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In reply to the discussion: FBI whistle-blower contacted Eric Cantor on David Petraeus affair [View all]zbdent
(35,392 posts)1. I guess that this whistle-blower will get the same punishment as Assange, right?
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Yeah, because all Assange did was contact a member of Congress with his allegations.
24601
Nov 2012
#45
Sorry but a FBI investigation of the CIA director would have been reported to Holder.
former9thward
Nov 2012
#21
Me too. But it could be something as simple as friendship/who-this-person-knew.
Schema Thing
Nov 2012
#7
Maybe Cantor and the GOP are the whistleblowers and they have invented this imaginary person to
ciking724
Nov 2012
#9
The Politico article also mentions Rep. David Reichert (R-Wash.), who took the "informant" to Cantor
ciking724
Nov 2012
#11
Was the whistle-blower shopping around the information in search of a deal?
OakCliffDem
Nov 2012
#12
Why would a Lebanese woman, an unpaid social liaison to an airforce base in Tampa, go to Reichert?
yardwork
Nov 2012
#35
The person who went to Reichert was NOT Jill Kelly, but an FBI employee
alcibiades_mystery
Nov 2012
#38
Good on Cantor, it sounds like he did the right thing with the information he received.
ChillZilla
Nov 2012
#24
Beat this drum as often as possible: FBI agent NOT whistleblower but leaker
justiceischeap
Nov 2012
#36