Can't say that I agree with the Obama admin going farther than any other in trying to silence and prosecute Federal workers but I completely agree that their use of the Espionage Act is chilling and horrible. I like a fair bit about Obama and I think he's made good strides toward transparency is some areas. But even back as a candidate, I've been very troubled by his militaristic and corporatist habits and this is certainly an extension of that trend. A disturbing one.
Judah On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Blurred Line Between Espionage and Truth > > > Last Wednesday in the White House briefing room, the administrations press > secretary, Jay Carney, opened on a somber note, citing the deaths of Marie > Colvin and Anthony Shadid, two reporters who had died in order to bring > truth while reporting in Syria. > > Jake Tapper, the White House correspondent for ABC News, pointed out that > the administration had lauded brave reporting in distant lands more than > once and then asked, How does that square with the fact that this > administration has been so aggressively trying to stop aggressive > journalism in the United States by using the Espionage Act to take > whistle-blowers to court? > > He then suggested that the administration seemed to believe that the truth > should come out abroad; it shouldnt come out here. > > Fair point. The Obama administration, which promised during its transition > to power that it would enhance whistle-blower laws to protect federal > workers, has been more prone than any administration in history in trying > to silence and prosecute federal workers. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/business/media/white-house-uses-espionage-act-to-pursue-leak-cases-media-equation.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper > > > Nice. This administration has been more prone than any administration in > history in trying to silence and prosecute federal workers and it's the > most transparent administration ever. That is one hell of > an accomplishment. > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347553 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
