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This reads like an advertisement for the FBI. A bigger story is how Obama removed protections and actively attacked whistle blowers after promising the most tr
by edoo 8y ago
This reads like an advertisement for the FBI. A bigger story is how Obama removed protections and actively attacked whistle blowers after promising the most transparent government ever. That had true toll.
- iheartpotatoes 8y agoYou mean like when Obama got legislation passed to protect them? https://www.whistleblowers.org/news/obama-signs-whistleblower-protection-bill-into-law/ https://www.whistleblowers.org/news/obama-signs-whistleblowe...
- edoo 8y agoI mean more like his actual actions vs campaign promises. As usual the name of the legislation is the opposite of what it does. That bill allowed further restrictions on government employees, attempting to unshield them from the 1989 whistleblower protection act. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-van-buren/silencing-whistleblowers_b_4895847.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-van-buren/silencing-whi... https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jan/10/jake-tapper/cnns-tapper-obama-has-used-espionage-act-more-all-/ https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jan/10...
- Dirlewanger 8y agoDidn't help Snowden much.
- iheartpotatoes 8y agoHe was never charged, hence could not be pardoned. However, it is duly noted that I'm trying to reconcile being objective about Obama's own nuanced position, while also supporting whistleblowers like Snowden, Manning and Winner.
- bigpoo 8y agoBig Poo thinks the bigger story is really how bad our privatized health care system is. Big Poo thinks we should move to a medicare for all system. So we can be on par with every single other industrialized nation in the world.