Peter King Calls For Legal Action to Be Brought Against Greenwald

[Hissyspit]

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Source: TPM

Peter King Calls For Legal Action To Be Brought Against Greenwald

TOM KLUDT 2:39 PM EDT, WEDNESDAY JUNE 12, 2013

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) on Wednesday elaborated on his call for journalists to be punished if they report on classified information, singling out The Guardian reporter at the center of the firestorm over top secret National Security Agency surveillance programs.

During an interview on Fox News Channel, King made it clear that he was referring to The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald when he called for prosecution of reporters who publish classified information.

"I'm talking about Greenwald. Greenwald, not only did he disclose this information, he has said he has names of cia agents and assets around the world and threatening to disclose that," King said. "The last time that was done in this country, we saw the CIA station chief murdered in Greece. No right is absolute and even the press has certain restrictions. I think it should be very targeted, very selective and certainly a very rare exception. But in this case, when you have someone who's disclosed secrets like this and threatens to release more, then to me, yes, there has to be, legal action should be taken against him. This is a very unusual case with life and death implications for Americans."


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@ggreenwald: Never RT @andylevy When, exactly, did @ggreenwald "threaten to disclose the names of CIA agents and assets," as @RepPeteKing alleges?

[Autumn]

1. Fuck Peter King and his little supporters too.

[Whoopdedoo]

18. Peter King is a nitwit

And Greenwald said nothing of the kind that he knew special agents etc. That was Snowden who said that and also said he would never release such information. So King is an uninformed douche.

[boilerbabe]

32. exactly .

[midnight]

2. If reporters get in trouble for telling us what is going on with our tax dollars that are so

exhausted that we have to take food from the mouths of our poor children, that sounds like Greenwald should be commended and not prosecuted... and maybe we could save more money and feed our children...

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. "The last time that was done...we saw the CIA station chief murdered in Greece" - No.

That happened in 1975. He seems to have forgotten that the Bush administration outed a CIA agent, breaking her cover and the company set up to protect other CIA agents.

[JDPriestly]

4. And so the iron curtain descends around us.

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Listen to the video that Octafish posted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023000144#post28

If Peter King gets his way, it is the end of democracy. You are watching the end. I am really not exaggerating.


"our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."

Thomas Jefferson to Dr. James Currie, January 28, 1786

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/mtjquote.html

[99th_Monkey]

8. I wish with all my heart, that I could argue with you

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about what you say; but alas I cannot.

It is the butt-ugly truth, and the sooner we all face it fully,
the more chance there is to salvage something worthwhile
from our so-called civilization.

[JDPriestly]

13. It's a sorry state of affairs.

[99th_Monkey]

14. I like your bumper-sticker. ~nt

[JDPriestly]

16. Thanks. I like Elizabeth Warren. (Obviously.)

[Dawson Leery]

5. King and Feinstein can F** off!

[alsame]

6. How very fascist of him. nt

[99th_Monkey]

10. +10 nt

[Mojorabbit]

34. +1000 nt

[askeptic]

7. Ultimate hypocrisy - making it a crime to expose secret criminal gov't activity.

Isn't this what all police states do? Why are we pretending there is any kind of a democratic republic when the government can actually make it a crime to expose it's own criminal activity.

[JoePhilly]

21. Which criminal activity was exposed?

As far as I can tell, no illegal activity was leaked. What was leaked are details about, what appears to be so far, perfectly legal actions.

Now, we could debate whether some of this SHOULD be legal.

But so far, I don't think I've seen anyone surface illegal activity as part of what was leaked.

[99th_Monkey]

9. I HOPE he CHANGEs his mind,

or better yet, someone changes it for him.

But I'm not holding my breath waiting for POTUS to do so,
as he appears to be AWOL.

[Enrique]

11. one thing for sure

this won't be a surprise to Greenwald.

[SamKnause]

12. Leaking

How very delicious it would be if Mr. Glenn Greenwald has some juicy bits to leak about Peter King.

I wish Mr. Greenwald would blow the lid off all the corruption and thievery happening in DC by our 'esteemed' politicians.

I would love to see a fleet of buses pulling into DC to round up the real criminals.

The criminals who sold this country to global corporations.

The criminals who start wars and cause the deaths of millions.

The criminals who protect Wall Street and steal our tax dollars to keep them afloat.

[Babel_17]

17. Right, imagine if King had ties to terrorists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_T._King#Support_for_the_IRA

[SamKnause]

26. Peter

I am aware of his supporting the IRA, but thank you very much for the link. Links always make posts better.

That won't take him down.

It will take a juicy sex scandal, or bad mouthing god for his base to turn their backs on him.

[The CCC]

15. Peter King Calls For Legal Action To Be Brought Against Greenwald

Four words; Karl Rove, Dick Cheney.

[JoeyT]

19. And plenty here will agree with him.

Authoritarians stick together. Or at least are predictable.

[boilerbabe]

33. yup, the will. nt

[lordsummerisle]

20. How would that even work?

Glenn isn't a US citizen... OTOH neither is Assange and there is allegedly an indictment that's been prepared for him...

[geek tragedy]

25. Greenwald is an American citizen. Lives in Brazil due to immigration law not

recognizing his marriage/partner there.

[lordsummerisle]

31. My bad, I didn't know he was still a citizen n/t

[Laelth]

22. King is worried about the list of 8 million American targets.

And he should be. Most American politicians do not want that list released.

Info on the list here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2994778
and here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022994791
and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Core

-Laelth

[phleshdef]

23. Greenwald is a dickhead with an agenda to stir up drama... but he has done nothing to warrant...

...legal action as far as I can tell.

[geek tragedy]

24. How about prosecuting people who supported the IRA, Mr. King? nt

[durbin]

27. YES!! Let's take legal action against King. n/t

[frylock]

28. kicking for our local contingent of authoritarians..

you're all in good company.

[blkmusclmachine]

29. If the Spooks aren't doing anything wrong, then they've got nothing to hide.

Right?!?!?!?!

[FiveGoodMen]

30. King should work for Putin