The USG must be the only ones left in the world who think working for State is “undercover”. Everyone else seems to understand that most people working for State are in fact working for the Company.

And to Rod @5, Yes, the myth of America is just a smokescreen to obscure the true nature of government’s behavior. Read “A People’s History of the US”. Time and time again, the facts are openly ignored in favor of the myth.

Commence the Civil Suits!

Sounds like Fat Tony doesn’t want a drug sniffing dog around his home.

So, in summary, mindless followers of Democrats and aficionados of network propaganda all support government propaganda.

While everyone is focused on the drone aspect of this discussion, make no mistake, TPTB fully believe they have the right to kill anyone anywhere. Holder’s answer was an exercise in semantics. Remove ‘weaponized drone’ and ‘engaged in combat’ and the Administration’s answer to the question most certainly is YES.

As Empywheel has been discussing lately, they won’t use drones to assassinate Americans, that’s the job of our militarized police forces. Just ask Chris Dorner.

I read that and it was disgusting. Chavez was a more democratic leader than most of the Democratic Party.

RIP, Mr Chavez. I am going to miss the enjoyment you brought every time you thumbed the eye of the US oligarchy. May your country continue on the path you set them on.

The only thing Goldman Sachs “found” was where their reps (R-GS) put the loophole they bought in the text of the Dodd-Frank bill. The results were intentional. Until some regulator takes them to court for playing symantics with the letter of the law, these sophists will continue to manipulate the law to their will.

Thank you! We’ll be here all week. Don’t forget to tip your waitresses.

Congress needs to stop passing legislation with the idea no one will actually use it as passed. Both Sequestration and the AUMF were passed with the idea they were just threats to influence a situation.

In the case of the AUMF, Congress got behind it because George and Dick promised they wouldn’t use it except as a last resort. When, in fact, it is what they wanted and immediately upon passage started their march to war with Iraq.

With Sequestration, it was supposed to be a kick-the-can-down the road thing, when in fact, it is exactly what the Neo-liberals in the Administration wanted; savage cuts and no new revenue.

I think what the court and the government don’t want to have discussed is the legality of Manning exposing illegalities.

So, I guess the only way to address this injustice is for some persons to document a predetermined “conspiracy” and lock it away in a safe deposit box and then communicate about it via phone and email and wait for the Feds to come knocking. They will then have standing because the Feds will have acted upon information only known to the defendants but otherwise was a fabrication.

If you take a slightly wider view than the workplace, the two authors theories reflect the precarious nature of our whole existence in this country. We have become a throw-away, predator/prey society. Whether you recognize it or not, everyone of us (except for the independently wealthy, unless a Bernie Madoff is your investment advisor)are one illness, car accident or stock market crash away from being discarded or at best thrown into poverty. Since the 70′s when corporations started reneging on their pension promises, the populous has come to understand we are all on our own. Until that changes, it will continue to get worse.

It certainly applies to the actions of CPD and the State Of Illinois in this case.

I don’t know about that. The Frontline piece clearly demonstrates Breuer’s participation in this cover-up. If there were any honest prosecutors at DOJ, this would become a RICO case.