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2006-04-23 Home Front: Politix
Kerry - It's OK To Leak Classified Info 'To Tell The Truth'
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Posted by Raj 2006-04-23 10:47|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 You know, classification in Washington is a tool that is used to hide the truth from the American people.

He has a remarkable grasp and understanding of the intelligence process.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-04-23 10:57||   2006-04-23 10:57|| Front Page Top

#2 So... it is ok to tell the press about your secret panty wearing? 'Cus it is ok as long as it is the truth, right?
Posted by DarthVader 2006-04-23 11:24||   2006-04-23 11:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Is he talking like this because she gave to his campaign?
Posted by plainslow 2006-04-23 11:38||   2006-04-23 11:38|| Front Page Top

#4 OK, Jf'inK, how about I leak that you're spoiled, whiny, loser loon living on your wife's dead husband's money.

Oh, wait - that's only classified if you're a Democrat. :-D
Posted by  Barbara Skolaut"> Barbara Skolaut  2006-04-23 11:41|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]  2006-04-23 11:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Depends entirely on who's Ox gets gored.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-04-23 11:49||   2006-04-23 11:49|| Front Page Top

#6 and to think he came close to being president OMG
Posted by Jan 2006-04-23 11:51||   2006-04-23 11:51|| Front Page Top

#7 This fatuous, bubble-brained twit came within a few thousand votes of being our President and the Commander-in-Chief of our armed forces. God have mercy upon us if we ever let these shitheads back in power.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D.  2006-04-23 11:56||   2006-04-23 11:56|| Front Page Top

#8 Too bad she didn't tell the truth. Those "prisons" don't exist and never did.
Posted by Parabellum 2006-04-23 11:57||   2006-04-23 11:57|| Front Page Top

#9 First: "You know, classification in Washington is a tool that is used to hide the truth from the American people."

Bullshit Senator. Classification is used to protect data, sources and methods , the disclosure of which could be reasonably expecte to caus from moderate to extremely grave damage to the security of the United States of America. Only in your "reliving the 60's" bullshit world does it mean what you choose it to mean in your statement.

Lets see as I published elsehwere:
U.S.C. Title 18, Part I Ch 37 Sec 793 Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information
U.S.C. Title 18, Part I Ch 37 Sec 798 Disclosure of classified information

I dont see ANY exemptions there for "telling the truth".

Bottom line is:

They took information that damaged the securoty of the United stats and was legally classified, then published it to MAKE MONEY or for POLITICAL GAIN.

For the reporters, they simply *sold* secrets (published in newspapaers that were sold for that conent), same as any spy like Hannasen or the Walkers who sold secrests to the Soviets for personal financial gain.

McCarthy did it for Political motivations - same as John Pollard who gave secrets to the Israelis for political reasons.

Both the reporters and McCarthy should be going to prison. They KNEW what they were doing was wrong, but their own imperatives of political and monetary gain were more important to them than was the law and the nations security, so they disregarded the law.

Like the Walkers and Pollard, they should be put in jail for the same crimes. And condemned just as roundly. Anyone with an ounce of integrity woudl be saying so, instead of tryign to excuse them in order to make political hay liek the Democrats.

That being said, Demcrats DISGUST me with this behavior - I could NEVER vote for them. (and can hardly see myself voting for the current crop of dickless wonders the Republicans have there who do nothing about border security, judges, taxes - act like a majority or you will not have to worry about it much longer!).

The situation is that simple regarding the law and the morals of the situation. These are not heroes, they are only the latest incarnation of the Walkers and Pollard - people out for personal gain at the expense of the security of the nation.

Too bad Kerry and other apologists are such simpletons and refuse to see that.
Posted by Oldspook 2006-04-23 12:01||   2006-04-23 12:01|| Front Page Top

#10 "You know, classification in Washington is a tool that is used to hide the truth from the American people."
Classification is a tool that is used to hide the truth from everyone, especially enemies, for the ultimate benefit the American people.
Posted by Darrell 2006-04-23 12:02||   2006-04-23 12:02|| Front Page Top

#11 This should put him at the head of the pack for the 2008 nomination.
Posted by Perfessor 2006-04-23 12:19||   2006-04-23 12:19|| Front Page Top

#12 Release your military records, Lurch.
Posted by Captain America 2006-04-23 12:23||   2006-04-23 12:23|| Front Page Top

#13 Somebody should leak his entire personnel file from the DoD.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-04-23 12:30||   2006-04-23 12:30|| Front Page Top

#14 The Clintagon Papers (TM)

NYT, WaPo, BosGlob, El-Lay Timez, Beebus Succubus, et al...
Posted by Gletle Glang6150 2006-04-23 12:40||   2006-04-23 12:40|| Front Page Top

#15 This kind of simple-headedness and two-faced behavior is why john "traitor" kerry should swing by the neck until his body rots and the rope can no longer hold the pieces together. What a totally stupid, idiotic, moronic little twit. The dummycritters should never be allowed to live down nominating this idiot for president of the United States.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2006-04-23 13:08|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2006-04-23 13:08|| Front Page Top

#16 Somehow, I think he'll change his tune should a Democrat become president.
Posted by Secret Master 2006-04-23 13:19||   2006-04-23 13:19|| Front Page Top

#17 Once you remember that Kerry's been an active traitor since the early '70s, his comments make sense.

Mind you, that makes me wonder about the rest of the people rushing to McCarthy's defense...
Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford  2006-04-23 13:21|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2006-04-23 13:21|| Front Page Top

#18 Robert, I don't wonder.

And neither do you.

We both know. As does just about everyone here.
Posted by  Barbara Skolaut"> Barbara Skolaut  2006-04-23 14:06|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]  2006-04-23 14:06|| Front Page Top

#19 Did he pick a side, support the US, or say anything worth quoting? Nope, nothing new here.

Except you ol Darth! Your truth tellin has ruined my business of selling girls underware to him to wear under his French suits. Now what am I gonna do? Damn the truth.
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-04-23 14:07||   2006-04-23 14:07|| Front Page Top

#20 Hee hee LOL!
Posted by 6 2006-04-23 15:11||   2006-04-23 15:11|| Front Page Top

#21 So, what Kerry is saying is that those massive volumes of fiction written over the decades by college interns tripping on LSD which contain nothing remotely realistic should be kept secret under penalty of law. But, leaking the truth is exceptable secret behavior.
Kerry is an asshole. Kerry is a democrat. All demmocrats are _______s.
Posted by wxjames 2006-04-23 15:26||   2006-04-23 15:26|| Front Page Top

#22 This fatuous, bubble-brained twit came within a few thousand votes of being our President and the Commander-in-Chief of our armed forces. God have mercy upon us if we ever let these shitheads back in power.


Says it all right there!
Posted by Crusader 2006-04-23 15:41||   2006-04-23 15:41|| Front Page Top

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