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Obama and responsibility
In his inaugural adress, Obama stated that the American people and politicians should be more reponsible in their own lives. However the current wiretapping revalations make more neccessary than ever that Obama needs to prosecute those in the previous administration, who broke the law. On both the Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow shows it was revealed that the NSA wiretapped journalists and organizations that disapproved of Bush's policies. If Obama wants to set an example of responsibility in his administration, he needs to presecute those whe were acted carelessly in regrards to the constitution and American democracy.
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It was revealed that EVERYONE was wiretapped, including those with NO foregin communications. And that journalists were specifically targetted.
Being compartmentalized, I don't doubt a separate focus was politicans of the Democratic stripe, but about which Tice doesn't know.
There should be an uptick in the number of whistleblowers now that the very real threat of retaliation is out of office.
Obama may be forced by sheer weight of evidence and evnts to prosecute, thus be able to genuinely claim that he is only doing as We the people demand. That makes it non-partisan non-"witch hunt".
January 23, 2009 1:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
It looks like you misspelled persecute, rather than prosecute. If we don't get them prosecuted, it seems more than fair that we persecute them; after all, that's what they've done to us and a lot of other people.
January 23, 2009 2:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
I will go along with that Brant!!!!
January 23, 2009 9:23 PM | Reply | Permalink