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In reply to the discussion: The root issue Snowden exposed: Clapper's Library [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)10. Who are the Librarians?
Thank you for an outstanding post, hootinholler. Spot-on in every way.
How do we dismantle? Let's start with new leadership, from the four-star level on down. I'd suggest civilian leaders be appointed, specifically liberal Democrats with records of public service -- in uniform or not -- with no ties to the secret national security state. Otherwise, it's still a bunch of friends of Adm Poindexter and Ollie North filling the shelves and collecting the fines on just some of the overdue books.
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well if snowden has the motherload as he has claimed then why isnt it in any of the documents?
DCBob
Jul 2013
#36
What he's implying is that every American now has an accessible "Permanent Record" of
GiaGiovanni
Jul 2013
#18
Clapper *clarified* his lie for the 1% and Snowden persists in his truth for the 99%
Catherina
Jul 2013
#19