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HardTimes99

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13. Are you daft or dense? Gregory was relying on leaks of classified information

Reply to Major Hogwash (Reply #8)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 05:01 PM

Jun 2013

transmitted orally to him by government insiders and Greenwald was relying on leaks of printed information delivered to him by Snowden.

Both were disclosiing classified information, but Greenwald should be charged while Gregory (who is doing exactly the same thing) rakes in the big bucks for pimping the security state?

Give me a fucking break.

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David the Spy (A vital point in Greenwald vs. Gregory) [View all] cthulu2016 Jun 2013 OP

The press is only allowed to print what is in the interest of the government. dkf Jun 2013 #1

Interesting point, bvar22 Jun 2013 #2

That's interesting. Autumn Jun 2013 #3

How did Greenwald get his classified document? Major Hogwash Jun 2013 #4

The same place Gregory got his... cthulu2016 Jun 2013 #5

Gregory was reading from newspaper accounts of what was published from the documents. Major Hogwash Jun 2013 #6

You think Gregory calls the newspaper "The People I Talk to"? cthulu2016 Jun 2013 #7

Gregory didn't have no secret NSA documents. Greenwald did. Major Hogwash Jun 2013 #8

Are you daft or dense? Gregory was relying on leaks of classified information HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #13

once a journalist has the documents they are no longer secrets, FACT Monkie Jun 2013 #12

Nothing David Gregory was told was classified. Nothing he repeated was classified. DevonRex Jun 2013 #9

which parts of the ruling are unclassified? cthulu2016 Jun 2013 #10

David Gregory gave the unclassified briefing version. Big fucking deal. DevonRex Jun 2013 #11

David Gregory is a 1st class douche-bag. TeamPooka Jun 2013 #14