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Thomas Drake: These are the hallmarks of tyranny and despotism (must-see)

Posted on January 4, 2012 by dandelionsalad
Freedom of speech!

Image by dreamwhile via Flickr

Dandelion Salad

on Jan 4, 2012

Thomas Drake blew the whistle on a massive domestic information gathering scheme and was called “an enemy of the state” (speech at Sam Adams Awards)

Whistle Blower Threatened with 35 Years in Prison, Warns of Developing Tyranny

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Transcript

What Country Do We Want to Keep?

by Thomas Drake
consortiumnews.com
November 27, 2011

[...]

I consider the immediate aftermath of WWII as the real turning point when the American Dream began to go south at the very moment when the U.S. sat astride the world at the pinnacle of power. Consider all the centralizing legislation for a national security state that was passed either by Congress or put into play by the Executive Branch. And therein lies the problem.

For this is when the American Republic began its transformation into a national security state and then this transformation was exponentially accelerated as a result of 9/11 into a Top Secret America – an increasingly ‘off the books’ secret government operating within our Constitutional form of government that hides behind unitary executive privilege and the invocation of state secrets when questioned or held to account.

[...]

What Country Do We Want to Keep? | Consortiumnews

see

Colonel Morris Davis: Obama had no balls to close Gitmo

Barack Obama signs H.R. 1540, NDAA into law

We’ve had a military coup in the United States!

Congressional Tyranny, White House Surrender by Ralph Nader + The Punk Patriot: Indefinite Detention Bill Passes Both Senate and House

Inside Obama’s “Orwellian World” Where Whistleblowing Has Become Espionage: The Case of Thomas Drake (must-see)

When It Comes To Whistleblowers, Obama is the Worst President by Sibel Edmonds

George Orwell’s 1984 (must-see film)

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14 Responses

  1. Glenn Greenwald and Noam Chomsky: With Liberty and Justice for Some (2011) « Dandelion Salad, on February 13, 2012 at 10:02 PM said:

    [...] Thomas Drake: These are the hallmarks of tyranny and despotism (must-see) [...]

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  2. Ch. 8: From Cheerleader to Enemy of the State by William T. Hathaway « Dandelion Salad, on January 30, 2012 at 7:32 PM said:

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  3. Chris Hedges: Challenging the legality of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) « Dandelion Salad, on January 24, 2012 at 7:43 PM said:

    [...] Thomas Drake: These are the hallmarks of tyranny and despotism (must-see) [...]

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  4. Police State Chicago: Emanuel gets his clampdown by Brit Schulte and Caitlin Sheehan « Dandelion Salad, on January 23, 2012 at 9:03 PM said:

    [...] Thomas Drake: These are the hallmarks of tyranny and despotism (must-see) [...]

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  6. Chris Hedges and Carl Mayer: NDAA – Who is a Terrorist? « Dandelion Salad, on January 17, 2012 at 4:59 PM said:

    [...] Thomas Drake: These are the hallmarks of tyranny and despotism (must-see) [...]

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  7. Why I’m Suing Barack Obama by Chris Hedges « Dandelion Salad, on January 16, 2012 at 3:46 AM said:

    [...] Thomas Drake: These are the hallmarks of tyranny and despotism (must-see) [...]

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  8. Obama: Drones and Change by Sean Fenley « Dandelion Salad, on January 9, 2012 at 3:04 AM said:

    [...] Thomas Drake: These are the hallmarks of tyranny and despotism (must-see) [...]

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  9. Lawrence Wilkerson: Dissent is the Highest form of Patriotism « Dandelion Salad, on January 8, 2012 at 11:32 PM said:

    [...] Thomas Drake: These are the hallmarks of tyranny and despotism (must-see) [...]

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  10. Obama versus civil liberties « Dandelion Salad, on January 8, 2012 at 11:16 PM said:

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  11. A Tired Obsession with Military Detention Plagues American Politics « Dandelion Salad, on January 8, 2012 at 10:08 PM said:

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  12. Ralph Nader: Ron Paul and I agree on ending the empire « Dandelion Salad, on January 8, 2012 at 9:36 PM said:

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  13. Is Obama the Trojan Horse, A Psychopath, A Bad Boyfriend or all Three? « Dandelion Salad, on January 8, 2012 at 1:01 AM said:

    [...] Thomas Drake: These are the hallmarks of tyranny and despotism (must-see) [...]

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  14. flyingcuttlefish, on January 4, 2012 at 8:17 AM said:

    And even more spying everywhich way than you thought!
    See the WikiLeaks story on telecos spying and even X-Box game spying etc. etc.

    http://wikileaks.org/the-spyfiles.html

    Reply

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