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mchill

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29. Under normal circumstances leaks would be troubling

Reply to Morganfleeman (Reply #25)

Thu Feb 16, 2017, 11:45 AM

Feb 2017

but when a POTUS starts acting like a fascist and the GOP controlled Congress won't provide a check, then the leakers are acting on behalf of Americans and democracy. IMHO, the leakers know exactly what they are doing and why and I"m sure they are not even happy about having to do it, but after Yates told Trump's GC that Flynn was compromised and Trump did nothing, what are they to do?

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Donald Trump Just Launched A War On Whistleblowers [View all] UCmeNdc Feb 2017 OP

Time for a cascade of information to be leaked Freethinker65 Feb 2017 #1

Yeah, this will not end well for Agent Orange lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #4

From "First Blood"... LakeVermilion Feb 2017 #30

The 47th is incapable of avoiding hugely damaging mistakes, Hortensis Feb 2017 #32

The harder he squeezes the uglier it will get for him Augiedog Feb 2017 #2

Lets hope so. riversedge Feb 2017 #15

Sort of a "Plumbers" group? Like under Nixon? SharonAnn Feb 2017 #23

"like Nixon": dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #38

I hope he goes through with this because if people in the IC start to feel chelsea0011 Feb 2017 #3

What concerns me is that when Cheney outed Valerie Plame, nothing happened. Whether the same thing still_one Feb 2017 #13

Valerie Plame originally thought Cheney "outed" her but Samantha Feb 2017 #22

Appreciate the correction. If I recall there was a special prosecutor, and no one was punished as still_one Feb 2017 #24

Patrick Fitzgerald was the Special Prosecutor Samantha Feb 2017 #31

Wow!!! still_one Feb 2017 #36

Broad cover-up now in process. BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #5

Workers in the WH are compaining of the noise from the paper shredders! riversedge Feb 2017 #16

Thing is BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #20

So now he thinks he is President of the World and DURHAM D Feb 2017 #6

No, trump is still c/o the government-not realized HE is the government now. riversedge Feb 2017 #17

Big yawn. OldRedneck Feb 2017 #7

He will fail GusBob Feb 2017 #8

+1 dalton99a Feb 2017 #10

This is becoming more and more appropriate: George II Feb 2017 #9

Keep in mind...There s a HUGE difference between leaks and fake news. world wide wally Feb 2017 #11

More leaks please.. coco22 Feb 2017 #12

Obama had a war on whistleblowers and it worked. Equinox Moon Feb 2017 #14

He should put together a task force called "The Plumbers" nuxvomica Feb 2017 #18

Because exposing illegal and unethical behavior won't make America great. logosoco Feb 2017 #19

Let's see what Assange and Greenwald have to say about this Dopers_Greed Feb 2017 #21

One part of me says Morganfleeman Feb 2017 #25

Under normal circumstances leaks would be troubling mchill Feb 2017 #29

Wow, That's Some Hyperbole ProfessorGAC Feb 2017 #37

WH factions DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #26

Live by the leak, die by the leak. As with all of his efforts - this too will come to nothing. n/t CincyDem Feb 2017 #27

If this goes like his last "military action" hurple Feb 2017 #28

I can hardly wait to hear the leaks about this buffoonery. truthisfreedom Feb 2017 #33

There are a handful in here that would seem to be thrilled with that news LiberalLovinLug Feb 2017 #34

Greenwald, Timm and Snowden were unavailable for comment Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #35