But it was a Romanian court that convicted him, probably because he hacked the email of the head of their secret service.

He is the one who began breaking into OUR emails and phones. I thought we were a system of laws. Bush is no different.

Just unclear on what it has to do with this case.

just as wrong as reading snail mail addressed to an individual. Just because the NSA does it doesn't make it right.

But notice how the GOP can keep their hacked news secret. Powell got by most of us but had that been....put in almost any Dem official we all would have known about it within 24 hours.

This is one guy who broke into three emails and got dirt on Colin Powell. NSA knows about every affair and peccadillo of every single member of our government and courts. That means they are using information to gain leverage over these individuals forcing them to do what they want.

The whole "information MUST BE FREE" meme. He just got thrown in jail in Romania for it.

No one can have ANY secrets--that is the argument these kinds of revelations support....

no matter who did it.

I just don't think there's any unringing of the bell, here.

The horse is well clear of the barn.

If you store it online, if you've typed it online, if you indulge in any sort of transmission that goes out over the air, expect that someone might look at it or listen to it outside of your intended recipient.

I've always not had an expectation of privacy in this regard. We pay these putzes to deliver our emails and facilitate our phone calls, but we don't pay them enough for loyalty or privacy. We're just suckers who contribute to their bottom line, while they provide us with a convenient--but not entirely private--form of communication.

much like the reporter of this news story. Snowden is the one that stole the information from the NSA but he did so because in his (and my) opinion, the NSA got the information illegally.

There is no comparison between exposing someone's affair from illegally read emails and exposing the NSA for spying on Americans.

If he were "simply reporting" he would do a dump and put it all out there.

Instead, he's keeping the pile of goodies, and handing it out in dribs and drabs, so he can make money off of it. He's treating national security material like a soap opera. Tune in tomorrow, to GG's Tastes of the NSA!! We give you a small bite, and leave you wanting more!!

He's monetized the stuff that Snowden stole and that he's fencing.

I could care less who Powell emails or dates as it's his personal affairs (no pun intended).

Trust the Daily Mail to publish - Gutter Press!

They just had a succinct assessment. The lead source was CRYPTOME, followed by SMOKING GUN, and they are a source that is "document based."

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/colin-powell-guccifer-email-hack-594321

And you can be sure that Obama has and had a pretty clean background or he would not have thrown his hat in the ring. Had Powell run for President I am certain that one his GOP colleagues would have leaked this all over the media.

while Powell was promoting his book pre 96.
try and dig up that press conference.
I dont expect I'll ever find it, but I remember it.
they can disappear dirt like that effortlessly.
but any little detail they wish to use against the "enemy"
remains vital and viable.

this seems to capture the spirit of the time, before the lineup rolled out their no way Colin event.

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-05-25/news/1995145189_1_colin-powell-bob-dole-powell-run

Now, though, I am wondering why ALMA was so adamantly against the whole idea of CP running.

Where there's smoke, there's fire, and maybe he's done this kind of thing before..?

fuck bush and his 'art' also. He talentless, a war criminal of the highest order and a idiot-moran. I feel sorry for this person. To have gotten into trouble because of a POS like bush. It's outrageous.

should have covered his tracks better.

They went easy on him the first time, but if you push your luck you're gonna pay for it.

Something's rotten somewhere.

like exposing crimes against humanity. But paintings?? Love emails?? What a waste of time!

he was close to getting the Karl Rove lost e mails!!??

A quick dogpile search reveals that these may have been Dumbya memorializing his masturbating in various places throughout his house!
http://mannishblonde.com/?p=73 (Oh please be true!) and then sending the paintings to his sister, Dorothy!


http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/02/nude-self-portrait-george-w-bush-critique

Might he be known to history as the masturbating pResident? Talk about dicking around, right Dick Cheney?
If this is true then the white house must be decontaminated immediately!!! There are children living there for crying out loud! CHILDREN!
EEEWWWWWWWW!!!!!!

for subjecting the world to those gawd awful paintings