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36. K&R

Reply to DesMoinesDem (Original post)

Tue Aug 6, 2013, 09:12 PM

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Obama's abuse of the Espionage Act is modern-day McCarthyism [View all] DesMoinesDem Aug 2013 OP

+1 and remember, Amazon is hiring! Safetykitten Aug 2013 #1

Obama administration: Protecting the torturer, prosecuting the whistleblower MotherPetrie Aug 2013 #2

+1000 forestpath Aug 2013 #20

What President has not prosecuted leakers? Any? randome Aug 2013 #3

"Only ten people in American history have been charged with espionage for leaking classified" DesMoinesDem Aug 2013 #4

That's ignoring my point. randome Aug 2013 #6

You're creating a strawman to argue with. Obama has charged 7 people DesMoinesDem Aug 2013 #10

Why would anyone care what the exact charge is? Someone commits a crime, they get charged. randome Aug 2013 #12

Is that article blocked for you? Why are you not able to read it? DesMoinesDem Aug 2013 #13

I see a lot of whining from someone who got caught. randome Aug 2013 #15

I'll give you some credit. DesMoinesDem Aug 2013 #17

You use of ad hominem attacks is childish. We are fully aware you support the status quo rhett o rick Aug 2013 #19

Care to answer my questions? randome Aug 2013 #21

I will take you more series when you get over your obsessions with vilifying Snowden rhett o rick Aug 2013 #22

So I need to meet your litmus test first? randome Aug 2013 #24

Are you asking if that's all you need to say for me to take you series?? What do you think? nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #27

I think someone could deign to answer the two questions I posed. randome Aug 2013 #30

You're time is precious don't waste it. nt. AppleBottom Aug 2013 #16

How many before him ever released hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables? pnwmom Aug 2013 #28

Obama has prosecuted more than all other postwar MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #5

Sure. Just ignore the National Declassification Center. randome Aug 2013 #9

Abusing prosecutorial discretion, torture, and mooning due process MannyGoldstein Aug 2013 #11

Oh, the hell with Manning. randome Aug 2013 #14

More documents have been stolen and leaked than in all postwar presidents combined. n/t pnwmom Aug 2013 #29

bullshit warrior1 Aug 2013 #7

I guess that's how Obama is supposed to outrage us again today MrScorpio Aug 2013 #8

Thank you for raising awareness on this important issue AppleBottom Aug 2013 #18

Calling something McCarthyism is modern-dayMcCarthyism Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #23

It is an assault on the First Amendment, on whistleblowing, on investigative journalism, woo me with science Aug 2013 #25

When, in the entire history of the US, has a person ever stolen and disseminated pnwmom Aug 2013 #26

K&R, whistle blowers have been under siege ever since the Bush admin quinnox Aug 2013 #31

At least be accurate. They were not whistleblowers. They were leakers. randome Aug 2013 #32

nah, you are mistaken quinnox Aug 2013 #33

Great job at derailing discussion on this thread. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #34

That's why they call me the human derailleur. randome Aug 2013 #35

K&R woo me with science Aug 2013 #36

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #37