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MADem

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27. He disregarded the instructions of the committee chair and he asked a
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 03:18 AM
Jun 2014

question that he KNEW had a classified response, after being told to NOT do that.

So, I'd say that by his words I shall know him.

He's either easily discombobulated, stupid, deliberately obtuse, was trying to make a point and fuck Diane Feinstein anyway, or he "just fucked up this one time."

Why do you persist in making this about ME? WHY? You need to stop doing that. This is NOT about me. You need to just quit with the spurious accusations about ME when all I am doing is giving you FACTS and you're not liking them, so you are responding with personal insinuations. Cut it out.

Unless Wyden didn't do these things--but he DID do them, he DID ask a classified question in open session , he did it AFTER DiFi said Don't Do That, and he DID know better and he DID already know the answer to the question he was asking--you need to put the focus where it belongs.

Politicians on both sides of the divide DO grandstand, you know. They DO take political advantage. They sometimes do dumb things, like ignore their committee chair and act like jerks to people giving testimony. That's not rocket science. It's just something we see out of the GOP more often than the liberal end of the equation--because liberals generally are not so unfair.

This was grandstanding of the highest order--not his finest hour.

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please provide source for the notion.. grasswire Jun 2014 #1
It's a recent web-rumor. I have no reason to suspect there are any serious talks struggle4progress Jun 2014 #2
nothing but wild speculation, then nt grasswire Jun 2014 #14
Not exactly wild speculation: it points out where Snowden's difficulties struggle4progress Jun 2014 #16
Al Gore understands the value of Snowden's actions. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #3
"... he wasn’t fully aware of the facts ..." struggle4progress Jun 2014 #5
I doubt that the Chinese or Russians were at all surprised by Snowden't revelations. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #6
Here's what the Church Committee says early in its Volume V struggle4progress Jun 2014 #12
You are absolutely right fasttense Jun 2014 #13
IMO, the biggest obstacle is the verbiage on the SF 312 he signed...nt MADem Jun 2014 #4
Time and more information about who was placed under surveillance, what the criteria was for JDPriestly Jun 2014 #7
Good article--amazing how "surveilled" people are on a day-to-day basis without any NSA help. MADem Jun 2014 #8
There were whistleblowers before Snowden who told us what was going on. Gore points that out. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #9
Told "us." Didn't tell the Chinese, and the Russians. MADem Jun 2014 #10
Wyden made Clapper look sympathetic? Are you freaking lkidding me? grasswire Jun 2014 #15
In the world of people who are not partisan. Clapper ran 'round to the political talk shows, MADem Jun 2014 #17
as I asked, in what world? in whose world? grasswire Jun 2014 #19
In the real world, in the world where people aren't focused on political party preference MADem Jun 2014 #20
that is not true grasswire Jun 2014 #21
There were supposed to be TWO SESSIONS. MADem Jun 2014 #24
the notion that Wyden hurt himself is ridiculous grasswire Jun 2014 #22
No, it isn't ridiculous. It is accurate. MADem Jun 2014 #23
still making things up, I see grasswire Jun 2014 #25
Now you are starting to be rude, hurtful and disruptive and I don't like it. MADem Jun 2014 #28
....in YOUR mind, YOUR opinion. grasswire Jun 2014 #31
In the mind of anyone reading this exchange. nt MADem Jun 2014 #32
sure grasswire Jun 2014 #35
You first. You're the one who likes to make everything PERSONAL. nt MADem Jun 2014 #36
Uh, so we shouldn't ask any questions that might put wrongdoers in the awkward position of snot Jun 2014 #29
What does that sentence even mean? Who's "we?" I didn't see you at that hearing. MADem Jun 2014 #30
WOW !!! - Wyden Is The Jerk, Because Good Guy Clapper Was Forced To Lie ??? WillyT Jun 2014 #38
amazing, isn't it? grasswire Jun 2014 #40
You have misunderstood the Congressional immunity struggle4progress Jun 2014 #11
I can't do better than S4P's response at 11. They ARE allowed to talk freely, as are Reps, so long MADem Jun 2014 #18
you obviously don't know Ron Wyden. grasswire Jun 2014 #26
He disregarded the instructions of the committee chair and he asked a MADem Jun 2014 #27
Laughable. grasswire Jun 2014 #33
I've had enough of your snarky, personal comments and childish invective. MADem Jun 2014 #34
I AM going to defend Senator Wyden and Ed Snowden... grasswire Jun 2014 #37
You aren't doing that. You're engaging in personal insult and making yourself look MADem Jun 2014 #39
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