Yup...i had hoped that it was Rahm's influence and that when Rahm was elected Mayor of Chicago...that would go away...but apparently it wasn't Rahm. Scary thing is that he is still the best option out there so far. The republican clown car keeps getting crazier and crazier
-----Original Message----- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 10:37 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: After promising to enhance whistle-blower laws to protect federal workers, the Obama administration has used the Espionage Act as a kind of ad hoc Official Secrets Act. 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-espi > onage-act-to-pursue-leak-cases-media-equation.html?_r=2&ref=todayspape > r > > > 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:347554 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
