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title = "The stench of corruption"
lang = "en"

[taxonomies]
authors = ["harald"]
tags = ["politics", "corruption"]

[extra]

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From an [article in the Intercept][1]:

> Senators, generals, ambassadors, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and
> the owner of The Atlantic were in the roster of powerful voices who wrote to a
> federal judge to ask him to go easy on former CIA director and retired general
> David Petraeus, who admitted to giving classified information to his mistress
> and biographer.

There is a stark and terrible contrast between how people already in power is
treated compared to the whistleblowers that does not have these powerful
connections. Read the [full article][1].

[1]: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/06/08/david-petraeus-powerful-friends-ask-judge-leniency/
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title = "The stench of corruption"
lang = "en"

[taxonomies]
authors = ["harald"]
tags = ["politics", "corruption"]

[extra]

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From an [article in the Intercept][1]:

> Senators, generals, ambassadors, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and
> the owner of The Atlantic were in the roster of powerful voices who wrote to a
> federal judge to ask him to go easy on former CIA director and retired general
> David Petraeus, who admitted to giving classified information to his mistress
> and biographer.

There is a stark and terrible contrast between how people already in power is
treated compared to the whistleblowers that does not have these powerful
connections. Read the [full article][1].

[1]: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/06/08/david-petraeus-powerful-friends-ask-judge-leniency/