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Magoo48

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19. Thank you for welcoming me to my own opinion.

Thu Sep 21, 2023, 06:13 AM

Sep 2023

Focus on messenger, and away from the information brought to light, works all the time. When our leaders decide to hide from us information about our own spies questionable behavior in the War On Terror, what should we do?

When it’s exposed that helicopter pilots treat live targets like a game, I want to know. When our spies obtain technology to invade much of the technology we use in our daily lives, I want to know.

After all, I helped pay for all their killing machines and snooping gizmos, as well as pay for their implementation, have I no right to know how they are used and misused?

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Australian Senator Peter Whish-Wilson Calls on US to Drop "Totalitarian" Case Against Julian Assange [View all] Uncle Joe Sep 2023 OP

He's an alleged rapist and Russian puppet WhiteTara Sep 2023 #1

It's "alleged" and a separate issue than the freedom of the press rights Uncle Joe Sep 2023 #4

it infuriates me when 'freedom of press' stopdiggin Sep 2023 #6

Popularity was never the motivation for the creation of the 1st Amendment. n/t Uncle Joe Sep 2023 #7

true. also true that it is not stopdiggin Sep 2023 #8

Protecting criminals who claim to be "journalists" lapucelle Sep 2023 #14

Assange provided intel about secret government activities carried out in every American's name. Magoo48 Sep 2023 #17

if that information is a result of stopdiggin Sep 2023 #18

Thank you for welcoming me to my own opinion. Magoo48 Sep 2023 #19

you want to know ... stopdiggin Sep 2023 #27

How would I have an opportunity to disagree, if I don't have access to the possibly embarrassing Magoo48 Sep 2023 #29

it's called voting stopdiggin Sep 2023 #32

No worries, Magoo48 Sep 2023 #36

Not really relevant. cab67 Sep 2023 #22

Does that change the nature of the information revealed or it's relevance to our common welfare? Magoo48 Sep 2023 #23

Again - not the question. cab67 Sep 2023 #24

He's not a "journalist". Dumping raw disinformation from Putin on the web isn't journalism. emulatorloo Sep 2023 #10

Define "journalist" as defined by the U.S. Constitution. n/t Uncle Joe Sep 2023 #11

No, not going down your rabbit-hole. emulatorloo Sep 2023 #13

As it happens.... cab67 Sep 2023 #16

Does any of what you said reduce the relevance of the information released? Magoo48 Sep 2023 #21

or the fact that it is classified, and criminal action? stopdiggin Sep 2023 #26

And who oversees the classifiers if half of congress is corrupt? Half is being generous. Magoo48 Sep 2023 #30

It's alleged because he is such a coward WhiteTara Sep 2023 #12

"press rights" don't cover all violations of the law. cab67 Sep 2023 #15

Rapey Julian should have manned up years ago and returned to Sweden. lapucelle Sep 2023 #2

Julian Assange the Russian spy? That Julian Assange? Fuck that guy prodigitalson Sep 2023 #3

Amen brother! comradebillyboy Sep 2023 #9

the Aussies would have a very different stopdiggin Sep 2023 #5

Is everyone who disagrees with you a "softbrain"? What is a softbrain, anyway? Magoo48 Sep 2023 #20

in this case yes. stopdiggin Sep 2023 #25

Hummm, who is the pre-schooler in your allegorical example, the American public? Magoo48 Sep 2023 #28

it really isn't that hard to figure out stopdiggin Sep 2023 #33

So, if the truth is chaotic and unpleasant, and as the Republicans frequently reaffirm, lies are Magoo48 Sep 2023 #34

the truth is of course not stopdiggin Sep 2023 #35

Assange is currently in a UK jail while he litigates extradition. He is in a UK jail because struggle4progress Sep 2023 #31