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99th_Monkey

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10. You're right. We may as well go back to the 50's & the McCarthy Hearings

Reply to MattFromKY (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 11:17 PM

Jun 2013

Track down all "evil-doers", instill fear in the population, insist -- by law -- that everyone becomes a snitch on their own family and neighbors, torture & threaten "suspects", or harass them into committing suicide .. "whatever it takes". Right?

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Obama's 'Insider Threat' Program a 'Sweeping' Crackdown on Leakers [View all] 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 OP

meanwhile wall street and corporations rape the country unchecked lol nt msongs Jun 2013 #1

And they do it in the open Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #11

Recommend. KoKo Jun 2013 #2

Obama's "plumbers"? Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #3

I hope Chris Hedges and Greenwald are staying safe. 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #4

Employees are told to be on the lookout for stress, divorce problems, financial problems adric mutelovic Jun 2013 #5

This is getting way too McCarthyesque & Inquisitiony for my taste. nt 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #6

Not everyone agrees with the blanket concept that leaking is always best/right treestar Jun 2013 #7

Doesn't go far enough. MattFromKY Jun 2013 #8

You're right. We may as well go back to the 50's & the McCarthy Hearings 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #10

So, the problem isn't the war crimes, but leaking information about the war crimes. winter is coming Jun 2013 #9

Our Corporatocracy appears to have turned that logic on it's head 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #12