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The President's Attack on Whistleblowers (Obama not Trump)
Posted on 9/24/19 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 9/24/19 at 4:47 pm
President Obama's attack on Whistleblowers to be clear.
Article from Jan 2017.
As our country takes stock of Obama’s tenure as commander-in-chief, the Press determined it appropriate to scrutinize his record on press freedoms and his ongoing and unprecedented federal crackdown of whistleblowers.
Obama’s record, here’s what history will show: In his eight years in office, the Obama Justice Department spearheaded eight Espionage Act prosecutions, more than all US administrations combined. Journalists were also caught in the crosshairs: Investigators sought phone records for Associated Press journalists, threatened to jail an investigative reporter for The New York Times, and named a Fox News reporter a co-conspirator in a leak case. In Texas, a journalist investigating private defense contractors became the focus of a federal prosecution and was initially charged for sharing a hyperlink containing hacked information that had already been made public.
“The absolute twisted passion with which the administration under Obama’s leadership has pursued whistleblowers is just appalling,” says Norman Solomon, executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and co-founder of RootsAction.org. “And as far as I can tell, the administration is unrepentant in that process. There’s just no other administration that comes close.”
And Trump? Even before his inauguration, Trump called on Congress to investigate press leaks regarding Russia’s alleged hacking of the Democratic and Republican national political committees as well as Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta during the presidential campaign.
LINK
Article from Jan 2017.
As our country takes stock of Obama’s tenure as commander-in-chief, the Press determined it appropriate to scrutinize his record on press freedoms and his ongoing and unprecedented federal crackdown of whistleblowers.
Obama’s record, here’s what history will show: In his eight years in office, the Obama Justice Department spearheaded eight Espionage Act prosecutions, more than all US administrations combined. Journalists were also caught in the crosshairs: Investigators sought phone records for Associated Press journalists, threatened to jail an investigative reporter for The New York Times, and named a Fox News reporter a co-conspirator in a leak case. In Texas, a journalist investigating private defense contractors became the focus of a federal prosecution and was initially charged for sharing a hyperlink containing hacked information that had already been made public.
“The absolute twisted passion with which the administration under Obama’s leadership has pursued whistleblowers is just appalling,” says Norman Solomon, executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and co-founder of RootsAction.org. “And as far as I can tell, the administration is unrepentant in that process. There’s just no other administration that comes close.”
And Trump? Even before his inauguration, Trump called on Congress to investigate press leaks regarding Russia’s alleged hacking of the Democratic and Republican national political committees as well as Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta during the presidential campaign.
LINK
This post was edited on 9/24/19 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 9/24/19 at 4:48 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
deflect much. this is about trump not Obama.
Posted on 9/24/19 at 4:48 pm to 56lsu
partisan hypocrite much?
This is about Biden and Trump
This is about Biden and Trump
Posted on 9/24/19 at 4:50 pm to 56lsu
No, what he posted was most definitely mostly about Obama.
Posted on 9/24/19 at 4:53 pm to 56lsu
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deflect much. this is about trump not Obama.
Is it though? When will the hipocracy be pointed out by the left or the MSM?
This is not deflection, it is reflection. You still haven't figured out Trump?
He's draining the swamp and people don't know their swirling down the drain.
This post was edited on 9/24/19 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 9/24/19 at 4:55 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
Trump is YOUR problem now. Not Obama.
Posted on 9/24/19 at 5:12 pm to kkv75
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Trump is YOUR problem now. Not Obama.
Riiiight! Because the Dems and MSM are losing their minds because Trump is lawless? Or is it because they know their corruption is about to be exposed?
I can't wait for tomorrow when all of you are screaming that the transcript is fake. Lol
Posted on 9/24/19 at 5:14 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
Obama spied on everybody, divided, race-baited. Look up IG Gerald Walpin the first IG Obama fired because he filed a report not favorable to Obama and his wife at all.
Posted on 9/24/19 at 5:20 pm to cajunangelle
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Obama spied on everybody
What do you think the look on Uncle Joe's face will be when he realizes that his pizza loving best friend, Obama, spied on him as well?
Posted on 9/24/19 at 6:07 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
then why did he call Pelosi and ask if there was any way to work something out.
Posted on 9/24/19 at 6:12 pm to 56lsu
You know that didn't happen shut the frick up
Posted on 9/24/19 at 7:16 pm to 56lsu
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then why did he call Pelosi and ask if there was any way to work something out.
And your source is who? Lol
Posted on 9/24/19 at 8:03 pm to kkv75
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Trump is YOUR problem now. Not Obama.
Did you have an overdose of vaccines when you were a kid?
Posted on 9/24/19 at 8:06 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
Good article. They should impeach Obama.
Posted on 9/24/19 at 8:11 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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Good article. They should impeach Obama.
Lucky for us Obama is out of office and can now be indicted.
Posted on 9/24/19 at 8:18 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
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Lucky for us Obama is out of office and can now be indicted.
Not for anything in that article.
Posted on 9/25/19 at 12:08 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
Fake, huh? Awfully quiet now.
Posted on 9/25/19 at 12:21 pm to kkv75
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Fake, huh? Awfully quiet now.
Just read the transcript did you read it? There is no impeachable offence committed.
I see Trump warning Zelenskyy about the deep state actors around him.
Did you wait all night to come back and show me? The transcript doesn't show anything. Lol
From page 3 Trump says: "There are a lot of things that went on, the whole situation. I think you're surrounding yourself with some of the same people. I would like to have the Attorney General call you or your people and I would like you to get to the bottom if it. As you saw yesterday, that whole nonsense ended with a very poor performance by a man named Robert Mueller, an incompetent performance, but they say a lot of it started with Ukraine. Whatever you can do, it's very important that you do it if that's possible."
Posted on 9/25/19 at 1:44 pm to BeNotDeceivedGal6_7
Deflect
Deceive
Deter
Deny :rotflmao:
Detain :rotflmao:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Getcha sharpies ready
Deceive
Deter
Deny :rotflmao:
Detain :rotflmao:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Getcha sharpies ready
Posted on 9/25/19 at 4:06 pm to kkv75
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Deflect deceive deter deny
When people refer to Trump Derangement Syndrome you are the example that comes to mind. The MSM and left are calling it a rough transcript or "transcript" like with air quotes or they are calling it an incomplete transcript.
They know full well that verbatim transcripts of the president's calls aren't kept. This is a political theater put on for people like you who buy it hook, line, and sinker. The IG didn't even find the whistleblower report of urgent nature. Thats why it wasn't turned over to Congress. Wake up man. The Dems couldn't sell the Mueller report so now they are trying to sell this whistleblower.
Let me share some lines from today's news stories that show how the left is trying to downplay the transcript or say it's altered or incomplete.
We must remember the president was reported to have several calls with President Zelensky over the summer, and his administration has a well-earned reputation for dishonesty, altered facts, and incomplete disclosure in public releases.
White House releases incomplete ‘transcript’ of Trump’s Ukraine phone call about Joe Biden
Rough Transcript Shows Trump Pressed Ukraine to Look Into Joe Biden’s Son
Trump's Ukraine Call 'Transcript' Proves This Is 'Stupid Watergate'
Some Democrats slammed the document as a “highly-edited memo”
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