If you were Obama, and you knew Cheney's Spies were still in govt

[RobertEarl]

What would you do to make sure Cheney's spies couldn't do a Manning, or Snowden like leak?

I'd be trying to close down all avenues.

Maybe that is the Obama reasoning behind Spygate?

[yellerpup]

1. Make use of the sequester.

Fire 'em.

[Enrique]

2. it isn't Obama vs. Cheney

it is the military/national security complex vs. us.

[RobertEarl]

4. Obama is more like us

Cheney is more MIC. Cheney oversaw 8 years of NSA build up. His people are still deep in the belly of the beast. His people could even be private contractors.

[Enrique]

5. that illusion was dispelled way back in 2008

as soon as he clinched the nomination, he revealed that his civil liberties pose was a sham. As comforting as it might be to see Obama as fighting Cheney, he simply is not.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Two sides of same coin

Why voting at the federal level makes zero difference.

[Puzzledtraveller]

10. Succinct and true

[Thinkingabout]

3. I would be more concerned about Ron and Rand Paul spies revealing more information

For the "cause". Apparently we know of one of the cause spies.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. I would have investigated the fuck out of Bushco from the get go instead of 'looking forward and

turning a blind eye' or whatever Obama's big bipartisan rhetoric of the day was. Big mistake.

[Hydra]

7. If I were Obama

I'd have them all over my Gov't- because they are my friends and allies, and can do no wrong.

If I were President? I would have had the FBI waiting outside the WH for Shrub and Cheney to leave on inauguration day, and scrubbed every inch of the gov't I could of their lackeys.

It's all in the phrasing. And no, I don't for minute think a leaker lockdown is targeted at Bushco- it's targeted at the people who actually give a damn about the constitution and rule of law. They aren't welcome in the "Big Club."

[demosincebirth]

8. Sounds like a good spy novel where the evil guy get annihilated in the end.