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In reply to the discussion: “Unspeakable”: An MSF Nurse Recounts the Attack on MSF’s Kunduz Hospital [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)100. It was GREENWALD who called out Bush and Cheney on ILLEGAL N.S.A. Spying back in 2007.
If the rest of the press had carried half as much water as Greenwald, these two would have long ago been in front of a Grand Jury.

Here's what Greenwald wrote on the subject of NSA abuse by them, when the story broke in 2007. In his story, Greenwald raised questions about the Comey visit to Ashcroft that have still to be answered -- six long warmongering profiteering years later:
Comeys testimony raises new and vital questions about the NSA scandal
The testimony yesterday, while dramatic, underscores how severe a threat to the rule of law this administration poses.
BY GLENN GREENWALD
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2007 06:16 AM EDT
The testimony yesterday from James Comey re-focuses attention on one of the long unresolved mysteries of the NSA scandal. And the new information Comey revealed, though not answering that question decisively, suggests some deeply troubling answers. Most of all, yesterdays hearing underscores how unresolved the entire NSA matter is how little we know (but ought to know) about what actually happened and how little accountability there has been for some of the most severe and blatant acts of presidential lawbreaking in the countrys history.
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The key questions still demanding investigation and answers
But the more important issue here, by far, is that we should not have to speculate in this way about how the illegal eavesdropping powers were used. We enacted a law 30 years ago making it a felony for the government to eavesdrop on us without warrants, precisely because that power had been so severely and continuously abused. The President deliberately violated that law by eavesdropping in secret. Why dont we know a-year-a-half after this lawbreaking was revealed whether these eavesdropping powers were abused for improper purposes? Is anyone in Congress investigating that question? Why dont we know the answers to that?
Back in September, the then-ranking member (and current Chairman) of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Jay Rockefeller, made clear how little even he knew about the answers to any of these questions in a letter he released:
For the past six months, I have been requesting without success specific details about the program, including: how many terrorists have been identified; how many arrested; how many convicted; and how many terrorists have been deported or killed as a direct result of information obtained through the warrantless wiretapping program.
[font size="6"][font color="red"]I can assure you, not one person in Congress has the answers to these and many other fundamental questions.[/font size][/font color]
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http://www.salon.com/2007/05/16/nsa_comey/
Instead, six years and who-knows-how-many lives later, Bush and Cheney and the rest of their election thieving warmongering bankster oilmen posse continue merrily on their way, unpunished for lying America into war and making huge profits in the process.
Unlike CIABCNNBCBSFoxNutwork, it was Greenwald who stood up to Cheney and Bush. He covered the story and asked "Why?"
That's why I say what you said doesn't really mean anything, uhnope. Especially.
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“Unspeakable”: An MSF Nurse Recounts the Attack on MSF’s Kunduz Hospital [View all]
Octafish
Oct 2015
OP
And we will have "an investigation" that leads nowhere, and keep on doing the same damned thing.
djean111
Oct 2015
#1
Right. Guess he has to, otherwise they'd have picked somebody else for the job.
Octafish
Oct 2015
#20
he might just be trying to explain the error. US military will not bomb in this situ unless there
uhnope
Oct 2015
#58
The asshats and emoticon brigade have soiled their Depends at the thought of peace.
Octafish
Oct 2015
#15
yeah, banning dissidents who ask inconvenient questions sounds like something you'd favor
uhnope
Oct 2015
#74
Remember when we bombed CNN? Their boss got fired for saying it looked on purpose.
Octafish
Oct 2015
#12
The US (North) was a heroic force of the people in the US Civil War. That's probably the
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2015
#122
But patients who were unable to escape burned to death as they lay in their beds.'
CrispyQ
Oct 2015
#8
BS. So now NATO, the US & Afghan forces are "terrorists" who want to bomb hospitals?
uhnope
Oct 2015
#66
This is someone who thinks a former US President helped organize another President's assassination
YoungDemCA
Oct 2015
#96
My neighbor's eyes got big as saucers when I mentioned the difference in warmaking effectiveness.
Octafish
Oct 2015
#55
A Limbaugh-esque reaction for sure - getting your underwear in a twist about
bullwinkle428
Oct 2015
#52
Please explain how this horrible mistake reflects on your view of the war against ISIS
uhnope
Oct 2015
#61
I'm not conflating. I'm asking if you think the US should not fight ISIS/Taliban. Simple question.
uhnope
Oct 2015
#73
LOL. Seems that you love the fact that this mistake makes the US military look bad.
uhnope
Oct 2015
#78
mistaken or intentional, it's clearly a crime against humanity to bomb a civilian hospital....
mike_c
Oct 2015
#81
Chronic war criminals are fearful people who feel they must prepare for the backlash from the
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2015
#88
The Radically Changing Story of the U.S. Airstrike on Afghan Hospital: From Mistake to Justification
Octafish
Oct 2015
#90
It was GREENWALD who called out Bush and Cheney on ILLEGAL N.S.A. Spying back in 2007.
Octafish
Oct 2015
#100
Ask George HW Bush about that. He told the FBI he was in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
Octafish
Oct 2015
#104
thank you for the info. Can you tell us about vaccines and whether children should be vaccinated?
uhnope
Oct 2015
#114