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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-10 12:28 PM
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2. Good!
Under President Bush, no one was convicted for disclosing secrets directly to the press. But Lawrence A. Franklin, a Defense Department official, served 10 months of home detention for sharing classified information with officials of a pro-Israel lobbying group, and I. Lewis Libby Jr., a top aide to Mr. Cheney, was convicted of perjury for lying about his statements to journalists about an undercover C.I.A. officer, Valerie Plame Wilson.

Will this stop the President's critics from comparing him to Bush? Will they pine for the good old days of Bush?
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  -Another Whistleblower Indicted: More Prosecuted Now than Under Bush: amborin  Jun-12-10 12:20 PM   #0 
  - Any prosecutions on the crimes they leaked?  aquart   Jun-12-10 12:24 PM   #1 
  - Hey, that's looking backward. We need to look forward.  jgraz   Jun-12-10 02:20 PM   #9 
  - Good!  ProSense   Jun-12-10 12:28 PM   #2 
  - When Obama continues and even amplifies BushCo policies  EFerrari   Jun-12-10 12:31 PM   #3 
  - Where's the full picture?  ProSense   Jun-12-10 12:43 PM   #4 
     - Great. Now where is the law protecting whistleblowers who expose GOVERNMENT crime?  katandmoon   Jun-12-10 12:59 PM   #5 
     - cracking down on Drake, as one example, is NOT good! all to quash embarrassing info for the gov't  amborin   Jun-12-10 05:13 PM   #19 
  - Nope, the people who dislike Obama are looking for anything despite the facts  uponit7771   Jun-12-10 01:41 PM   #8 
  - it's not like or dislike of the *person*; it's the policies that matter  amborin   Jun-12-10 05:14 PM   #20 
  - the lack of transparency is NOT good!  amborin   Jun-12-10 05:12 PM   #18 
  - So it should be OK to leak classified information?  The Doctor.   Jun-12-10 01:12 PM   #6 
  - sometimes it's crucial; like the ATT workers who revealed the telephone wiretapping program  amborin   Jun-12-10 05:16 PM   #21 
     - That was an illegal program. I made that distinction in my post.  The Doctor.   Jun-12-10 07:01 PM   #30 
  - Transparancy jin government. Check.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jun-12-10 01:16 PM   #7 
  - It is shameful.  TexasObserver   Jun-12-10 02:34 PM   #10 
  - Obama Takes a Hard Line Against Leaks to Press; Against Torturers, Not So Much.  Bluebear   Jun-12-10 02:35 PM   #11 
  - Here's an interesting "did you know"  USArmyParatrooper   Jun-12-10 02:42 PM   #12 
  - Especially if it embarrasses the politicians or generals.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jun-12-10 02:53 PM   #14 
     - You mean the video  USArmyParatrooper   Jun-12-10 04:38 PM   #15 
        - I mean the video where they gunned down reporters and civilians without cause.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jun-12-10 05:08 PM   #17 
           - The RPG's alone = cause  USArmyParatrooper   Jun-12-10 05:23 PM   #27 
              - Sometimes morality & ethics overrides the rules.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jun-12-10 05:35 PM   #28 
                 - It's not just about rules  USArmyParatrooper   Jun-12-10 06:22 PM   #29 
                    - I don't buy it.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jun-12-10 07:33 PM   #31 
                       - What exactly don't you buy?  USArmyParatrooper   Jun-12-10 07:53 PM   #33 
                          - Like what?  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jun-12-10 08:01 PM   #34 
                             - Do you have an example  USArmyParatrooper   Jun-12-10 09:30 PM   #35 
  - Obama is not a very good president,  branders seine   Jun-12-10 02:49 PM   #13 
  - Sure he is  USArmyParatrooper   Jun-12-10 04:39 PM   #16 
  - The guy who named the UBS Tax Cheats is in jail.  Octafish   Jun-12-10 05:17 PM   #22 
  - the tax evading elites now have no more fear in that regard, their Swiss acts are safe!  amborin   Jun-12-10 05:20 PM   #24 
  - State Department assessing damage from cables leak  ProSense   Jun-12-10 05:17 PM   #23 
  - "our national security interests" where have i heard that mantra before?  amborin   Jun-12-10 05:22 PM   #26 
  - Translation: We need to cover our asses before the public finds out what we're really doing.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jun-12-10 07:34 PM   #32 
  - The QWEST CEO didn't go along with illegal domestic spying and he's in jail.  Octafish   Jun-12-10 05:20 PM   #25 
 

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