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16. Opposition becomes "anti-govt", then "inside threat", "aiding enemies", then a TERRORIST!

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Sun Jun 23, 2013, 08:20 AM

Jun 2013

Oh what a slippery slope,.

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Digby: "When the Free Press Becomes Equivalent to an Enemy of the State..." [View all] Hissyspit Jun 2013 OP

yeah, this has been posted. glad you posted it again cali Jun 2013 #1

They were instructing kids to rat out their parents in the mid to late 80's Fumesucker Jun 2013 #3

I forgot about that cali Jun 2013 #4

Oh they still do it, they're just less explicit about it now Fumesucker Jun 2013 #11

my kids and all of their friends called it greymattermom Jun 2013 #17

Don't worry anyone; Obama is a Constitutional scholar! Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #2

This is the very *bad* part about Russia we were taught growing up. pacalo Jun 2013 #5

You're missing the point. Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #45

If we weren't learning about it in school, we heard about it on the evening news. pacalo Jun 2013 #50

Yes. Bad, and inexcusable. delrem Jun 2013 #46

The sugar coating of horrible things turns bitter when people learn they've been misled. pacalo Jun 2013 #51

McCarthy would be proud newfie11 Jun 2013 #6

How do we step back from this now? magellan Jun 2013 #7

K&R MotherPetrie Jun 2013 #8

K&R Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #9

Thanks I hadn't seen this boston bean Jun 2013 #10

That is the essential question! Yo_Mama Jun 2013 #24

Or it's a case of some believing it could never happen to them boston bean Jun 2013 #25

bringing a frog to a slow boil. easy. nt delrem Jun 2013 #47

k&r nt steve2470 Jun 2013 #12

The authors of this piece just didn't get their ponies Doctor_J Jun 2013 #13

heh SammyWinstonJack Jun 2013 #14

But, But .... Obama Was Supposed To Be The Transparent President And Presidency - What Happened? cantbeserious Jun 2013 #15

Well, can't you see through him? Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #27

Opposition becomes "anti-govt", then "inside threat", "aiding enemies", then a TERRORIST! Civilization2 Jun 2013 #16

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jun 2013 #18

k&r Little Star Jun 2013 #19

What happens when private contractors are in charge of the NSA malaise Jun 2013 #20

Good Point...suspect we will find out eventually. n/t KoKo Jun 2013 #21

It already happened Trailrider1951 Jun 2013 #36

Good point n/t malaise Jun 2013 #64

And EVERY president since then Trailrider1951 Jun 2013 #68

it aint over ,till it's over. WRH2 Jun 2013 #63

A very important piece. Thanks n/t Catherina Jun 2013 #22

Thanks for posting this article and explanation Yo_Mama Jun 2013 #23

Can anyone cite the last time the U.S. "protect{ed anyone} who bl{e}w the whistle"??? snot Jun 2013 #26

"stress, divorce, financial problems" -- if you SEE something SAY something nashville_brook Jun 2013 #28

I had all of those things simultaneously back in the '90s Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #53

Scary Stuff! bvar22 Jun 2013 #29

Oh No - Not Ayn Rand - Please Tell Me It Isn't So cantbeserious Jun 2013 #33

I hate to say it but delrem Jun 2013 #49

Simple! The NSA has the goods on Obama, his wife or both - nt HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #54

No. I don't think it's that simple. delrem Jun 2013 #57

I'd love to take an Occam's Razor approach to this and say, well, deep down, HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #59

Yes, I read that report. However delrem Jun 2013 #60

I think it's fair to say that no one who might know anything defintiive is talking yet and HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #61

Right, we can't know, it's impossible to know, but it sure is spooky. delrem Jun 2013 #62

But everyone IS being spied on. That's just one way Congress is controlled. Obama surely hasn't chimpymustgo Jun 2013 #66

Do you think "have the goods on Obama" is any excuse? delrem Jun 2013 #67

"Don't suspect a friend, report him" suffragette Jun 2013 #30

"The Insider Threat Program." DirkGently Jun 2013 #31

Roger That - We Have Become Our Worst Fears From The Cold War cantbeserious Jun 2013 #32

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #34

K&R. myrna minx Jun 2013 #35

And it's not like we really have much of a free press left, that is willing to take kenny blankenship Jun 2013 #37

Yes. As proof, look what David Gregory tried to do to Greenwald - closeupready Jun 2013 #42

oh shit undergroundpanther Jun 2013 #38

... FirstLight Jun 2013 #39

We're all Germans now. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #40

So I heard Kim Kardashian's mom, Kris Jenner, is getting a talk show closeupready Jun 2013 #41

"When the Department of Education is searching for "insider threats" something's gone very wrong." dkf Jun 2013 #43

Agreed. Something is up that has been off everyones radar. Why the hell would they be on GoneFishin Jun 2013 #48

K & R cantbeserious Jun 2013 #44

Thank you Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #52

which free press is that? sigmasix Jun 2013 #55

When you do something for any kind of benefit to one's self, that action is NOT free, it's paid and, patrice Jun 2013 #56

We'd be able to recognize an authentically free press by it's ability to both support & criticize PO patrice Jun 2013 #58

What free free press? They must mean the corporate owned press malaise Jun 2013 #65