[–] derram 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
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The Leakers Who Exposed Gen. Flynn’s Lie Committed Serious — and Wholly Justified — Felonies
'The only reason the public learned about Flynn’s lie is because someone inside the U.S. government violated the criminal law by leaking the contents of Flynn’s intercepted communications. '
'In the spectrum of crimes involving the leaking of classified information, publicly revealing the contents of SIGINT — signals intelligence — is one of the most serious felonies. '
'Flynn. '
'Flynn, blatantly lied to the public about a material matter — his conversations with Russian diplomats — and the public has the absolute right to know this. '
'Indeed, while Democrats have suddenly re-discovered the virtues of illegal leaking, Trump-supporting Republicans are insisting that the only thing that matters is rooting out the criminal leakers. '
[–] NeedleStack [S] ago
This is one of the key paragraphs in the article:
Yet very few people are calling for a criminal investigation or the prosecution of these leakers, nor demanding the leakers step forward and “face the music” — for very good reason: The officials leaking this information acted justifiably, despite the fact that they violated the law. That’s because the leaks revealed that a high government official, Gen. Flynn, blatantly lied to the public about a material matter — his conversations with Russian diplomats — and the public has the absolute right to know this.
[–] anoncastillo 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
If this was coming from almost anyone on the left other than Glenn Greenwald I'd be calling it worthless propaganda, but I know Greenwald supported whistleblowers who spoke out against Obama and people in his administration and would have done so if Hillary had been elected too, so I don't mind.