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Damansarajaya

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11. I remember Sy Hersch discussing the

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Tue May 13, 2014, 07:08 PM

May 2014

torture scandal at Abu Ghraib involving children etc.

Ended up a big dud, but perhaps that was because of the US media black-out on the topic.

At any rate, I prefer stories that have an impact . . . not stories whose writers tell me will have an impact at some indefinite date in the future.

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Greenwald To Colbert: Next NSA Story Will Make �Biggest Impact� - WaPo (w/Video @ Link) [View all] WillyT May 2014 OP

Let's hope so. joshcryer May 2014 #1

Like the iPhone, moondust May 2014 #2

It's a 'fireworks show', according to Greenwald! randome May 2014 #3

Saving the best stolen documents till last... Whisp May 2014 #4

There are fireworks at circuses and who the bigger Clown Shoes than Greenwald? Whisp May 2014 #5

That's... Pulitzer Prize Winning Clown Shoes... WillyT May 2014 #6

He didn't win it. minor detail. n/t Whisp May 2014 #8

'I Have Been to the Darkest Corners of Government, and What They Fear Is Light'. randome May 2014 #7

GG the little twerp is getting a god complex. Whisp May 2014 #9

The beauty of it moondust May 2014 #10

The best thing to come out of all this would be less secrecy and more transparency. randome May 2014 #12

I remember Sy Hersch discussing the Damansarajaya May 2014 #11

If only Obama had the integrity, intelligence, or courage of Greenwald or Snowden. Vattel May 2014 #13

'Integrity' means stealing your coworkers' passwords. randome May 2014 #14

So... On Protecting Constitutional Integrity... We'll Put You Down As A "No." WillyT May 2014 #15

The Constitution does not apply to the world. randome May 2014 #16

Apparently... It's Not Up To Our Elected Officials Either... WillyT May 2014 #17

Missed his show, bvar22 May 2014 #18

Go To The Link... Clips There... WillyT May 2014 #19