....and the rehtoric continues
And a good Monday morning to all. Just reading the news at the various online news web sites. I was reading what our illustrious Attorney General Gonzales was saying about the 1st Amendmant not being an "absolute" when it comes to reporters writing about leaks that concern our "national security". He's talking about the leaks about the domestic spying reported I think first by the New York Times.
I might be inclined to agree with him.......EXCEPT.......I'm very concerned about what the current Administration claims as important to "national security". We still don't know if the NSA has collected everyones phone records or not. The big three phone companies all deny that they turned over client records as it would have violated certain "privacy laws". So the jury is still out on that one. Sounds like a leak designed to add to the current administrations "smoke and mirrors" program.
However...we still have the pending investigation into the Valerie Plame "outing". This investigation has been ongoing for almost three years. Fearless leader Bush first stated that if there was anyone leaking information in his administration he wanted to know. Well....it appears that the "leakers" in this case were Gunner Cheney and his front man Herr Libby.......last I knew they were Bush administration people, even Karl Rove may have had something to do with it. The most drastic thing that has happened is that Herr Libby resigned,,,,Oh Boy! Wow! Yippe KiYea MotherF*&%#.....that is certainly dealing with it.
My point to all this palavering is that....well.... it appears that Gunner Cheney and Herr Libby purposely released this information, they wanted it out there....so a reporter does what reporters do, they report. It's the same thing with the domestic spying program. Someone in the government put the information out there. Now our government wants to arrest the reporters for reporting information that was leaked by high government officials, the 1st Amendmant be damned. Bullshit...arrest the guy that leaked it. It ain't rocket science people.
This same principal applies to all government leaks.....whether or not they sanction the leaks. If you want to prosecute someone Mr. Gonzales, prosecute the perpatraitors, not the reporters doing their respective jobs.
This Bush administration appears to want to take cetain liberties with the constituiton as they see fit. Manipulate it so that it will fit their agenda.....they are playing a dangerous game with the liberties founded for us not that long ago.....lets not forget where we came from.
With that.....have a good day and good luck,
L8TR
Chris
I might be inclined to agree with him.......EXCEPT.......I'm very concerned about what the current Administration claims as important to "national security". We still don't know if the NSA has collected everyones phone records or not. The big three phone companies all deny that they turned over client records as it would have violated certain "privacy laws". So the jury is still out on that one. Sounds like a leak designed to add to the current administrations "smoke and mirrors" program.
However...we still have the pending investigation into the Valerie Plame "outing". This investigation has been ongoing for almost three years. Fearless leader Bush first stated that if there was anyone leaking information in his administration he wanted to know. Well....it appears that the "leakers" in this case were Gunner Cheney and his front man Herr Libby.......last I knew they were Bush administration people, even Karl Rove may have had something to do with it. The most drastic thing that has happened is that Herr Libby resigned,,,,Oh Boy! Wow! Yippe KiYea MotherF*&%#.....that is certainly dealing with it.
My point to all this palavering is that....well.... it appears that Gunner Cheney and Herr Libby purposely released this information, they wanted it out there....so a reporter does what reporters do, they report. It's the same thing with the domestic spying program. Someone in the government put the information out there. Now our government wants to arrest the reporters for reporting information that was leaked by high government officials, the 1st Amendmant be damned. Bullshit...arrest the guy that leaked it. It ain't rocket science people.
This same principal applies to all government leaks.....whether or not they sanction the leaks. If you want to prosecute someone Mr. Gonzales, prosecute the perpatraitors, not the reporters doing their respective jobs.
This Bush administration appears to want to take cetain liberties with the constituiton as they see fit. Manipulate it so that it will fit their agenda.....they are playing a dangerous game with the liberties founded for us not that long ago.....lets not forget where we came from.
With that.....have a good day and good luck,
L8TR
Chris
posted by Chris at 8:30 AM
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