C.I.A. Officer Is Found Guilty in Leak Tied to Times Reporter

Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 3 months ago to Government
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I got a http://Change.org petition to pardon this guy, who seems to have actually tried to stand in the way of one of the Obamanations crazier stunts. The real issue is compared to HillaryBeast, to have the below statement from Holder, is just a damning piece of proof in just how corrupt and manipulative this administration is:
“This is a just and appropriate outcome,” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said. “The defendant’s unauthorized disclosures of classified information compromised operations undertaken in defense of America’s national security. The disclosures placed lives at risk. And they constituted an egregious breach of the public trust by someone who had sworn to uphold it. As this verdict proves, it is possible to fully prosecute unauthorized disclosures that inflict harm upon our national security without interfering with journalists’ ability to do their jobs.”

I haven't dug into all the background, but this whole thing should be something to show just how bad and malicious the government can be when you do not comply. Very scary.

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  • Posted by Stormi 9 years, 2 months ago
    I can think of a number of names where "just and appropriate outcome" would have been more needed. I have no real issue with whistleblowers, when they are letting people who should know, know. On the other hand, the various acts of Hillary, Obama, Holder, McCain, Bush Sr., there is a lot of dirt there still swept under the rug. If you are a one worlder, you get a pass, there is no illegal. I am sick of it.
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  • Posted by fredflintstone 9 years, 2 months ago
    We don't know why people were in danger. What if they were trying to overthrow a government and should not have been there to begin with. Divide and Conquer is what they do.
    Vote VETERAN someone that puts America B4 ANY party we come from ALL back grounds.
    No double standards,DC politicians on Obamacare and SS.Thanks for your support and vote.Pass the word. mrpresident2016.com
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I haven't seen that term before, but it sure is apt, and that applies to either party, they are pretty liberal in their ineptitude.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 9 years, 2 months ago
    That's why it's properly called a Kakistocracy:
    governed by the worst and least qualified in society.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Indeed, wonder why he decided to resign? I am betting someone strongly suggested it before anther skeleton crawled out of the muck in an election year.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You mean how they like to do press releases on Executive Actions on the Fridays just preceding holidays?
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    As long as Holder was Atty Gen. there will always be dark, undisclosed areas, because the man, like his boss, is a scandalous crook.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I dug this out of the times, they just dutifully reported it when it happened. Amazing the Post didn't scream a Op Ed on it, as it seemed to be pretty bizarre even then, I am not sure when the HiallaryBeast email thing broke.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    My feelings when I read it. If the guy really was trying to stop an operation he felt would kill soldiers or was fundamentally unsound, he should be off, you just cannot trust a Holder DOJ to do the right thing, so I have my doubts about what really happened, there are 2 totally different sides here.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Blarman, no it is a year old, and this is how this stuff gets buried. I only went looking because of a Change.org petition from his wife for a pardon from His Lordship, when no pardon should be needed. Like asking someone to forgive you for their needing to slap you for something someone else did. It lasted a week or so for the trial, and got buried alive.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 2 months ago
    There is so much red meat in this story that it should have made front pages instead of the electoral Kabuki theater.
    Mrs. Clinton should be forced to read it. Eric Holder should be jailed for this and other crimes. And this poor schmuck put into a witness protection program.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 9 years, 2 months ago
    Just a note, but is this article a year old or should it actually be Jan 2016?
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  • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 2 months ago
    Should have e-mailed the info to Hillary. That seems to change everything.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Somebody will come along and blame this on the other party....some true believer who can't face the reality of a one party system and still believes in fairy tales and monsters under the bed..
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 2 months ago
    Seems to be a common and reoccuring problem with the Times going back at least to the sixties.

    Question....If Holder is correct then why is his successor giving Hillary a pass for the EXACT same thing?

    Me thinks the new AG needs a name change.

    To do double duty I don't expect anything from the civilian government least of all honoring their sworn oath of office which probably had fingers crossed and consisted of F this S.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 9 years, 2 months ago
    Talk about "a just and appropriate outcome" for Fast and Furious, Mr. Holder.
    Not only were there "lives at risk," people got killed stupidly.
    Life without parole strikes my as "a just and appropriated outcome."
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 9 years, 2 months ago
    Eric Holder / Darth Vader must have found his lack of faith disturbing. Cue the "Empire music".
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Thank you, and you are also correct, both parties have such huge numbers of skeletons rattling, they don't want to do anything remotely moral, and lose the opportunity to showcase the hypocrisy as it may shine back on theirs. And therein is the problem, a closed loop system with no corrective feedback loop, doomed to spin out of control until it implodes.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "Republicraps could take this "
    But the Republicans don't want the Dems to prosecute the similar wrongs of the GOP, so they won't.
    I agree with your point, nick. Government must not be allowed to play favorites to further its own goals (or goals of those who corrupt them.)
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Your last is my point, as the evidence seemed sort of flimsy and confused. My issue is the sheer gall for Holder to bleat about protecting security and they "had to prosecute" yet HillaryBeast is "no big deal". Their corruption and hypocrisy is really revealed here.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Not disagreeing with your point, just the fact that at this moment there is a huge disparity. That disparity should be shouted so maybe some sheeple would wake up to the danger these guys present. And, he was a black man prosecuted by a black man and a black president, don't Black Lives Matter? Hypocrites and corrupt scum all the way around. The Republicraps could take this and make a powerful case, if they were just a couple ticks up the IQ scale.
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  • Posted by $ MikeMarotta 9 years, 2 months ago
    Insert "Bush" for "Obama" and "John Ashcroft" for "Eric Holder" and see if it reads any differently for you.

    In the US Military, an officer takes an Oath to the Constitution. Should we expect any less from anyone in the civilian government?
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