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In reply to the discussion: You want "Nixonian"? This, right here, this is Nixonian, if Nixon had grown up in East Germany [View all]nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)114. wtf indeed.
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You want "Nixonian"? This, right here, this is Nixonian, if Nixon had grown up in East Germany [View all]
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
OP
Telling us there are whistleblower protections while instituting this program is insulting.
dkf
Jun 2013
#1
Just a fucking minute. This is spinning into another quantum level of pure stupidity.
Buzz Clik
Jun 2013
#2
whistleblowing vs leaking -- how does this dynamic not smack of the loyalty trope?
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
#5
That was a quote from the David Frost interviews a couple of years after resignation.
Zen Democrat
Jun 2013
#118
An online tutorial titled "Treason 101" teaches Administration employees to recognize... spies
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
#17
What information, when disclosed, constitutes a crime against "The United States?"
DirkGently
Jun 2013
#19
this is beyond creepy and the worst part is it makes me want to agree with republicans when they see
NoMoreWarNow
Jun 2013
#121
Well the government is too big, but I wouldn't jump on their bandwagon too soon...
rwsanders
Jun 2013
#135
conveniently undermines government functions while funding sequestration does its job
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
#117
It's fun to think that this is about some kind of courageous act of whistleblowing.
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#31
There are connections aplenty for anyone with eyes. Here's a few to get you started:
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#48
It's been plastered all over DU since WaPo Guardian launched this baloney. Start here:
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#47
it's fun to think being a true partisan believer is some kind of courageous
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
#56
the enforcers are actually always those in the hottest seat: a self-consuming system can produce
MisterP
Jun 2013
#97
Yep. Complete with lies, CYA statements, and the pursuit of the whistle blower.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#28
Ask President Kennedy. Oh yeah, he was murdered in the street at midday for opposing war power.
Zen Democrat
Jun 2013
#93
Good point. I think Godwin's law is really implied anytime one compares someone to a
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#102
but...it's racism! it's a GOP plot! it's a bird it's a plane...it's Super Strawman!
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
#89
the inconvenient truth about civil liberties is that while folks might trust Obama like a brother
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
#116
Hilarious hyperbole. The only thing this will achieve is to scuttle dialogue on this issue.
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#76
Hey speaking of hyperbole did your coworker Rachel ever come up with that
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#98
I posted it. It's up to you to decide. I'm not responsible for other journalists' claims or what you
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#99
Pierce has written a lot on Obama, and I don't think he has been uniformly positive at all
NoMoreWarNow
Jun 2013
#122
well, I really doubt (at this point) that Obama is doing anything just to anger his liberal base
NoMoreWarNow
Jun 2013
#128
i thought 1984 would be fully implemented under a republican president but i was wrong
madrchsod
Jun 2013
#119
if this is allowed to continue, it will be "fully implemented" beyond imagination
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
#120
but I learned here on DU that Obama was not conducting any "war on whistleblowers"?
NoMoreWarNow
Jun 2013
#126