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loyalsister

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30. Transparency and FOIA are typically valued by democrats

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 11:05 AM

Mar 2017

It's an essential "just in case" policy because it is entirely possible to have a severely corrupt government, and we need to have the right to explore their communications. This has to apply across the board. Anyone tries to duck it should have to answer for it.

"this whole line of reasoning that we all should be able to look at the secretary of state's email for government transparency sake is foolishness"
So, is the call for transparency in this Russia thing also foolish? Would it be foolish to demand that if there was evidence that the new SOS had suspicious communications?

We respect transparency because sometimes we need to question whether the evidence and testimony are aligned. Remember Colin Powell?

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What's HRC looking at? Oh....got it. [View all] ehrnst Mar 2017 OP

Good for the Goose, good for the Gander lunatica Mar 2017 #1

EXTREMELY different. Real, tremendous corruption Hortensis Mar 2017 #8

And don't forget - there's projection EVERYWHERE!!! calimary Mar 2017 #17

They're very different... Blanks Mar 2017 #2

The party's position was still that she should be president loyalsister Mar 2017 #3

we can attack them on their hypocrisy JI7 Mar 2017 #4

Exactly. Thank you. Raine1967 Mar 2017 #6

And they fire back loyalsister Mar 2017 #7

so fucKing respond back to them with their hypocrisy and bs like people are doing in this thread JI7 Mar 2017 #10

And expect to be taken seriously? loyalsister Mar 2017 #12

yes. ridiculing them works since it's true with them JI7 Mar 2017 #13

the GOPee DK504 Mar 2017 #16

changes in demographics is what it will take just like in california JI7 Mar 2017 #20

You don't see us chanting "lock him up"... Blanks Mar 2017 #9

There's nothing new about republican hyperbole and overcriminalization loyalsister Mar 2017 #11

There's a little more to it than that... Blanks Mar 2017 #14

It was never about the content of the emails loyalsister Mar 2017 #15

It wasn't ALL about the content... Blanks Mar 2017 #18

Nothing new about it loyalsister Mar 2017 #21

Classified information is 'secret'... Blanks Mar 2017 #23

The motivation and process loyalsister Mar 2017 #24

She turned over the emails... Blanks Mar 2017 #25

After the fact loyalsister Mar 2017 #26

We are, unfortunately, to the point... Blanks Mar 2017 #27

It was never about the content of the email loyalsister Mar 2017 #28

There is no transparency when it comes to classified information... Blanks Mar 2017 #29

Transparency and FOIA are typically valued by democrats loyalsister Mar 2017 #30

We have an intelligence community... Blanks Mar 2017 #31

I'm talking about citizen oversight with a healthy questioning of government loyalsister Mar 2017 #32

I'll admit that it was reckless of her... Blanks Mar 2017 #33

She's thinking what? triron Mar 2017 #5

K&R... spanone Mar 2017 #19

Hillary! Cha Mar 2017 #22

Worse- he used AOL! alarimer Mar 2017 #34