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grasswire

(50,130 posts) Tue Jun 25, 2013, 09:42 PM Jun 2013

I guess we know now why our Dems in Congress have seemed neutered. [View all]

Not all of them, of course, but we've been complaining about some of them for a long long time.

How many dirty tricks and/or crimes have already taken place simply because one of thousands of contract employees who may or may not have been properly vetted have used some tidbit of classified info for political purposes?

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I guess we know now why our Dems in Congress have seemed neutered. [View all] grasswire Jun 2013 OP

Here...by the way nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #1

You Really Believe That? On the Road Jun 2013 #2

Why are you so biased? RobertEarl Jun 2013 #14

What does a congressman have to fear from some punk with security clearance? tritsofme Jun 2013 #16

one person's speculation about NSA invalidating millions of people's disapproval of NSA carolinayellowdog Jun 2013 #17

They aren't neutered, they're complicit. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #3

x2 AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #7

Well there has to be a real temptation to use the data for more than terrorism DJ13 Jun 2013 #4

The Dems in Congress are neutered because the Republicans filibuster EVERYTHING. tridim Jun 2013 #5

This is a stone's throw away from truther/birther territory. tritsofme Jun 2013 #6

Would that be the same place to send people who talk about the government spying on them? Octafish Jun 2013 #8

The Dems in Congress neuter themselves because octoberlib Jun 2013 #9

republicans filibuster because they are allowed to by senate dems. is that self neutering? nt msongs Jun 2013 #12

Money. Octafish Jun 2013 #10

I doubt that MSNBC execs are exempt. Downwinder Jun 2013 #11

Lets see, HLS went after Occupy, G_j Jun 2013 #13

That they have the capability to do so is troubling enough. Savannahmann Jun 2013 #15