. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #2

Yup. If Snowden was a billionaire campaign donor tblue Jun 2013 #51

ding ding ding .... thread winner ! nt littlewolf Jun 2013 #89

It is because crime only pays on a enormous scale. Rex Jun 2013 #3

It helps to own the AG. GeorgeGist Jun 2013 #4

The 1% are sacred to the Obama administration. forestpath Jun 2013 #5

You are surprised? nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #6

Yah think? n/t malaise Jun 2013 #7

Last time I checked with my guy Obama, truedelphi Jun 2013 #8

They do create jobs, but not here, in other countries where there is slave labor available to sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #22

True... But we have the honor Catherina Jun 2013 #26

You could try that as a defense, if you get a speeding ticket, but I won't recommend it struggle4progress Jun 2013 #9

It's not a defense. It's a statement. Hissyspit Jun 2013 #27

kr HiPointDem Jun 2013 #10

Paulson with Co-Conspirators: bvar22 Jun 2013 #11

I'd support John Edwards for 2016. At least he knows the score. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #18

I don't think Edwards has any future in politics. I volunteered extensively struggle4progress Jun 2013 #42

YES MNBrewer Jun 2013 #43

And what a perfectly focused picture that is Catherina Jun 2013 #29

+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #12

And Dick Cheney is still walking around after outing Valerie Plame. Cleita Jun 2013 #13

I thought Richard Armitage outed Valerie Plame? (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #17

Apparently, he was implicated later, but Jeebus they were all hand in hand Cleita Jun 2013 #20

No, Armitage was the "muddy-the-waters-guy" struggle4progress Jun 2013 #53

He did and he admitted it. former9thward Jun 2013 #25

They were all working for Dick Cheney, but Libby covered for him, the prosecution worked its way sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #45

And the current DoJ would rather deprive people of their medical marijuana than prosecute Cheney's rhett o rick Jun 2013 #57

Look forward MNBrewer Jun 2013 #14

Not back. Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #16

Forgive and forget. Catherina Jun 2013 #30

Obama says he wants a national conversation about the surveillance. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #15

Well said cpwm17 Jun 2013 #28

It's creepy, isn't it? To live in a country where a peeping tom can be arrested, but a gigantic sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #46

Hear! Hear!! ReRe Jun 2013 #49

You dont go to jail if you are part of the 1% davidn3600 Jun 2013 #19

It because the banksters crimes are too big and systemic to fight, avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #23

There are a lot of things that are unethical and damaging that are not illegal loyalsister Jun 2013 #95

Greed, hubris, recklessness and incompetence are not crimes. Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #24

recklessness is a crime tiny elvis Jun 2013 #85

Apples vs Oranges. jazzimov Jun 2013 #31

The Banksters made stealing money legal first. Turbineguy Jun 2013 #32

Whistle blowing used to be legal... ReRe Jun 2013 #50

Whistle blowing? Turbineguy Jun 2013 #62

Leaking secrets is illegal. Whistleblowing is not. randome Jun 2013 #69

Leaking is when you go rogue.... ReRe Jun 2013 #76

Manning, Snowden, Assange, Barrett Brown , maindawg Jun 2013 #33

Snowden threatens the 1% and their control over "democracy"./ Civilization2 Jun 2013 #34

Banksters who also laundererd billions in drug money... Octafish Jun 2013 #35

K&R suffragette Jun 2013 #36

Too busy appointing them to indict them. suffragette Jun 2013 #37

Don't know why. He only revealed what we already knew. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #38

Snowden is not nineteen50 Jun 2013 #39

snowden should start bulking up, i hear street food is great in hong kong Monkie Jun 2013 #92

Ugh... Phlem Jun 2013 #44

Acts like Snowdens are the only thing that brings sunlight on government corruption. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #47

The fix is in. GiveMeFreedom Jun 2013 #48

I'd rather be unafraid and dead... ReRe Jun 2013 #55

Fallacy, that does not mean it's OK to break the law treestar Jun 2013 #52

Here's a starting place for you: ReRe Jun 2013 #58

If they have to write three books to come up with some theory treestar Jun 2013 #63

You got us. Everybody on DU failed to recognize that the banksters are not actually individuals Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 #68

When you get the AG job treestar Jun 2013 #70

"He doesn't have the votes" R6.8.b Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 #74

What? treestar Jun 2013 #75

It has everything to do with your post. Your post was simply a latter day variant of the reason . . Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 #78

Enough votes are needed to pass anything treestar Jun 2013 #80

Now we're at the nub of it, my friend! Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 #82

No you're trying to avoid the fact you need that Congress treestar Jun 2013 #83

An answerscuse for everything Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 #84

The President is not supposed to be the leader of Congress treestar Jun 2013 #86

Full circle: "He Doesn't Have The Votes" Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 #99

It's clear what the torturers did. Hissyspit Jun 2013 #60

Same thing treestar Jun 2013 #65

CIA torturers, not some grunts. Hissyspit Jun 2013 #66

Like who? treestar Jun 2013 #71

It's not a defense. Hissyspit Jun 2013 #72

I agree, Stinnky... ReRe Jun 2013 #54

this injustice KT2000 Jun 2013 #56

Remember when Obama backed the Repub bill ... slipslidingaway Jun 2013 #59

Excellent point, Stinky. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #61

In DC, The Banksters = Too Big To Jail blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #98

US charges Snowden with spying? You can't make that up! Why don't they charge themselves? n/t Catherina Jun 2013 #64

Thanks to the tireless efforts of investors we have the best government money can buy. raouldukelives Jun 2013 #67

It makes me sick. City Lights Jun 2013 #73

I see that everyone is in a good mood today mimi85 Jun 2013 #77

You seem to have a good sense of what's right for you. Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 #79

I agree fjlovato Jun 2013 #88

Hahahahaha Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 #93

Like crack in the ghetto and cocaine in the suburbs Generic Other Jun 2013 #81

At long last fjlovato Jun 2013 #87

I agree... I consider myself to be a Lefty, but DU has turned paranoid. DontTreadOnMe Jun 2013 #90

"Don't Tread on Me"????? Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 #94

Hey Stinky, check the date I joined DU... well before the Tea Party ever was formed DontTreadOnMe Jun 2013 #96

To search means I'd have to care. Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 #100

The Clown can't help stepping in the paranoia Summer Hathaway Jun 2013 #101

...... Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 #102

Damaging the powerful is serious crime. Damaging the less powerful ... DirkGently Jun 2013 #91

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #97