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rock

(13,218 posts)

5. Prosecution as everyone well knows is not automatic

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 04:18 PM

Dec 2014

Cops, judges, politicians, CEOs, etc. are usually given special consideration. Country of Law my ass! And this group actually struts around like they've got lots to be proud of! They're turds in top hats.

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Anyone asked Obama why whistleblowers are in prison but not torturers they exposed? [View all] yurbud Dec 2014 OP

IDK but now that the torture report was released.... JaneyVee Dec 2014 #1

I agree with you. However... Orrex Dec 2014 #2

Obama was very legally "creative" when he figured out how to kill Americans with drones abroad yurbud Dec 2014 #3

+1 Orrex Dec 2014 #4

+ another Scuba Dec 2014 #14

Prosecution as everyone well knows is not automatic rock Dec 2014 #5

Chelsea Manning reported torture by the Iraqi police of people who were sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #6

Wassamatta you, you wanna pony or sumpin? derby378 Dec 2014 #7

We were promised a pony and got a bloody horse head in our bed instead yurbud Dec 2014 #19

Yikes, but you get a +1 for that (n/t) derby378 Dec 2014 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author yurbud Dec 2014 #21

Which whistleblower(s) in prison? remember this report was ordered by President O, years ago. Sunlei Dec 2014 #8

Manning and Kiriakou. Assange and Snowden would be too if our gov't could get a hold of them yurbud Dec 2014 #9

4. 2 are in prison. 3 are scapegoats for their management who didn't even notice downloads. Sunlei Dec 2014 #10

Manning was unstable enough Aerows Dec 2014 #12

a very lonely fragile person, isolated by the military. You can see it here in the chats with the Sunlei Dec 2014 #13

they knew and they did it anyway because it was right. The Bushies knew they did far, far worse yurbud Dec 2014 #15

Kiriakou wasn't imprisoned for whistleblowing. In fact he DEFENDED waterboarding. He is in prison okaawhatever Dec 2014 #17

No Aerows Dec 2014 #11

No. former9thward Dec 2014 #16

Nope. We are all too busy celebrating the gender of the people asking the questions davidn3600 Dec 2014 #18