Has Truth Become Treason? (website's actual title, not mine!)

**Edwina's Secretary** · 04-13-2011, 05:43 PM

What a silly statement! At issue is not whether the information is true or false - is is whether that person had the right to release the information.

Blabbing stuff you don't have the right to isn't just a government issue. I just left a client for whom we drafted a confidentiality agreement. Most companies have them - standard practice. And if you violate it you can be fired and sued.

LH - why should they do research? Takes all the fun out of it. My mother's (she is 87) favorite from the Paul boys is - give senior vouchers and let them "shop" for the best medical insurance deal. She says a good day is when she can remember how to shop for groceries. How the heck is she suppose to shop for something as complex as medical insurance?

But perhaps the statements they make are "not intended to be factual statements."

**Lady's Human** · 04-13-2011, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary

But perhaps the statements they make are "not intended to be factual statements."

Like Ron's anti-Semitic ravings weren't his words, it was just something concocted by a staffer who thought it sounded like something Ron would agree with. (which Ron then signed, but hey, it was just boilerplate, no need to read it......)

**Edwina's Secretary** · 04-13-2011, 10:46 PM

How about this as a response...

Has violating your oath become patriotic?

Has endangering others and the safety of your country become honorable?

But then..I don't twitter. I will leave that to twits like the Paul boys.

**smokey the elder** · 04-14-2011, 08:49 AM

"Truth is a three-edged sword: your truth, my truth, and the real truth." G'Kar, Babylon 5 Truer (pardon the pun) words were never spoken.

**wombat2u2004** · 04-14-2011, 11:47 AM

But if a truth is harmful to a country, and endangers those who live there, isn't that truth treason ???

**smokey the elder** · 04-14-2011, 02:10 PM

Could be...BUT over 200 years ago we had the controversial Alien and Sedition acts which IMO went a wee bit too far; it became unlawful to criticize the government AT ALL! So one must be mindful of slippery-slope potential. Do I think our battle plans should be blabbed for all the world to see? Of course not! But, if these battle plans themselves aren't carefully guarded...information doesn't get onto WikiLeaks all by itself.