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In reply to the discussion: All in favor of detaining journalists or their significant others, raise your hands. [View all]VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)177. So do you feel that the launch codes for the nuclear program need to be made public?
Isn't that the kind of transparency you expect from the "govt you pay for with your tax dollars" and that you are the boss of? Shouldn't they be making you aware of the location of all the secret bases and the "undisclosed location" and all the Undercover agents names and locations all over the world. Shouldn't you be informed of all of that and more?
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All in favor of detaining journalists or their significant others, raise your hands. [View all]
WilliamPitt
Aug 2013
OP
The UK was so concerned about the leaked US documents, that they invoked a TERROR LAW!
Civilization2
Aug 2013
#240
I didn't say it had nothing to do with us. But they have just as much reason as our govt.
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#251
"I have many documents about England's espionage system" - G. Greenwald
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#256
This bullshit was started by republicans and the RepubliDems are expanding it. n/t
L0oniX
Aug 2013
#114
drone murders count? gitmo/abu ghraib? occupations? The war-OF-terror is an awful mess,.
Civilization2
Aug 2013
#242
Iraq was in the War-OF-Terror. They declared war on a tactic remember? Not one country all of THEM
Civilization2
Aug 2013
#323
all in favor of free passes for significant others trafficking in stolen stuff, raise your hand
uhnope
Aug 2013
#3
So you are in favor of the detainment of journalists and their significant others.
Marrah_G
Aug 2013
#7
Mr Greenwald never said that they were Snowden documents. If you read your paragraph
Luminous Animal
Aug 2013
#85
That was source material provided to the Journalist, Greenwald, which means it was perfectly
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#99
Summary execution then! Journalists are the new terrorists!! Off with their heads!!! No trials!!!!
Civilization2
Aug 2013
#245
Uhm, that's not theft, its probably a violation of some state secret acts, but not theft...
Humanist_Activist
Aug 2013
#297
same difference. Point is, getting detained for having that in yr possession is not surprising. nt
uhnope
Aug 2013
#298
Its not a "same difference", generally theft carries a lot less of a penalty...
Humanist_Activist
Aug 2013
#299
The warflers seem to believe that those who make the laws are above the law.
GliderGuider
Aug 2013
#257
Please explain what you mean, Skittles. This is a civil rights issue. It has nothing to do with
chimpymustgo
Aug 2013
#220
Lol, I think we need a list. And from a random poster too. Someone should maybe hire
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#83
do you think sneaking stolen stuff thru an airport should be okay? How about kiddie porn?
uhnope
Aug 2013
#54
Just answer the damned question. Do you think Miranda is a terrorist? eom
ChisolmTrailDem
Aug 2013
#264
first you're sneaking stolen sturf thru the airport, before you know it, yer
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#206
"Hell, It could have been HUMAN HEADS, for god's sake, a thumb drive full of HUMAN FREAKIN HEADS!"
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#205
Remember - Supreme Court - Pentagon papers - it is UK though so all different rules
Valhallakey
Aug 2013
#330
You're missing that it's legal to persecute someone for revealing illegal spying. n/t
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2013
#98
Let's parse this quote once and for all for the reading & comprehension impaired.
TM99
Aug 2013
#214
'Trafficking' means smuggling illegal items or people with intent so sell them
Celefin
Aug 2013
#207
Don't do it, please. It's easy to ignore them the old fashioned way, but not seeing the shit
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#148
Explain how a Journalist is breaking the law by publishing material s/he received from a source?
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#27
So-called journalist Victor Lazslo was not merely accused but found guilty
kenny blankenship
Aug 2013
#46
Miranda was detained using a law explicitly passed to allow interviews of suspected terrorists.
Maedhros
Aug 2013
#284
Explain how a journalist is breaking any law by using material provided to him/her by a Source.
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#28
Really? Why were they confiscated. Was he on a terrorist list? Did he commit a crime? Before
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#33
Under the Terrorism Act of 2000, he doesn't have to be even be suspected of terrorism
michigandem58
Aug 2013
#41
I'm not interested in those phony Bush/Cheney inspired fake laws. I am asking how a person
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#53
'Mr. Greenwald' is a Journalist. 'Deeply enmeshed' with a Journalist writing a news story, is
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#95
What is your point? There was no crime, the UK has acknowledged they did what they did
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#184
Bush and Cheney influenced a law passed in another country before they were selected? n/t
sweetloukillbot
Aug 2013
#104
He was doing nothing illegal. His partner is a journalist and he was assisting him. So again
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#171
He is a potential threat to the authoritarian state and should be punished accordingly.
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#301
We have a few here sadly. Journalism = Terrorism. It has since Bush began this 'war on terror'.
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#21
well Will, as you can see there are a handful here who do believe in detaining journalist and don't
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#25
They are unfamiliar with the laws on Journalism and assume that when a journalist uses material
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#32
Oh, I'm aware of legal protections of journalists under the 1st Amendment
sweetloukillbot
Aug 2013
#169
So what was the crime committed by Miranda? I would think that as a journalist you would
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#181
I'm not terribly familiar with British law but it is much less "free" than our law
sweetloukillbot
Aug 2013
#186
We have no way of knowing if he had classified files or not. The nyt reporter inserted
Mojorabbit
Aug 2013
#201
I'd think that if Greenwald felt he had been libeled by the Times in a doctored quote
sweetloukillbot
Aug 2013
#230
Well, I hope the unbreakable wall of ignorance you've encountered in this thread
Number23
Aug 2013
#335
How do you feel about the Patriot Act? Do you think Pres Obama should use it to
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#302
I actually despise the Patriot Act but don't see what it has to do with British law,
sweetloukillbot
Aug 2013
#305
funny that he's not a journalist and yeah let's have anybody traffic anything thru airports. Yay!
uhnope
Aug 2013
#59
oh, another candidate for logic class. But liberal western democracy is rule of law
uhnope
Aug 2013
#180
liberal western democracy means a free, uninhibited and adversarial press - It means the right of
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#188
"warfle warfle derp" is more intelligent than any argument I have seen for the opposing ...
dawg
Aug 2013
#39
LOL so you think the first amendment gives you the right to posses stolen intelligence?
Egnever
Aug 2013
#42
So, you think the government can just "classify" any and all information it deems inconvenient?
dawg
Aug 2013
#51
Exactly right. And to see someone laughing about the demise of this experiment so joyfully...
cui bono
Aug 2013
#197
They call themselves "Democrats", but they oppose the core values that Democrats should be upholding
backscatter712
Aug 2013
#218
You will find plenty of people here to support such totalitarian tactics, I'm afraid.
dawg
Aug 2013
#35
So do you feel that the launch codes for the nuclear program need to be made public?
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#177
I used to think the term "authoritarian left" meant hardline communist types who unapologetically
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2013
#72
OT somewhat but the hardline communists need civil liberties as much or more than anyone else, in
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#149
I believe Obama is the one who pushed to make all the BushCo illegal wiretapping "legal".
cui bono
Aug 2013
#199
I'd have to have way more information before I could make a case one way or the other
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
#86
This reminds me of the way Bush and Cheney outed Valerie Plame to retaliate against Joseph Wilson
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#128
Now that the illustrious defender of our civil liberties and our security Dianne Feinstein has
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#119
I get your point but I think this goes beyond the mere worship of politicians
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#140
“News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.” Lord Northcliffe
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2013
#143
It will be STUNNING when the next republican is in the WH and the response for
Safetykitten
Aug 2013
#152
I forgot, in fiction, it's a great plot device, in real life it's damn scary
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2013
#183
Oh my. I'd never seen this before: A legit public figure peeling back the PNAC onion.
chimpymustgo
Aug 2013
#227
You might be right - but it IS Wes Clark, after all. Legit, with lots of fans here.
chimpymustgo
Aug 2013
#322
Thanks, I was the Wes Clark video, not the second one. Will do so later tonight!!
chimpymustgo
Aug 2013
#325
Will, can you imagine Woodward and Bernstein sending their spouses to meet Mark Felt?
msanthrope
Aug 2013
#225
Factually speaking, Carl got divorced right during the story breaking and after married Nora Ephron
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#239
Scott Ritter is married and the father of twin teenage girls. As he was Will's
msanthrope
Aug 2013
#259
That is an amazing, irrelevant and totally distracting straw man you are developing there.
hueymahl
Aug 2013
#281
No--it's a question. What reputable journalist expects his spouse to mule stolen documents
msanthrope
Aug 2013
#282
You have successfully managed to completely, and entirely miss the point...
truebrit71
Aug 2013
#235
So it's okay to detain a "clown"s significant other if he's "being used"...
truebrit71
Aug 2013
#266
How sad that we have a small, determined core of consistent pro-admin policy backers, who ARE...
hlthe2b
Aug 2013
#258
Truly stunned at the number of those here who have fallen for and enable W Bush's legacy.
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2013
#260
Journalists should get a pass on possession of stolen property? Maybe I should start a blog and
RB TexLa
Aug 2013
#276
So you can just take a police car and scream "Why are you chasing me? It's my property!"
RB TexLa
Aug 2013
#293
Shouldn't you define the reason for the detention before presenting such a black/white proposition?
George II
Aug 2013
#303
The question no longer, "Is it fascism yet?" but..."How long has it been fascism?"
joeybee12
Aug 2013
#329