This is true of the government and also true of private individuals and corporations. Many billions are one with the snows of yesteryear.Much of what is official and legal (like the annual federal “budget” bills) are basically indecipherable legalese, full of ‘loopholes’ and vague language allowing the underlying executive departments, agencies and programs to do pretty much anything with ‘their’ money, such that many billions remain impossible to track even by official auditors. Of course, that‘s even worse for many ‘TLA’ entities which perform classified activities.
"whistleblowing" isn't actually illegal, and that's pretty much what all those examples are.Take a moment and realize how much of the function around our government is 'unofficial' and 'illegal', but how much we rely on the unofficial and illegal.
I can't really do this justice off the top of my head, but consider just a couple examples.
If the rules were followed, we would not have the leak of the Supreme Court's coming ruling on Roe, allowing the public to be warned and to discuss and react, and the other branches to better consider their option to write a law to nullify the ruling.
If the rules were followed, we would not have the leaks of many recorded phone calls with the top Republican in the House, Kevin McCarthy, showing how badly he's lied between what he said privately after 1/6 and what he said publicly.
If the rules were followed, we wouldn't have the updates yet on much of the trump coup plot.
While it's not illegal because it's against another country, similar hacking and spying and leaking allowed all kinds of things on Ukraine, like Putin's plans and the lies he planned, and intercepted phone calls from Russian soldiers, as well as exposing lying by China.
People are not used to saying, "I support the leaking of confidential information". Yet the public heavily relies on just that for important information, and it the president and top members of Congress use it for their own purposes. We'd be pretty crippled trying to have any accountability for government without the unofficial and illegal. It's a standard part of our journalism. No one seems to be trying fix the system so it isn't needed.
The life of one man, Julian Assange, who exposed truths embarrassing to the US about its killing and other matters - essentially the same thing as exposing Russian lies about its massacres in Ukraine, but smaller stories - is being destroyed for doing the same thing other journalists do, while we all rely on it.
It's something to think about what a mess the system is, and how badly it would be broken without the leaking.
Whistleblowing isn't illegal, and none of those examples are."whistleblowing" isn't actually illegal, and that's pretty much what all those examples are.
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People are not used to saying, "I support the leaking of confidential information". Yet the public heavily relies on just that for important information, and it the president and top members of Congress use it for their own purposes. We'd be pretty crippled trying to have any accountability for government without the unofficial and illegal. It's a standard part of our journalism. No one seems to be trying fix the system so it isn't needed.
The life of one man, Julian Assange, who exposed truths embarrassing to the US about its killing and other matters - essentially the same thing as exposing Russian lies about its massacres in Ukraine, but smaller stories - is being destroyed for doing the same thing other journalists do, while we all rely on it.
It's something to think about what a mess the system is, and how badly it would be broken without the leaking.
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It is a bi-partisan report, released in redacted form just thirteen months ago. Assange is mentioned 193 times. Broaden your knowledge base, read it. Tucker Carlson performs similarly to an FSB or a GRU stooge. Why?
Caution: large .pdf file:
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/report_volume5.pdf
On another thread, posted in October, 2021. -
Who still thinks trump is an asset for the GOP?
"...Jeff Sessions lied under oath during his Senate confirmation hearing about his person to person contacts with Kislyak during the campaign, never honestly disclosing the nature of those contacts. Kislyak's communications were constantly monitored by U.S. counter intelligence. His only secure interactions were person to person at events such as the Cleveland G.O.P. convention where he met with Trump campaign advisor Sessions. Kushner and Flynn established their desire for secure communications with Putin's government. Trump cemented this arrangement of co-conspirators during his presidency, insisting on meeting alone with Putin on multiple occasions, avoiding any official record keeping ,,,succeeding office holders like Biden, put at a disadvantage in preparing to meet with Putin earlier this year because only Putin knew what he discussed in the past with Trump. I have not even covered the FSB agent, Kilimnik, indicted by Mueller who was the business partner of two Trump campaign officials (Sam Patten) or Don Jr.'s personal contacts with Russian agent and RT media asset, Julian Assange, who advised Trump in a tweet, not to concede the 2016 election, if he lost..."Who still thinks trump is an asset for the GOP?
I say never underestimate the appeal that the orange traitor has to people who want to burn the country down and start back over in the 1800's. I do not underestimate the seventy some million who voted for trump. I also do not discount the eighty some million who didn't.debatepolitics.com
Real easy tell... if you're agreeing with Tucker and or Greenwald but a bi-partisan SSCI report links the guy to GRU and mentions his name 193 X,you might want to run the other way!.
We will see how this works when the leaks are coming out of the democrat governing members and are actually addressed. Hunter Biden as son of the President possibly using his fathers connections to make himself and the family rich, nothing being done. Adam schiff lying about the evidence he claims to have seen, Congressman Eric Swalwell being involved with a know Chinese spy. These are but a few that the media ignores, the democrats turn a deaf ear too and the democrat supporters think are lies.Take a moment and realize how much of the function around our government is 'unofficial' and 'illegal', but how much we rely on the unofficial and illegal.
I can't really do this justice off the top of my head, but consider just a couple examples.
If the rules were followed, we would not have the leak of the Supreme Court's coming ruling on Roe, allowing the public to be warned and to discuss and react, and the other branches to better consider their option to write a law to nullify the ruling.
If the rules were followed, we would not have the leaks of many recorded phone calls with the top Republican in the House, Kevin McCarthy, showing how badly he's lied between what he said privately after 1/6 and what he said publicly.
If the rules were followed, we wouldn't have the updates yet on much of the trump coup plot.
While it's not illegal because it's against another country, similar hacking and spying and leaking allowed all kinds of things on Ukraine, like Putin's plans and the lies he planned, and intercepted phone calls from Russian soldiers, as well as exposing lying by China.
People are not used to saying, "I support the leaking of confidential information". Yet the public heavily relies on just that for important information, and it the president and top members of Congress use it for their own purposes. We'd be pretty crippled trying to have any accountability for government without the unofficial and illegal. It's a standard part of our journalism. No one seems to be trying fix the system so it isn't needed.
The life of one man, Julian Assange, who exposed truths embarrassing to the US about its killing and other matters - essentially the same thing as exposing Russian lies about its massacres in Ukraine, but smaller stories - is being destroyed for doing the same thing other journalists do, while we all rely on it.
It's something to think about what a mess the system is, and how badly it would be broken without the leaking.
LOL! Yeah, well.... the shit you work yourself up about.... how much of it is single sourced from Rudy, Bannon, and their mutual lawyer, Robert Costello?We will see how this works when the leaks are coming out of the democrat governing members and are actually addressed. Hunter Biden as son of the President possibly using his fathers connections to make himself and the family rich, nothing being done. Adam schiff lying about the evidence he claims to have seen, Congressman Eric Swalwell being involved with a know Chinese spy. These are but a few that the media ignores, the democrats turn a deaf ear too and the democrat supporters think are lies.
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