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classic Trump. Of course he wants to enforce the NDA...
by wheelerwj 7y ago
classic Trump. Of course he wants to enforce the NDA...
- busterarm 7y agoWell, this is a terribly nonconstructive way to start a conversation. If anything, it's Classic POTUS, as his predecessor attempted to prosecute more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act than all prior POTUS' combined.
- ceejayoz 7y ago> If anything, it's Classic POTUS, as his predecessor attempted to prosecute more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act than all prior POTUS' combined. It should be noted that "all prior POTUS' combined" winds up being four prosecutions since 1945 prior to Obama. Double of nearly-zero is still nearly-zero. 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...
- busterarm 7y agoSeven of the eleven prosecutions under the act since its passing in 1917. It was intended to be a rare power. We shouldn't try to diminish that. That administration also grossly misused their Section 702 powers passed with the 2008 FISA ammendments as well. https://www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/history-fisa-section-702-compliance-violations/ https://www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/history-fisa-section-702...
- ceejayoz 7y ago> It was intended to be a rare power. I'm making the case that less than one a year in a population of 300+ million is, indeed, rare.
- busterarm 7y ago300 million people don't work in a capacity where they could even be tried under the Espionage Act. Those 7 prosecutions were an act of workplace violence done as a representation of the will of the People. It was deeply offensive for there to even be a single prosecution and a clear sign that the Executive did not represent our interests. We should have impeached him for it.
- ceejayoz 7y agoLet's be clear, then: you're arguing it should be a nonexistent power, not a rare one.