David Gregory to Greenwald: Why shouldn't you be charged with a crime?

[sailingaway]

Twitter bomb him

"The Fear Dept", a twitter account that hates DHS and pretends to be it, is doing that, you can retweet:

https://twitter.com/FearDept

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

David Gregory = Fascist Mouthpiece for the .Gov/corporate mind control establishment

LOL! NBC/David Gregory/MSNBC - 30 Rockefeller Center... Another Corporatist Propaganda based in the Manhattan Media Machine Mecca

 

[angelatc]

Shorter Greenwald: Obamabot Is Obamabot

 

[donnay]

Flashback:







Lapdog shills...Ron Paul was right and still is!!

 

[Anti Federalist]

Fucking fascists.

 

[Brett85]

Is Greenwald a libertarian now? He seems pretty far away from what passes for a liberal these days.

 

[CPUd]

Is Greenwald a libertarian now? He seems pretty far away from what passes for a liberal these days.

I think he's a journalist.

 

[Danan]

Is Greenwald a libertarian now? He seems pretty far away from what passes for a liberal these days.

I doubt it (assuming he actually was a leftist before, I absolutely don't know that). I don't see why any of this would have changed his economic views.

It doesn't really matter to me, though. Glenn is absolutely brilliant and right on target at what he's doing for a living. He's not going out there telling people that he knows how the economy should be working or that governments should own schools. He is being a great investigative journalist, especially on issues that concern libertarians a whole lot.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Is Greenwald a libertarian now? He seems pretty far away from what passes for a liberal these days.

That's because although he is indeed a liberal (and is not a libertarian), he actually has principles and integrity - and he takes those things seriously.

It's difficult to credit, I know - given that the overwhelming majority of "liberals" are no more than Obamabots & Team Blue cheerleaders.

But it's true. Sort of like finding a virgin in a whorehouse ...

 

[Brett85]

I doubt it (assuming he actually was a leftist before, I absolutely don't know that). I don't see why any of this would have changed his economic views.

Well, I would just think that if he opposes this kind of government surveillance, then he should oppose bills like Obamacare that contain all kinds of invasions of privacy and personal liberty. It just seems like an inconsistent philosophy to me. But then again, what passes for "conservatism" today is probably inconsistent as well. Liberty is the only truly consistent political philosophy.

 

[angelatc]

Here's a nice article about Greenwald: http://www.out.com/news-commentary/2011/04/18/glenn-greenwald-life-beyond-borders?page=full

 

[sailingaway]

I doubt it (assuming he actually was a leftist before, I absolutely don't know that). I don't see why any of this would have changed his economic views.

It doesn't really matter to me, though. Glenn is absolutely brilliant and right on target at what he's doing for a living. He's not going out there telling people that he knows how the economy should be working or that governments should own schools. He is being a great investigative journalist, especially on issues that concern libertarians a whole lot.

He's a civil libertarian, whatever else he is, and I can support that aspect of him.

 

[buck000]

Wasn't David Gregory the guy who was in illegal possession of a rifle magazine on his show? Was he charged with that crime?

 

[Occam's Banana]

Wasn't David Gregory the guy who was in illegal possession of a rifle magazine on his show?

He was.

Was he charged with that crime?

He was not.

 

[jllundqu]

This was epic... Greenwald = BALLS

He is quick-witted and very articulate! Man he comes up with good answers of the top of his head, fast!

 

[randomname]

to the feds, INSULTING and EMBARRASSING them is a much worse crime than publishing some top secret documents and merits being droned (or "accidented")

if all Greenwald did was publish some secret documents, this talking point wouldnt exist

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

Wow fuck you David Gregory. I kinda liked him a little but now I know he's a little twat

 

[better-dead-than-fed]

Calling B.S. here. Disregard of the Espionage Act invites its uneven application, to the advantage of government thugs.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Calling B.S. here.

I'm calling BS on you calling BS.

Disregard of the Espionage Act [...]

The White House routinely & deliberately "disregards" the Espionage Act by intentionally leaking classified info that makes the Feds look good.

[...] invites its uneven application [...]

Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention, but I hadn't noticed that the Feds were getting the short end of the stick in this regard.

In any case, charging Snowden or Greenwald under the Espionage Act will "even things out" ... how, exactly?

[...] to the advantage of government thugs.

The notion that the prosecution of Greenwald, et al. under the Espionage act would be anything but "to the advantage of government thugs" is just asinine.

 

[better-dead-than-fed]

I'm calling BS on you calling BS.

Not cool.

The White House routinely & deliberately "disregards" the Espionage Act by intentionally leaking classified info that makes the Feds look good.

Exactly.

Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention, but I hadn't noticed that the Feds were getting the short end of the stick in this regard.

Exactly, the feds are coming out ahead in this regard.

In any case, charging Snowden or Greenwald under the Espionage Act will "even things out" ... how, exactly?

It would allow the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of the Espionage Act, in a case with a resourceful, benevolently-interested defendant (Greenwald). This would put an end to the dangerous amount of discretion the DOJ currently enjoys in whether to charge particular defendants.

The notion that the prosecution of Greenwald, et al. under the Espionage act would be anything but "to the advantage of government thugs" is just asinine.

So you'd rather keep the Espionage Act on the books as is, where it's used to pick off good guys, but disregarded when it suits the administration?