http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7117

SIBEL EDMONDS: In Congress We Trust…Not

The former FBI translator and whistleblower suggests blackmail may be at the heart of Congressional refusal to bring accountability and oversight to its own members – such as both Hastert and Harman – in matters of espionage and national security

Exclusive to The BRAD BLOG…

Guest Editorial by Sibel Edmonds

[…]

The recent stunning but not unexpected revelations regarding Jane Harman (D-CA) by the Congressional Quarterly provide us with a little glimpse into one of the main reasons behind the steady decline in the integrity of Congress. But the story is almost dead – ready to bite the dust, thanks to our mainstream media’s insistence on burying ‘real’ issues or stories that delve deep into the causes of our nation’s continuous downward slide. In this particular case, the ‘thank you’ should also be extended to certain blogosphere propagandists who, blinded by their partisanship, myopic in their assessments, and ignorant in their knowledge of the inner workings of our late Congress and intelligence agencies, helped in the post-burial cremation of this case.

Ironically but understandably, the Harman case has become one of rare unequivocal bipartisanship, when no one from either side of the partisan isle utters a word. How many House or Senate Republicans have you heard screaming, or even better, calling for an investigation? The right wing remains silent. Some may have their hand, directly or indirectly, in the same AIPAC cookie jar. Others may still feel the heavy baggage of their own party’s tainted colleagues; after all, they have had their share of Abramoffs, Hasterts and the like, silently lurking in the background, albeit dimmer every day. Some on the left, after an initial silence that easily could have been mistaken for shock, are jumping from one foot to the other, like a cat on a hot tin roof, making one excuse after another; playing the ‘victims of Executive Branch eavesdropping’ card, the same very ‘evil doing’ they happened to support vehemently. Some have been dialing their trusted guardian angels within the mainstream media and certain fairly visible alternative outlets. They need no longer worry, since these guardian angels seem to have blacked out the story, and have done so without the apparent need for much arm twisting…

Hastert Redux

I am going to rewind and take you back to September 2005, when Vanity Fair published an article, which, in addition to my case and the plight of National Security Whistleblowers, exposed the dark side of the then Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert (R-IL), and the corroborated allegations of his illegal activities involving foreign agents and interests.

It’ll be interesting to see what happens to him next.

amy did a piece on Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday party. Outstanding

This man is a national treasure!
http://www.democracynow.org/20…..ete_seeger

Listen to the way Amy ends her interview and piece on Pete

AMY GOODMAN: And for someone who isn’t so hopeful, who is listening to this right now, trying to find their way, what would you say?

PETE SEEGER: Realize that little things lead to bigger things. That’s what Seeds is all about. And this wonderful parable in the New Testament: the sower scatters seeds. Some seeds fall in the pathway and get stamped on, and they don’t grow. Some fall on the rocks, and they don’t grow. But some seeds fall on fallow ground, and they grow and multiply a thousand fold. Who knows where some good little thing that you’ve done may bring results years later that you never dreamed of?
———————————————————-

thanks for all the little and big things that FDL folks do for justice and accountability. I really mean that. thanks

Saturday May 2, 2009 13:45 EDT
The need of the most powerful to turn themselves into victims
http://www.salon.com/opinion/g…..index.html

“Although it’s true — as I argued three years ago and again yesterday — that the prosecution of the two former AIPAC officials was wrong and abusive, that hardly means there was no wrongdoing here.”

that sentence really got under my skin “wrong and abusive” since when did holding people accountable for alleged crimes of espionage becoame ‘wrong and abusive”
——————————————————————-

If Rosen and Franklin get off why is Larry Franklin sitting in prison? He passed the intelligence onto Americans. These guys allegedly passed on the classified intelligence to Israeli officials.

What is good for the goose is good for the gander. I say FREE FREE LARRY FRANKLIN . It has been determined that passing classified intelligence around is “business as usual” Free Free Larry Franklin

Oh forgot Mr. emptywheel and she also needs to eat and sleep. Lucky for the Bush administration

the condiliar can’t outwit a 10 year old kid

and we got a frickin human computer here

insert random unsorted data

push Marcy’s button

wait a few minutes

collect the itemized criminal charges (AND the frickin TIMELINE of the crime)

and we don’t even have to put nickles in this woman to get her to do this stuff. She does it to stay SANE. How cool is that ???

okay so we might have to put a FEW NICKLES in Emptywheel, but that’s a recent development

an that’s just for some new hardware flunkies servants assistants (lucky bastids)

so if ya like what ya see, put a nickle in the pot, and watch it get better

I couldn’t find the link to Marcy’s donation page, so could somebody post it for me