Discussion: Homeland Security Chairman: North Korea Internet Blackout Was Revenge

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Should we be paying him? He’s lousy at his position.

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How would he know? Did one of the right’s militia do it? Or, did he just release secret information? Nothing is beneath these traitors.

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Is this leak prosecutable or should he have emailed?

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I’m guessing he blabbed something he shouldn’t have, national security briefings and whatnot. Consequences?

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“Retaliation” is not a synonym for “revenge.” And, yes, idiot wingnut is blabbing shit he shouldn’t be blabbing the way idiot wingnuts always seem to do as soon as they get elected by pretending to be all about national security and come into contact with classified information.

Like the time Orin Hatch blabbed about us listening in on Osama’s phone calls. Or that time the Bush Administration’s bragging about how they killed a “high value target” burned a source.

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Way to go Repubiclans. Tripping over your own dicks in the realm of foreign affairs.

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Is this another case of Republicans tipping our hand to our enemy?

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What an ASS … while there may have been various thoughts about this before, they were still a bit in the gray zone …
now, his actions potentially come across to North Korea as:

    • 'Yeah , we did it … nah nah nah … we shut you down… what are you going to do about it pudgy boy? ’

And - psycho North Korea could potentially look at this public pronouncement / claim as an intentional humiliation - requiring some sort of violent & lethal retaliation by them in order to avoid complete embarrassment & totally ‘losing face’

Over and over members of the GOP are demonstrating an insane level of irresponsibility.

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His defense?
“At least I didn’t send a letter to the Ayatollah.”

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Considering how unbalanced N. Korea is…admissions like this are not a reasoned or smart move. We should juuuust be quite about such things.

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These republicans on security committees always leak some shit to be the cool guy in the news. Happens so frequently it makes one wonder why we even have clearance levels and private committees.

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Hey! With all the fuss goin’ on a fellow has to do what he can to get any attention.

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When voters are faced with the question:
‘Who do you trust to competently handle foreign relations’ … it would be insanity to say the GOP !

The GOP, (similar to their approach to domestic policy making) - seems to have adopted the totally idiotic stance that diplomacy, negotiation, collaboration, compromise - are all a signs of weakness - so total domination & submission to the GOP’s view is the only acceptable path.

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That’s right admit something you know you shouldn’t admit. Republicans can’t be trusted with government.

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This is why the GOP need to be taken away from microphones - they actually believe that this kind of talking increases their dick size. Bragging is not Statemanship - but they should already know that.

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This story gets no attention but Hillary’s email account will be covered for the next two years.

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Now let me see if I have this right.
The United States Government undertook an illegal act-possibly using extra-governmental and potentially illegal “agencies,” in retaliation for an equally illegal act of cybernetic crime against the intellectual Property and the Corporate privacy of an International Corporation.
Mind you, not in reprisal for an attack upon a branch of American Government, or in retaliation against an active threat to the freedom and security of American Citizens- but an attack against a Corporation “merits” retaliation by the “government” of a Western Industrial Democracy.
The United States goes rouge to punish another rogue nation.

Check Please.

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I’ve seen this McCaul on either Rachel or O’Donnell, which are the two MSNBC shows I watch, and he sounded reasonable in spite of having R after his name. But now that he’s had a mic clipped on to his tie and the earpiece stuck in he’s found he likes talking to the nearest audience. He’s on the wrong committee (and most Rs are in way over their heads) if he can’t keep a secret.

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So Kim Jong Un couldn’t watch his cat videos on YouTube? What’s the big deal?