Petraeus is the darling of the Empire's Ruling Class. He will have
his fingers slapped and told he is a naughty boy, but he will have the
protection of his Owners.
Dianne Feinstein, a Company Shill, has sent the message, "Petraeus has
suffered enough for his indiscretion.:
Okay, I understand men cheat on their wives. And I know that cheating
men tend to brag and whisper to the women they are bedding down, in
order to show what Macho guys they are. But given that this four star
general was head of the FBI, shouldn't we expect something better of
him? I mean, if Petraeus has to follow his Dicktates, couldn't he at
least resign from his cushy job?
Frankly, I don't care a whit who this Empire Puppet romps in the rack
with. I don't even care to know what pillow talk passes between them.
If that is his moral value, so be it. But I don't want his ilk
holding power over other Americans, and directing agents who will come
after people behaving just like him.
Dianne Feinstein is one more piece of evidence that there is only One
Political Party. We Working Class folk are not a part of this Party.
We are herded out at special times, to show the world that we are an
open democratic society. We select between the prearranged
candidates, and pick the lesser of two Evils.
Then we scurry back into the woodwork.
Carl Jarvis
On 1/13/15, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> Greenwald writes: "Long-standing mavens of DC political power literally
> believe that they and their class-comrades are too noble, important and
> elevated to be subjected to the rule of law to which they subject everyone
> else. They barely even disguise it any more."
>
> Senator Dianne Feinstein. (photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
>
>
> Dianne Feinstein, Strong Advocate of Leak Prosecutions, Demands Immunity
> for
> David Petraeus
> By Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
> 12 January 15
>
> Dianne Feinstein, Wall Street Journal, December 7, 2010 ("Prosecute Assange
> Under the Espionage Act"):
> When WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released his latest document
> trove-more than 250,000 secret State Department cables-he intentionally
> harmed the U.S. government. The release of these documents damages our
> national interests and puts innocent lives at risk. He should be vigorously
> prosecuted for espionage.
> The law Mr. Assange continues to violate is the Espionage Act of 1917. That
> law makes it a felony for an unauthorized person to possess or transmit
> "information relating to the national defense which information the
> possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United
> States or to the advantage of any foreign nation."
> The Espionage Act also makes it a felony to fail to return such materials
> to
> the U.S. government. Importantly, the courts have held that "information
> relating to the national defense" applies to both classified and
> unclassified material. Each violation is punishable by up to 10 years in
> prison.
> The Hill, June 10, 2013 ("Feinstein Calls Snowden's NSA Leaks an "Act of
> Treason"):
> Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Monday said the 29-year-old man who
> leaked information about two national security programs is guilty of
> treason. . . . "I don't look at this as being a whistleblower. I think it's
> an act of treason," the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee
> told
> reporters.
> The California lawmaker went on to say that Snowden had violated his oath
> to
> defend the Constitution. "He violated the oath, he violated the law. It's
> treason."
> Ars Technica, November 3, 2013 (Feinstain says "Forget About Clemency for
> Snowden"):
> If it wasn't already clear that the US government was unhappy with National
> Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden-and the feds want him extradited,
> President Obama denounced him-it is now. Today, the chairwoman of the
> Senate
> Intelligence Committee, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and her House counterpart,
> Mike Rogers (R-MI), both emphasized there would be no mercy coming from
> Washington.
> "He was trusted; he stripped our system; he had an opportunity-if what he
> was, was a whistle-blower-to pick up the phone and call the House
> Intelligence Committee, the Senate Intelligence Committee, and say I have
> some information," Feinstein told CBS' Face The Nation. "But that didn't
> happen. He's done this enormous disservice to our country, and I think the
> answer is no clemency."
> The New York Times, 3 days ago ("FBI and Justice Dept. Said to Seek Charges
> for Petraeus"):
> The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing
> felony charges against David H. Petraeus, contending that he provided
> classified information to a lover while he was director of the C.I.A.,
> officials said, and leaving Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to decide
> whether to seek an indictment that could send the pre-eminent military
> officer of his generation to prison.
> The Huffington Post, yesterday ("Dianne Feinstein Urges Government Not To
> Seek David Petraeus Indictment"):
> Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) urged the Department of Justice not to
> bring criminal charges against former CIA Director David Petraeus over his
> handling of classified information.
> "This man has suffered enough in my view," Feinstein said on CNN's "State
> of
> the Union" on Sunday, explaining why she doesn't think Attorney General
> Eric
> Holder should seek an indictment.
> Petraeus "made a mistake," added the senator, who is vice chairwoman of the
> Senate Intelligence Committee. "But . it's done, it's over. He's retired.
> He's lost his job. How much does the government want?"
> David Petraeus, the person who Feinstein said has "suffered enough," was
> hired last year by the $73 billion investment fund KKR to be Chairman of
> its
> newly created KKR Global Institute, on top of the $220,000/year pension he
> receives from the U.S. Army and the teaching position he holds at Harvard's
> John F. Kennedy School of Government. Let us all pause for a moment to
> lament the deep suffering of this man, and the grave injustice of
> inflicting
> any further deprivation upon him.
> In 2011, I wrote a book, With Liberty and Justice for Some, that examined
> the two-tiered justice system prevailing in the U.S.: how the U.S.
> imprisons
> more of its citizens than any other country in the world (both in absolute
> numbers and proportionally) often for trivial transgressions, while
> immunizing its political and economic elites for even the most egregious
> crimes. Matt Taibbi's book, The Divide, examines the same dynamic with a
> focus on the protection of economic elites and legal repression of ordinary
> citizens in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
> This latest example from Feinstein is one of the most vivid yet. She wanted
> Julian Assange - who isn't even a U.S. citizen and never served in the U.S.
> Government - prosecuted for espionage for exposing war crimes, and demanded
> that Edward Snowden be charged with "treason" for exposing illegal
> eavesdropping which shocked the world. But a four-star general who leaked
> classified information not for any noble purpose but to his mistress for
> personal reasons should be protected from any legal consequences.
> Long-standing mavens of DC political power literally believe that they and
> their class-comrades are too noble, important and elevated to be subjected
> to the rule of law to which they subject everyone else. They barely even
> disguise it any more. It's the dynamic by which the Obama administration
> prosecuted leakers with unprecedented aggression who disclose information
> that embarrasses them politically while ignoring or even sanctioning the
> leaks of classified information which politically glorify them.
> It is, of course, inconceivable that someone like Dianne Feinstein would
> urge the release of ordinary convicts from prison on the ground that their
> actions are "in the past" or that they have "suffered enough." This
> generous
> mentality of mercy, forgiveness and understanding - like Obama's decree
> that
> we Look Forward, Not Backward to justify immunity for American torturers -
> is reserved only for political officials, Generals, telecoms, banks and
> oligarchs who reside above and beyond the rule of law.
>
> Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. Error! Hyperlink reference not
> valid.
>
> Senator Dianne Feinstein. (photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
> https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/12/dianne-feinstein-advocate-whis
> tleblower-prosecutions-demands-immunity-david-petraeus/https://firstlook.org
> /theintercept/2015/01/12/dianne-feinstein-advocate-whistleblower-prosecution
> s-demands-immunity-david-petraeus/
> Dianne Feinstein, Strong Advocate of Leak Prosecutions, Demands Immunity
> for
> David Petraeus
> By Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
> 12 January 15
> Dianne Feinstein, Wall Street Journal, December 7, 2010 ("Prosecute Assange
> Under the Espionage Act"):
> When WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released his latest document
> trove-more than 250,000 secret State Department cables-he intentionally
> harmed the U.S. government. The release of these documents damages our
> national interests and puts innocent lives at risk. He should be vigorously
> prosecuted for espionage.
> The law Mr. Assange continues to violate is the Espionage Act of 1917. That
> law makes it a felony for an unauthorized person to possess or transmit
> "information relating to the national defense which information the
> possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United
> States or to the advantage of any foreign nation."
> The Espionage Act also makes it a felony to fail to return such materials
> to
> the U.S. government. Importantly, the courts have held that "information
> relating to the national defense" applies to both classified and
> unclassified material. Each violation is punishable by up to 10 years in
> prison.
> The Hill, June 10, 2013 ("Feinstein Calls Snowden's NSA Leaks an "Act of
> Treason"):
> Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Monday said the 29-year-old man who
> leaked information about two national security programs is guilty of
> treason. . . . "I don't look at this as being a whistleblower. I think it's
> an act of treason," the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee
> told
> reporters.
> The California lawmaker went on to say that Snowden had violated his oath
> to
> defend the Constitution. "He violated the oath, he violated the law. It's
> treason."
> Ars Technica, November 3, 2013 (Feinstain says "Forget About Clemency for
> Snowden"):
> If it wasn't already clear that the US government was unhappy with National
> Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden-and the feds want him extradited,
> President Obama denounced him-it is now. Today, the chairwoman of the
> Senate
> Intelligence Committee, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and her House counterpart,
> Mike Rogers (R-MI), both emphasized there would be no mercy coming from
> Washington.
> "He was trusted; he stripped our system; he had an opportunity-if what he
> was, was a whistle-blower-to pick up the phone and call the House
> Intelligence Committee, the Senate Intelligence Committee, and say I have
> some information," Feinstein told CBS' Face The Nation. "But that didn't
> happen. He's done this enormous disservice to our country, and I think the
> answer is no clemency."
> The New York Times, 3 days ago ("FBI and Justice Dept. Said to Seek Charges
> for Petraeus"):
> The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing
> felony charges against David H. Petraeus, contending that he provided
> classified information to a lover while he was director of the C.I.A.,
> officials said, and leaving Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to decide
> whether to seek an indictment that could send the pre-eminent military
> officer of his generation to prison.
> The Huffington Post, yesterday ("Dianne Feinstein Urges Government Not To
> Seek David Petraeus Indictment"):
> Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) urged the Department of Justice not to
> bring criminal charges against former CIA Director David Petraeus over his
> handling of classified information.
> "This man has suffered enough in my view," Feinstein said on CNN's "State
> of
> the Union" on Sunday, explaining why she doesn't think Attorney General
> Eric
> Holder should seek an indictment.
> Petraeus "made a mistake," added the senator, who is vice chairwoman of the
> Senate Intelligence Committee. "But . it's done, it's over. He's retired.
> He's lost his job. How much does the government want?"
> David Petraeus, the person who Feinstein said has "suffered enough," was
> hired last year by the $73 billion investment fund KKR to be Chairman of
> its
> newly created KKR Global Institute, on top of the $220,000/year pension he
> receives from the U.S. Army and the teaching position he holds at Harvard's
> John F. Kennedy School of Government. Let us all pause for a moment to
> lament the deep suffering of this man, and the grave injustice of
> inflicting
> any further deprivation upon him.
> In 2011, I wrote a book, With Liberty and Justice for Some, that examined
> the two-tiered justice system prevailing in the U.S.: how the U.S.
> imprisons
> more of its citizens than any other country in the world (both in absolute
> numbers and proportionally) often for trivial transgressions, while
> immunizing its political and economic elites for even the most egregious
> crimes. Matt Taibbi's book, The Divide, examines the same dynamic with a
> focus on the protection of economic elites and legal repression of ordinary
> citizens in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
> This latest example from Feinstein is one of the most vivid yet. She wanted
> Julian Assange - who isn't even a U.S. citizen and never served in the U.S.
> Government - prosecuted for espionage for exposing war crimes, and demanded
> that Edward Snowden be charged with "treason" for exposing illegal
> eavesdropping which shocked the world. But a four-star general who leaked
> classified information not for any noble purpose but to his mistress for
> personal reasons should be protected from any legal consequences.
> Long-standing mavens of DC political power literally believe that they and
> their class-comrades are too noble, important and elevated to be subjected
> to the rule of law to which they subject everyone else. They barely even
> disguise it any more. It's the dynamic by which the Obama administration
> prosecuted leakers with unprecedented aggression who disclose information
> that embarrasses them politically while ignoring or even sanctioning the
> leaks of classified information which politically glorify them.
> It is, of course, inconceivable that someone like Dianne Feinstein would
> urge the release of ordinary convicts from prison on the ground that their
> actions are "in the past" or that they have "suffered enough." This
> generous
> mentality of mercy, forgiveness and understanding - like Obama's decree
> that
> we Look Forward, Not Backward to justify immunity for American torturers -
> is reserved only for political officials, Generals, telecoms, banks and
> oligarchs who reside above and beyond the rule of law.
>
>
>
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