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Stinky The Clown

(68,952 posts) Tue Mar 24, 2015, 10:11 AM Mar 2015

Overreaching: Politics is one thing. Espionage is quite another. [View all]

So, according to WaPo, Bibi and company spied on the Iran talks and gave what they learned to the US congressional Republicans.

Sorry, but that goes beyond politics. That is espionage. That's a Big.Fucking.Deal. If the Republicans who got that information from Bibi failed to report that, they are accomplices.

Kind of simple, really.

I am already of a mind that there will be no consequences for anyone involved.

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Overreaching: Politics is one thing. Espionage is quite another. [View all] Stinky The Clown Mar 2015 OP

What are friends for? Octafish Mar 2015 #1

Isn't clandestine consorting with a foreign power against your own country still called treason? world wide wally Mar 2015 #2

Yes. The other person spying on America is called the enemy, also punishable by the death penalty. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #11

According to some DUers, nothing whatsoever qualifies as treason. FiveGoodMen Mar 2015 #17

I don't think the letter qualifies more JonLP24 Mar 2015 #35

Can You Imagine? maindawg Mar 2015 #3

Looks like it will come down to which side our military is on. jalan48 Mar 2015 #4

Let's assume the military is comprised of honorable individules and will follow the law. fleabiscuit Mar 2015 #5

It's a strange world we live in. I was referring to the brass, not the common soldier. jalan48 Mar 2015 #7

U.S.S. Liberty circa 1967 in international waters was kinda harsh treatment. gordianot Mar 2015 #6

I think most have forgotten that Israel blew up a US ship erronis Mar 2015 #8

By unmarked Mirage aircraft (depends on source) followed by torpedo boats. gordianot Mar 2015 #9

Bibi can be taken at his word....the question is, what word? Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #10

You definately put your size 15's squarely into it this time, stinky. But I think you nailed it..... marble falls Mar 2015 #12

Republicans are enemies of Americans based on their platform. nt valerief Mar 2015 #13

Oh FFS. Savannahmann Mar 2015 #14

"We" Stinky The Clown Mar 2015 #15

"Because this is getting to be our pattern." Botany Mar 2015 #24

look bibi, I know you ain't got no problem RedstDem Mar 2015 #18

Did Dems use a foreign power to gather intelligence on Bush and then cosort with them to undermine world wide wally Mar 2015 #19

What a crock! BillZBubb Mar 2015 #26

It's not the strawman argument you have laid out as to "whether" Congress knows the information or yodermon Mar 2015 #28

so you think it is ok for congress to collude with foreign government spies to undermine our magical thyme Mar 2015 #30

They're Republicans. So all is good. :/ C Moon Mar 2015 #16

thats why the country is going downhill PatrynXX Mar 2015 #20

I wonder why. Stinky The Clown Mar 2015 #29

If you're Congress and the President isn't telling you anything about an extremely serious nuclear Wella Mar 2015 #21

A Republican would never make a deal geared toward "peace" world wide wally Mar 2015 #25

Who was president when peace in Vietnam came about? Wella Mar 2015 #33

Are you even suggesting that Nixon worked for a peace treaty? world wide wally Mar 2015 #34

Uh, you're forgetting one happy little fact: PatrickforO Mar 2015 #41

Gosh, we're all the same, aren't we! BillZBubb Mar 2015 #27

Politicians are the same when it comes to power and denying power to others Wella Mar 2015 #32

Baloney. That's a typical false equivalency always used by the right. BillZBubb Mar 2015 #36

No, sorry, there's only one word for that letter, and then this: PatrickforO Mar 2015 #42

WTF? blackspade Mar 2015 #22

You are correct Cosmocat Mar 2015 #23

Politics is a game where the winners get more spoils than the losers. Never any hard feelings. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #31

It doesn't really matter what they did, it is pretty well established these days Dragonfli Mar 2015 #37

Exactly! ctsnowman Mar 2015 #38

Must move forward. ctsnowman Mar 2015 #39

turn it around and the house would already be holding hearings spanone Mar 2015 #40