Something I find interesting is that Barack Obama used the Espionage Act to prosecute whistleblowers, more than any other president in the history of our country. Trump is absolutely teeing off on whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning, Reality Winner, Daniel Hale. There's very little if any media outrage about it. The US is seeking to extradite and torture the publisher of the world's most prolific whistleblowing website, Julian Assange, and no one cares.
Thomas Drake, John Kiriakou, Jeffrey Sterling- these people suffered massive consequences to their personal and professional lives for blowing the whistle. The "obey the Constitution" "rule of law" talk was nowhere to be found. They were generally left to rot by society at large. The political class doesn't give a #### about these people- they have nothing but contempt for them.
But this one, of all things, kicks off an impeachment inquiry. This one demands accountability. I don't even disagree with the substance of the complaint assuming it's true. But where was the rule of law for all the other whistleblowers? Where was the accountability for the crimes they exposed? Where was the justice?
It's really sick the way these legal platitudes and pleas to honor 'institutions' get tossed around when it serves established power, but not when it doesn't. This country turned its back on whistleblowers and the rule of law a long time ago. It's clear this is about political opportunism- not honor or being bound to the responsibilities of the office.