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In reply to the discussion: President's 'rat out your co-worker' plan, unlikely to work experts say [View all]Volaris
(10,270 posts)1) If Bush had done this, we would be screaming our bloody heads off..Just saying.
2) "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear." works both ways: If the PUBLIC Government isn't into anything dirty, and is willing to act as a fair and honest broker bewteen other Nations on the world stage, their internal State Department e-mails shouldn't have any dirt in them, ANYWAY NOW SHOULD THEY???? You want us to stay the hell out of your e-mail, then you can damn-well DO THE SAME.
3) Ummmm... by the time we finished Jr. High most of us learned that, as a general rule, being a rat was a pretty effective way to get yourself hit in the head. I know at that level it's not National Security or anything, but...yeah....
(oh and by the way if Bush had done this, we would be screaming our bloody heads off..just sayin')
This isn't about National Security. It's about the Image Security of National figures. And in this country, that image isn't important enough for the rest of us to turn rat-bastard snitch on each other. That's some KGB-level nastiness right there....