Posted on 06/10/2013 7:31:41 AM PDT by maggief
(CHICAGO)
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Former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton told Bruce Wolf and Dan Proft on WLS that he thinks admitted leaker Edward Snowden, is guilty of treason:
"Number one, this man is a liar. He took an oath to keep the secrets that were shared with him so he could do his job. He said said he would not disclose them, and he lied. Number two, he lied because he thinks he's smarter and has a higher morality than the rest of us. This guy thinks he has a higher morality, that he can see clearer than other 299-million 999-thousand 999 of us, and therefore he can do what he wants. I say that is the worst form of treason".
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Bolton, true to form. What a pos.
I’ve always had a dual attitude toward Bolton. He has been strong on defense against foreign threats. He was good at the UN. But he never struck me as very conservative in other respects. Or at least, not that one could tell.
The problem is, we have a government and a security system that waves bunches of Muslims in burnooses on board airplanes without any inspection, that admits Saudis without even questioning them, that instructs the military to say that they must never question or offend Muslims but need to keep a tight lid on Christians.
You know darned well that any information sucked up by these programs will be used not to identify Muslim terrorists, but to spy on Tea Partiers and conservatives and gun owners.
If we’re worried about terrorists planning attacks in this country, then maybe we shouldn’t admit them by the millions and put them on welfare. Just yesterday, they were babbling about admitting any Syrian terrorists who feel threatened by Assad.
What that means, of course, is that the “security” put in place by Bush was mistaken, because even if he meant well, it was a very bad precedent, when even in his day all the security agencies were overrun by Clintonoids and leftists.
Absolutely.
Wow.
When John Bolton decides he wants to jump the shark, he doesn’t mess around.
(1) How can Snowden not be a traitor and Manning be a traitor?
This distinction needs to be made, otherwise the left will say: "The right said Manning was a traitor because his actions made Obama look bad on national security, but they are calling Snowden a patriot because his actions makes Obama look bad on civil liberties."
(2) If Snowden is not committing treason, then is there even such a thing as treason?
They are totally on board with the idea of monitoring domestic phone calls. All in the name of our safety. Guess they didn't listen to Ben.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
--- Benjamin Franklin
Is Bolton implying MOST Americans are willing to surrender their 4th amendment rights to grab a handfull of demented Muslims?????
Hardly surprising since Bolton was a key element in the administration of the idiot who preceded the current idiot.
I just lost a lot of repsect for Bolton.
Is Bolton implying MOST Americans are willing to surrender their 4th amendment rights to grab a handfull of demented Muslims?????
Hardly surprising since Bolton was a key element in the administration of the idiot who preceded the current idiot.
I just lost a lot of repsect for Bolton.
I waiting to hear Mark Levin’s opinion on this. AFAIK he hasn’t said anything about it yet.
Did Snowden really tell us anything we didn’t already know?
No, he didn’t. Anyone paying attention has known about the NSA data mining the electronic world. The curse of increased technology will always be decreased privacy. We willingly subject ourselves to this when we search the world wide web and the companies we search with use our searches to target advertisements to us and sell our information to others. We subject ourselves to this when we go to websites that put cookies on our computers to track our habits.
I would argue google and yahoo know more about us than the NSA. This is a difficult situation and the real question should be “what did congress know and when did they know it.” I believe they have to approve this if it is legal. If they did not approve it, I believe Rand Paul is correct and this was illegal.
central_va: “Snowden could of done all of this anonymously ala “Deep Throat”. He outed himself for the 15 minutes of fame.”
Perhaps, but I find the information more reliable now that I know who released it. I also believe him when he says system administrators see far more than a typical employee. A system administrator is privy to the most sensitive internal workings and traffic on a network.
I think the government would have had an easier time letting this blow over if the whistleblower wasn’t known. “Government sources” doesn’t carry as much weight as “Edward Snowden, NSA system administrator.”
So you think that preferring to have the courage to come out with this publically, knowing he’s signing his own death warrant, is ‘looking for his 15 minutes of fame ‘?
MR. AMBASSADOR -- SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE...
...Unless and until you are willing to call out the DIMS' entire DC cabal from the top down:
[Count 1]
FOR MUCH MORE SERIOUS AND SERIAL BREACH OF DUTY....
[Count 2]
INTENTIONAL DECEIT IN ELECTORAL POLITICS, AND IN OFFICE (UNDER COLOR OF LAW)....
--AND--
[Count 3]
WITH INTENTIONAL ABJECT FAILURE TO KEEP THE OATH OF OFFICE...
************
May God hold them up PUBLICLY to the inescapable light of Truth and His definition Justice!
GRRRRR.... and DANG IT.....
Everyone is afraid of these people...
WHERE ARE THE FEARLESS CHAMPIONS OF AMERICAN LIBERTY??
Google and Yahoo do not carry the power of the state to audit, harass and prosecute.
Sandy Berger literally stole and made sensitive documents disappear.
He got probation and his security clearance back.
Our government is afraid “we the people” will know what they know. WoW
Sorry, John.
I totally disagree.
When the government is violating Americans’ Constitutional freedoms so blatantly,it is a duty to speak out.
The Constitution does not require years of legal training to understand. Any reasonable person of goodwill and integrity who can read will have little difficulty understanding the intent to forge a limited government.
Many years of education and training ARE required in order to twist the language of the Constitution in order to enable undeclared wars, gun confiscation,abortion,DUI roadblocks,seizures of property without conviction of a crime, incarceration or killing of citizens without trials, and all the other attacks on private freedom and property ownership.
Look, a lot of civilians at Verizon knew what was happening, There are two sides to the information equation. The Verizon employees/management that facilitated this are also culpable. Verizon could have just told the Federal Govt to shove it.
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