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Koinos

(2,792 posts)
Tue May 19, 2015, 09:26 AM May 2015

Jeff Sessions Reveals Specifics of TPP

Jeff Sessions has defied threats to prosecute those who disclose specifics of the trade agreement. He has revealed content. Others should read the document and speak up. Would Obama order the DOJ to prosecute senators who disclose contents of this odious bill? That heavy-handedness would only serve to doom passage of the TPP forever. I also believe that constitutional questions about the so-called confidentiality of this document would arise.

See this article in Truthout:

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30848-senator-sessions-takes-a-bold-step-tells-the-truth-about-the-tpp

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AzDar

(14,023 posts)
1. Put in the awkward sitch of agreeing with the likes of J. Sessions... Thanks, Obama!!
Tue May 19, 2015, 09:38 AM
May 2015


STOP THE TPP!!

Koinos

(2,792 posts)
2. Yep, it almost hurt to post it.
Tue May 19, 2015, 10:17 AM
May 2015

But it seems that senators who actually take the time to read it don't like the smell of it.

The secrecy thing is especially repugnant. Bill Clinton did not hide NAFTA in this way.

 

Romeo.lima333

(1,127 posts)
3. Would Obama order the DOJ to prosecute senators? of course he would this potus likes to prosecute
Tue May 19, 2015, 10:19 AM
May 2015

whistleblowers. cant have w.b. in this transparent admin

GoneFishin

(5,217 posts)
5. Maybe. But I feel as though there is a pattern whereby right-wingers get a pass in situations
Tue May 19, 2015, 12:32 PM
May 2015

for which progressives get the book thrown at them.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
6. TPP must really stink for Sessions to spill the crapola.
Tue May 19, 2015, 12:37 PM
May 2015

Truthout does the job Corporate McPravda can't touch: telling the TRUTH.

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