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

[smokey the elder]

"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]

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

[smokey the elder]

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.

[lizbud]

Words spoken by a Republican Senator & recorded in the Congressional record are not meant to be factual.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/04/1...ex.html?hpt=T2

[Lady's Human]

Both sides use the same tactics, calling out a republican for doing it is the pot calling the kettle black.

Look at their statements on the budget.

As to the information not getting onto wikileaks by itself, that is true. However, I cannot fathom the movement behind freeing the dear child who stole thousands upon thousands of classified documents and gave them to wikileaks. He was in a sensitive position, vetted, probably had a TSSBI, and was read on, which means he had signed at least 3 NDA forms. He KNEW what he was doing was violating the UCMJ and Federal law.

Let him pay the price for his crimes.

[Karen]

He was in a sensitive position, vetted, probably had a TSSBI, and was read on, which means he had signed at least 3 NDA forms. He KNEW what he was doing was violating the UCMJ and Federal law.

Let him pay the price for his crimes.

To decode for those unused to such acronyms:

TSSBI: Top Secret Special Background Investigation (level of clearance)
NDA: NonDisclosure Agreement
UCMJ: Uniform Code of Military Justice

[wombat2u2004]

Let him pay the price for his crimes.

Absolutely.

[lizbud]

[QUOTE=Lady's Human;2348360]Both sides use the same tactics, calling out a republican for doing it is the pot calling the kettle black.

Look at their statements on the budget.

/QUOTE]


I've never hear about anyone being so bold about stating that nobody
should expect what they say publicly has any truth to it. Kyl more or less
said that he lies.

[Lady's Human]

I've never hear about anyone being so bold about stating that nobody
should expect what they say publicly has any truth to it. Kyl more or less
said that he lies.

The question is which is worse? Sen. Kyl stating he doesn't tell the truth or someone like Rep. Rangel who has been caught repeatedly lying and still doesn't own up to the lies?

(Or the voters who keep sending the same bunch of lying fools back to Congress time and time again)