Lies Told About the NDAA and "The Liberal Media"

"But nobody reads. Don't believe people read in this country. There will be a few professors that will read the record...The public will read very little."

September 6, 1964, Warren Commission Executive Session Transcript

- Allen Dulles, Former Director of Central Intelligence.

"Where I come from, we consider Liberals to be dangerous compromisers..."

- Christopher Hitchins

(Late Angry Trot Period)

And the definition of "Whistleblower" isn't also any more of a subjective value judgement than "disgruntled ex-employee" or "politically motivated smear-merchant"....?

Because for one thing, you can't just accept a person's bona fides as a Whistleblower "because he says he is".

This is a frivolous lawsuit:

"The principal allegation made by the plaintiffs against the NDAA is that the vagueness of critical terms in the NDAA could be interpreted by the U.S. federal government in a way that authorizes them to label journalists and political activists who interview or support outspoken critics of the Obama administration’s policies as “covered persons,” meaning that they have given “substantial support” to terrorists or other “associated groups” ."

It can't.

"A person who was a part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners, including any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities in aid of such enemy forces.

Multiple Issues - got that right.

I'm going to have to concur with The Enemy on this one.

Who are these people, and who's funding them?

“My activities as a civil liberties, democracy advocate and independent journalist definitely leave me under the purview of the vague language of the NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act],” said Jennifer “Tangerine” Bolen, one of seven current plaintiffs, along with Hedges, in the suit. A host of live panel discussions with what she called “activists and revolutionaries” as part of independent media outlet Revolution Truth, Bolen has had ongoing contact with Wikileaks activists in an effort to get information to the public. “I believe that could leave me in imminent danger of harm,” she said.

Don't flatter yourself, luv.

This is a woman who, like "Tommy Robinson" of the EDL won't even appear in the media using her real name.

And she professes to be an advocate for openness in Government. And personal privacy. 

Which are mutually antagonistic goals.