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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: tejek who wrote (123634)10/13/2012 1:27:47 AM
From: Broken_Clock  Read Replies (1) of 149317
 
Your "greatest President" is outdoing Bush in destroying the Constitution.

GREEN: How does that effect the Government`s attempt to use the Espionage Act? Tell us more about the Espionage Act and what it says about what is legal and illegal.

O’BRIEN: Let me approach that question this way. This particular president has prosecuted more whistle blowers than any other president or all presidents combined. And Bradley Manning is simply another notch in this particular president`s belt when it comes to using the Espionage Act. In fact his campaign literature brags about the fact that he has prosecuted more people under the Espionage Act, which is completely ridiculous. But he wants to “appear” like he is tough on national security issues.

This particular frequency of use of the Espionage Act is frightening. When you combine that with the fact that he is pushing for the NDAA, and the indefinite detention of Americans without trial or charges, it`s very frightening.

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The Government lies. The Government will do anything it wants to do and can do to preserve and expand executive power. And that`s what is happening in this case. I`m talking about the NDAA case, I`m talking about the Manning case, I`m talking about the prosecution of Thomas Drake, I`m talking about the whole expansion of executive power in the post 9/11 “inter-agency” world.

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