RE: Wikileaks publishes Podesta emails
October 12, 2016 at 4:56 am
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2016 at 4:58 am by SteelCurtain.)
Dude, first off, in order for something to be "leaked," it has to be classified in the first place. This was a town hall event on Hillary's own campaign tour. All of the candidates have softball plants at their campaign town hall meetings. They'd be idiots not to. You're acting like this is some perversion of democracy. Our political primary season has always been a test of showmanship.
Also, let's put this last little non sequitur in context. Obama's Justice Department has jailed more whistleblowers than ever because there are more whistleblowers now than ever. We are at the beginning stages of this digital age, and yes, there are more people taking classified data out because it is possible to do so, and increasingly easy. Also, a very small percentage of the people who are prosecuted are actually whistleblowers. A lot of them are actually trading scoops and classified information to journalists for money.
But let's not pretend like the inevitable outcome of whistleblowing is not prison. That's sort of the sacrifice you are making for your country and the conversation, isn't it? I mean, taking classified government secrets and giving them to non-government entities is a crime. Sometimes, freedom and public knowledge is important enough to make the sacrifice. But if you get caught, you are going to jail. You may be doing a service to your country, but you have to know before you do it that you are going to go to prison for a while. Don't be naive.
Man, chasing these goalposts around is good exercise. You can't seem to stay on the topics you brought up. You remind me of KellyAnne Conway.
Also, let's put this last little non sequitur in context. Obama's Justice Department has jailed more whistleblowers than ever because there are more whistleblowers now than ever. We are at the beginning stages of this digital age, and yes, there are more people taking classified data out because it is possible to do so, and increasingly easy. Also, a very small percentage of the people who are prosecuted are actually whistleblowers. A lot of them are actually trading scoops and classified information to journalists for money.
But let's not pretend like the inevitable outcome of whistleblowing is not prison. That's sort of the sacrifice you are making for your country and the conversation, isn't it? I mean, taking classified government secrets and giving them to non-government entities is a crime. Sometimes, freedom and public knowledge is important enough to make the sacrifice. But if you get caught, you are going to jail. You may be doing a service to your country, but you have to know before you do it that you are going to go to prison for a while. Don't be naive.
Man, chasing these goalposts around is good exercise. You can't seem to stay on the topics you brought up. You remind me of KellyAnne Conway.
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