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Telling us there are whistleblower protections while instituting this program is insulting. dkf Jun 2013 #1
for reals. nashville_brook Jun 2013 #3
Just a fucking minute. This is spinning into another quantum level of pure stupidity. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #2
whistleblowing vs leaking -- how does this dynamic not smack of the loyalty trope? nashville_brook Jun 2013 #5
You got that right pscot Jun 2013 #11
Are you sure -- Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #12
"When the President does it, that means it's not illegal." DirkGently Jun 2013 #78
+1 nashville_brook Jun 2013 #91
+2 ReRe Jun 2013 #104
That was a quote from the David Frost interviews a couple of years after resignation. Zen Democrat Jun 2013 #118
It's the actual actions we should be most concerned about... deurbano Jun 2013 #88
It's a line so thin as to be invisible. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #96
I do. 100%. ReRe Jun 2013 #105
yes, totally NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #127
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #4
But, "I'm not a crook" Dick Nixon was a crook, and this is all entirely legal IDemo Jun 2013 #6
we're all shiny happy people in our panopticon of love nashville_brook Jun 2013 #8
"The Insider Threat Program." DirkGently Jun 2013 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author DirkGently Jun 2013 #14
An online tutorial titled "Treason 101" teaches Administration employees to recognize... spies nashville_brook Jun 2013 #17
What information, when disclosed, constitutes a crime against "The United States?" DirkGently Jun 2013 #19
Where I work, the training ID'd a risky behavior as... rwsanders Jun 2013 #68
this is beyond creepy and the worst part is it makes me want to agree with republicans when they see NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #121
Well the government is too big, but I wouldn't jump on their bandwagon too soon... rwsanders Jun 2013 #135
I think that is partly true NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #137
Link please. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #75
It would appear that this is wide spread pscot Jun 2013 #100
I finally found a possible source. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #101
That's right... ReRe Jun 2013 #107
conveniently undermines government functions while funding sequestration does its job nashville_brook Jun 2013 #117
Happy to K&R Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Maven Jun 2013 #10
Oh joy, Obama is Nixon and Obama is Stalin, all on the same day! ucrdem Jun 2013 #13
More truthful than "critics are racists" anyway, eh? DirkGently Jun 2013 #15
You'd think they'd coordinate their efforts ucrdem Jun 2013 #18
The knee-jerk NSA apologists certainly seem more uniform. DirkGently Jun 2013 #21
It's fun to think that this is about some kind of courageous act of whistleblowing. ucrdem Jun 2013 #31
Proof? ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2013 #35
Look up BAH. nt ucrdem Jun 2013 #38
what a lame response! there's either a connection or there isn't. nashville_brook Jun 2013 #44
There are connections aplenty for anyone with eyes. Here's a few to get you started: ucrdem Jun 2013 #48
This doesn't prove anything. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2013 #52
Isn't it strange how requests for evidence Maedhros Jun 2013 #130
OMG -- that deserves it's own Alex Jones forum! nashville_brook Jun 2013 #58
Oh that's rich. nt ucrdem Jun 2013 #60
Please explain the ACLU's GOP "magic racism dust" to us. DirkGently Jun 2013 #36
I'm not the ACLU. You need to ask them what their motives are. nt ucrdem Jun 2013 #39
No, you need to support your argument with factual information. DirkGently Jun 2013 #51
Here are some facts and this is my last kick of this delightful specimen: ucrdem Jun 2013 #54
So sorry to see you go. Thanks for your support! DirkGently Jun 2013 #55
No, you definitely are NOT about civil liberties at all, are you? k&r, n/t appal_jack Jun 2013 #112
partisanship over principles is definitely not an ACLU value nashville_brook Jun 2013 #115
talk about adding to the hilarity. got a link for that? nashville_brook Jun 2013 #40
It's been plastered all over DU since WaPo Guardian launched this baloney. Start here: ucrdem Jun 2013 #47
Nothing in your linked post Maedhros Jun 2013 #131
it's fun to think being a true partisan believer is some kind of courageous nashville_brook Jun 2013 #56
if not for true believers, there would be neither Stalin nor Nixon nashville_brook Jun 2013 #22
Thank you for adding to the hilarity. nt ucrdem Jun 2013 #24
and to you. nashville_brook Jun 2013 #37
Hilariously impossible to refute, you mean. DirkGently Jun 2013 #42
Refute this: ucrdem Jun 2013 #49
I'm not fetching your links. Make an argument here, if you have one. DirkGently Jun 2013 #53
Okay, you want facts, but you won't read them. Fail. Gotta go, have fun. nt. ucrdem Jun 2013 #57
Once again, if you have an argument, feel free to MAKE IT. DirkGently Jun 2013 #62
DG, I did check out his link and all it is.... ReRe Jun 2013 #108
Thus the declined invitation to argue here. Thanks. DirkGently Jun 2013 #110
I think this is the argument: Maedhros Jun 2013 #132
it's whitehouse.gov copy+paste.. frylock Jun 2013 #123
more Alex Jones tinfoilery. nashville_brook Jun 2013 #61
Oh? And what would you call this noble effort? ucrdem Jun 2013 #63
"A citation to a thoughtful article containing actual information?" DirkGently Jun 2013 #73
K&R cantbeserious Jun 2013 #16
It's reminding me more and more of the film Brazil suffragette Jun 2013 #20
i keep thinking of the office setting in that movie nashville_brook Jun 2013 #25
Yes, and the ongoing surveillance suffragette Jun 2013 #64
We've even got the same governmental agencies now: IDemo Jun 2013 #30
Scary to emulate such a dystopia suffragette Jun 2013 #66
this grabbed my attention: steve2470 Jun 2013 #23
In other words, dissidents. Boat rockers. Democrats. DirkGently Jun 2013 #26
yes steve2470 Jun 2013 #29
I don't get how Dems can suddenly identify with secretive power structures. DirkGently Jun 2013 #33
totally agree steve2470 Jun 2013 #41
They're not even trying to justify it. They're screaming "racists!" DirkGently Jun 2013 #45
Department of Ag and NOAA? Treason? WTH? dkf Jun 2013 #32
That's always been the danger in the U.S. DirkGently Jun 2013 #65
Looking for a link to any page more than a month old.. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #74
my excerpt is from the article steve2470 Jun 2013 #77
Yes, but... NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #81
oh, maybe it's on an intra-office LAN steve2470 Jun 2013 #82
I did find this: NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #85
The following quote says a lot. A Simple Game Jun 2013 #95
the enforcers are actually always those in the hottest seat: a self-consuming system can produce MisterP Jun 2013 #97
Right. Kind of double-edged to argue Snowden's a RW ideologue. DirkGently Jun 2013 #129
K&R forestpath Jun 2013 #27
Yep. Complete with lies, CYA statements, and the pursuit of the whistle blower. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #28
have you noticed global media refers to Snowden as "whistleblower" nashville_brook Jun 2013 #34
I believe an extension of Godwin's Law is warranted shawn703 Jun 2013 #43
It wouldn't apply where there is an actual parallel. DirkGently Jun 2013 #70
Ask President Kennedy. Oh yeah, he was murdered in the street at midday for opposing war power. Zen Democrat Jun 2013 #93
and they thought they had a new internet meme! nashville_brook Jun 2013 #94
Good point. I think Godwin's law is really implied anytime one compares someone to a stevenleser Jun 2013 #102
The problem with Godwin's Law Maedhros Jun 2013 #133
We have met the enemy and it is . . . us (Pogo) - nt HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #46
GOPer propaganda at its finest Iliyah Jun 2013 #50
Yes. nt ucrdem Jun 2013 #59
As opposed to your thoughtful and incisive comment. JoeyT Jun 2013 #67
they must be 11th-dimensional chess masters as well frylock Jun 2013 #124
Do you have a response to the substance of the OP? DirkGently Jun 2013 #72
but...it's racism! it's a GOP plot! it's a bird it's a plane...it's Super Strawman! nashville_brook Jun 2013 #89
If there's a GOP plot, it would be to keep all this going DirkGently Jun 2013 #92
the inconvenient truth about civil liberties is that while folks might trust Obama like a brother nashville_brook Jun 2013 #116
Charles Pierce? deurbano Jun 2013 #80
what the true believers will always fail to recognize, nashville_brook Jun 2013 #84
So, you don't actually refute it. sibelian Jun 2013 #138
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #69
kick ..didn't see this post Ichingcarpenter Jun 2013 #71
wtf indeed. nashville_brook Jun 2013 #114
Hilarious hyperbole. The only thing this will achieve is to scuttle dialogue on this issue. stevenleser Jun 2013 #76
I take it seriously. So, you're wrong. n/t DirkGently Jun 2013 #87
Hey speaking of hyperbole did your coworker Rachel ever come up with that Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #98
I posted it. It's up to you to decide. I'm not responsible for other journalists' claims or what you stevenleser Jun 2013 #99
If we have a free press, that only helps the enemy. Octafish Jun 2013 #79
down with the tyranny of a free press! nashville_brook Jun 2013 #83
The broad-brush smearing of journalism is a rightwing idea. DirkGently Jun 2013 #86
K&R. nt DLevine Jun 2013 #90
this is strange stuff hfojvt Jun 2013 #103
Pierce has written a lot on Obama, and I don't think he has been uniformly positive at all NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #122
I was thinking of this nonsense hfojvt Jun 2013 #125
well, I really doubt (at this point) that Obama is doing anything just to anger his liberal base NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #128
Kick !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #106
K&R ReRe Jun 2013 #109
:) nashville_brook Jun 2013 #113
Great article jsr Jun 2013 #111
i thought 1984 would be fully implemented under a republican president but i was wrong madrchsod Jun 2013 #119
if this is allowed to continue, it will be "fully implemented" beyond imagination nashville_brook Jun 2013 #120
In Frank Herbert's "Dune" Maedhros Jun 2013 #134
but I learned here on DU that Obama was not conducting any "war on whistleblowers"? NoMoreWarNow Jun 2013 #126
Pretty damned scary. TheKentuckian Jun 2013 #136
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