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Related: About this forumWhy Embarrassing the Govt. is The #1 Crime in the U.S.
"The crucial intercept that prompted the U.S. government to close embassies in 22 countries was a conference call between al Qaeda's senior leaders and representatives of several of the group's affiliates throughout the region.
The intercept provided the U.S. intelligence community with a rare glimpse into how al Qaeda's leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, manages a global organization that includes affiliates in Africa, the Middle East, and southwest and southeast Asia."*
Three government officials leaked some very serious information to The Daily Beast about a massive conference call between al Qaeda leaders all over the world. This information is very sensitive, and effectively burns a crucial intelligence resource for us (at the very least), so why doesn't the Obama administration care? Why are Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning being hounded and punished for far less sensitive information? Cenk Uygur breaks down the ridiculous double standard.
*Read more from The Daily Beast:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/07/al-qaeda-conference-call-intercepted-by-u-s-officials-sparked-alerts.html
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Why Embarrassing the Govt. is The #1 Crime in the U.S. (Original Post)
pam4water
Aug 2013
OP
K&R!!!!!!!!!! So true! We are no longer "The land of the Free". I Just hope the Brave will
Dustlawyer
Aug 2013
#4
Turbineguy
(37,330 posts)1. It's more of a Number One
passtime really.
dkf
(37,305 posts)2. MUST SEE!!!!!!!' +1000000
valerief
(53,235 posts)3. How can the US be "embarrassed"? Dubya was president for 8 years!
There is no shame anymore.
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)4. K&R!!!!!!!!!! So true! We are no longer "The land of the Free". I Just hope the Brave will
leave their Home and fight! We need publicly funded elections and obviously, campaign finance reforms, including Super PACs! If the Government can show a Compelling Governmental Interest, they can enact Reasonable Restrictions on Free Speech. This can get around the "money is speech" and "corporations are people" arguments that would surely to be litigated, only to end up in front of SCOTUS!
blackspade
(10,056 posts)5. Cenk Nails It Again!
Where is the outrage!?
burnodo
(2,017 posts)6. No, no, no! Snowden bad! Snowden bad!
Rinse. Repeat.
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)7. This is great! I had wondered about this....didn't make sense in
light of the treatment of the whistleblowers, Manning and Snowden...
so glad I'm not nuts! So...the gov't can leak but the rest of us can't.
Got it.