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Olbermann on Bush’s Hypocrisy

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Posted on Mar 8, 2006
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Keith Olbermann: The Bush administration on the hunt for anyone who might have leaked word of the NSA domestic spying program to the media.  Amid further word tonight that there may even be more secret spying going on than thought previously.  Absent any hint of irony, the administration launching several investigations to nab any federal official who may have blown the whistle on its warrant-free surveillance programs, as well as its secret CIA prisons.

President Bush, you will recall, calling the NSA leak a, quote, “shameful act” that was, quote, “helping the enemy.”  Never mind the members of his own senior staff who saw fit to leak the name of a covert CIA operative, mainly because her husband had said something critical about he White House. The Washington Post reported that dozens of employees at the CIA, NSA and other intelligence agencies have been interviewed by the FBI already.  At the same time, the Justice Department warning reporters that they could be prosecuted under espionage laws….

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By don in east rutherford, March 12, 2006 at 8:45 pm Link to this comment
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there are NO good people ihn the Bush Administration.  Just whores. 

Colin Powell (no longer in the cabinet):  whore.  condie rice:  bigger whore.  you’re asking a whore to do the right thing.  forget it.  the hooker with a heart of gold is a movie cliche.  this is reality. 

And as for the army revolting:  In 1970 the Ohio National Guard fired on students at Kent State University, killing 4.  In August of 2005, the criminal George Bush sent the 82nd Airborne into a devastated New Orleans where people had to scrounge for food and water, with orders to shoot “looters” - shoot to kill. 

They WILL kill you…and me.  And we have to oppose them anyway.

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By clifford, March 12, 2006 at 1:32 pm Link to this comment
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the point to me is that keith oberman is one of few who told that truth.

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By Toothless, March 11, 2006 at 1:57 pm Link to this comment
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Whether we want to admit it or not this nation has passed the point of no return. Sadly, the people are only going to regain their country by revolution.  Peaceful, if possible.  It may depend on the decision the armed forces take.  I wouldn’t be surprised if they supported an overthrow. 

The refusal of Russian soldiers to fire on and disperse rioting citizens heralded the demise of the Soviet Union.  History could be repeated here.

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By Noodle, March 9, 2006 at 2:06 pm Link to this comment
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Can we appeal to the ‘good’ people of the Bush admin?  They can see first hand how the ideals and values of America are being shredded in the name of profit.  Will no good American working in the Bush admin come forward and shed light on the criminality going on in the WH?  Are they scared for their jobs?  More scared than for their country?  Do they fear prosecution?  I would love to see Court TV cover the trial for espionage of a person coming forward with evidence of WH crimes.  Please good Republican Bush admin workers, save your country from this maniac.  Please.

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