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In reply to the discussion: 'It’s a warning shot—not only against whistleblowing but against basic communication......' [View all]whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)17. TPP is a secret. Requires a secret clearance and has everything to do with this. If someone leaked
the inconvenient details of this agreement before voting they would be prosecuted and jailed as a whistle blower under the same provisions. If you are not granted a secret clearance, and the backlog for clearances in measured in months, you cannot view the agreement.
The threat of of aggressive prosecution of those exposing government corruption and malfeasance is choking democracy. Over zealous security concern agents, such as yourself, haven't met an exploitative destructive secret government program they don't love.
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'It’s a warning shot—not only against whistleblowing but against basic communication......' [View all]
marmar
May 2015
OP
If there have been more crimes committed there will be more prosecutions....illogical post.
Fred Sanders
May 2015
#4
If there are more whistles blowing and no law protecting them....my point is irrefutable.
Fred Sanders
May 2015
#43
But, Mr Obama told us he would have the most transparent administration ever. He was going to
LiberalArkie
May 2015
#8
Apologists have explained to me that every president says stuff to get elected & I should have
whereisjustice
May 2015
#10
I keep having that "How is that hopey, changey thing working out" pounding in my head
LiberalArkie
May 2015
#13
Look at TPP - secret laws written by corporations, while all of us remain under state surveillance
whereisjustice
May 2015
#9
TPP is a secret. Requires a secret clearance and has everything to do with this. If someone leaked
whereisjustice
May 2015
#17
Too bad Obama isn't as aggressive and concerned about the Wall Street attention seeking assholes
whereisjustice
May 2015
#18
To the Greatest Page. This is the behavior of a totalitarian state,
woo me with science
May 2015
#21