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In reply to the discussion: "John Kerry's Latest Snowden Comments Are Moronic, Offensive, and Dangerous"--Nathasha Lennard [View all]struggle4progress
(126,097 posts)Lennard notwithstanding, Kerry never said anything resembling one cannot be patriotic while challenging the misdeeds of state institutions
And that merely scratches the surface of her misrepresentations:
Lennard claims, for example, that Manning's legal team determining it would do the case no favors to reveal her preferred name and gender identity during the court martial ...And .. military psychologists testifying at the trial pathologized Manning's gender identity as a "disorder" -- whereas, in fact, gender dysphoria was discussed in the trial only because Manning's defense rested in part on the claim and called witnesses to provide such diagnosis
Similarly, Lennard refers to the jailing of former CIA analyst John Kiriakou for talking about torture -- whereas, in fact, Kiriakou first came into public view as a supporter of Bush-era waterboarding and was not actually prosecuted for talking about torture
This is journalism?