Curious: Why are NatSec hawks always so much more concerned w/leakers than w/China's ability to get THE SAME STUFF at will?
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@emptywheel@seanpaulkelly I'm not comfortable with idiot privates and disgruntled contractors becoming the declassification authority. -
@DrJJoyner@emptywheel@seanpaulkelly Looking at it now, Ellsberg's release looks flat-out quaint & his prosecution absurd. -
@MikeDrewWhat@emptywheel@seanpaulkelly Yes. The classification of a history report on Vietnam as Top Secret was clearly absurd. -
@DrJJoyner The classification of the very use of Section 215 to collect all call metadata is likewise absurd.@MikeDrewWhat@seanpaulkelly -
@emptywheel@DrJJoyner Is the classification of the program absurd? How do you declassify the use of the statute for the program w/o u know? -
@MikeDrewWhat I realize they don't want us to know abt it. BUt not knowing has everything to do w/consent, not efficacy.@DrJJoyner -
@emptywheel@DrJJoyner > the way the statute is being used. -
@MikeDrewWhat So? My point is twofold: 1) secrecy not necessary AT ALL for program, 2) they've lied under oath abt this.@DrJJoyner - 2 more replies
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@emptywheel@seanpaulkelly Nor is this the Pentagon Papers, which was simply an embarrassing history paper. This is an ongoing operation. -
@DrJJoyner@emptywheel@seanpaulkelly No, it isn't a history paper. It's proof the government is actively spying on every American. 1/2 -
@seanpaulkelley@emptywheel@seanpaulkelly Actually, it pretty clearly isn't that.
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