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Should Bush, Cheney and even Obama be Concerned?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 639490" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>Actually he was convicted of lying and obstruction, ie, <em>not</em> revealing information. If he had told the truth things would have been much more interesting. It's not the act of revealing classified information, per se, that bothers me. I view classified information in the interest of national security as a necessary evil that is far to open to abuse. Once the government grants itself the power to classify information, it has a tendency to start classifying everything that it doesn't want you (the taxpayer) to know about, very often for reasons that have nothing to with the justification. For instance, maintaining secret detention centers outside the US where detainees can be held forever without representation or trial. People who reveal that type of classified information are doing the right thing, in my judgment. For what it's worth I doubt the Obama administration had anything to with with revealing classified info. Since they took over Obama has been doing everything in his power to obstruct any sort of meaningful investigation into anything that might have occurred under the previous administration. Bush and Cheney's secrets will be safe if he has anything to say about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 639490, member: 4805"] Actually he was convicted of lying and obstruction, ie, [I]not[/I] revealing information. If he had told the truth things would have been much more interesting. It's not the act of revealing classified information, per se, that bothers me. I view classified information in the interest of national security as a necessary evil that is far to open to abuse. Once the government grants itself the power to classify information, it has a tendency to start classifying everything that it doesn't want you (the taxpayer) to know about, very often for reasons that have nothing to with the justification. For instance, maintaining secret detention centers outside the US where detainees can be held forever without representation or trial. People who reveal that type of classified information are doing the right thing, in my judgment. For what it's worth I doubt the Obama administration had anything to with with revealing classified info. Since they took over Obama has been doing everything in his power to obstruct any sort of meaningful investigation into anything that might have occurred under the previous administration. Bush and Cheney's secrets will be safe if he has anything to say about it. [/QUOTE]
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