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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:04 PM Original message |
Andrea Mitchell calls Wikileaks BLACKMAIL... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. You are talking of a media system |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. says Mrs Alan Greenspan of someone who threatens to criticise the US financials |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. She has many reasons for taking this personally. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. They're ALL characterizing him as some sort of |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. But it is blackmail. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. He intends to release it all. The pace at which it's released is all that's in question. nt |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Blackmail for purposes of defense, in this case, |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good little defender of Empire, she. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. who? Mrs. Greenspan?..nt |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. It is blackmail. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. When you're blackmailing someone, you usually keep the info secret |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Part of the info is being kept secret. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. He intends to release it all. Only thing in question here is the pace at which it's all released. nt |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. How would you characterize our "democratic" governments actions and threats against wikileaks? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Predictable |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Yep. Predictabley fearful of the people knowing what they do. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. It is not |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. He demanded freedom from arrest or death |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Under what law would he be arrested? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. That would require a quid pro quo...what is Assange squeezing them for? n/t |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Freedom from arrest |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. he has said that if he is taken into custody he will dump |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Ah, the 'insurance' files. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. no, I got it, it's only wrong when "they" do it- |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. No, that's not my argument, My argument would be... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. "Ah, you are surprised I speak your language, eh?" |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Wonder if she calls TARP blackmail. What did they threaten us with? Martial law, wasn't it? nt |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. Actually, I agree... |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. Mrs Alan Greenspan would be up in arms about exposure of the banksters' criminal activities. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Let the slander and character assassination campaign against Assange continue! |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. And it's working so well. Worldwide, I wonder who is more believed. Assange or the US government? |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. Assange is using coercian/blackmail. So are the Republicans- |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. You are talking about Congress, which has power that is legitimate |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. I consider a free press to have legitimate power. So did the founders. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. LOL. Of course, our government's threats and actions against him are merely fatherly advice. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. What did she call what her husband did to the US economy |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. Self defense is not blackmail. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. his threat to release if taken into custody isn't "self-defense". |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. The release will happen anyway. It'll just happen sooner if he's arrested or killed. |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. As expected, the corporate media is.. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. One of biggest parts of the Wikileaks story is... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I agree. Wikileaks makes the media look like impotent fatuous idiots |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
38. Wikileaks has got something on hubby Greenspan n/t |
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Frisbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
42. Do they even TEACH real journalism anymore? |
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