Posted on 06/03/2015 6:09:54 AM PDT by Enlightened1
WikiLeaks put a hit out on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal Tuesday, offering $100,000 to anyone who turns over the chapters that have yet to be leaked.
The government-document exposing organization already published some chapters of the secret deal, but it wants the whole thing. It’s also using crowdfunding to raise the money to pay the bounty. As of around noon Tuesday, 60 people had pledged $23674.17 to reward those who leak “America’s most wanted secret.”
“The transparency clock has run out on the TPP. No more secrecy. No more excuses. Let’s open the TPP once and for all,” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in a statement.
Opponents of the global deal argue that the White House shouldn’t be negotiating the terms behind closed doors with the other 11 Pacific Rim nations. Those critics, like Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) say they have a right to ensure the trade agreement has adequate protections for workers and the environment.
Proponents argue its a debate so fragile that airing the specifics publicly would thwart progress. They say the chapters already published by WikiLeaks, ones on the environment and intellectual property, strained talks by inflaming interest groups.
There are 26 “missing chapters” with focus on areas like telecom, labor and agricultural goods that WikiLeaks wants to get its hands on. It posted a video on YouTube showing people talking about the deal as a boon for big international corporations:
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100 to 1 the Founding Fathers would consider High Treason
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNsHAHQh4Es
You have to pay to see what’s in it!
WHAT you can EXPECT from the administration who promised to be the MOST transparent, and involve everyone in the process, all they need to do is visit the webpage of the White House...they post EVERYTHING, like college records, passport information. Real test and proof to everyone that they have NOTHING TO HIDE, whatsoever, and then after they are gone, you can deal with HILLARY. She LOVES to be transparent.
a debate so fragile that airing the specifics publicly would thwart progress.
Translation: If you knew what was in it, we couldn’t
sell it to you. Rather like our current president.
$100,000 buys a nice blingy car these days and not much more, maybe some partying and stuff for a short while... nothing worth risking one's life over.
B.O. , before obama there were line items that were not public.
The CIA budget was never public, and buried deep in other bills.
Also the fun bits, where the first letter in each word would spell a ‘name’, or something of interest.
When did this secret shiite stuff come around?
You’d think Democrats, if they were true to liberal mantras, would treat something like this as utter anathema. This is supposedly a characteristic Republican sin.
Ah, it’s one big pit of shared corruption now.
There used to be The Millionaire show on TV back when a million $ was real money. Now they have some kind of briefcase show about $100,000. What difference, at this point, does $100,000 make?
that could buy 3-4 harleys
Another question thst needs to be set before Obama, and then Hillary. Such a simple question.
If the government belongs to the People of the United States, why have we no right to see trade agreements before they happen?
A good down payment on your Tesla too...
Hmmm...I thought wiki already had the TPP...from a thread a couple days ago
Because the first part of your sentence is logically invalid.
Also, we do not get to see the trade agreement AFTER it happens, too.
It is a Soviet Style 'Secret Law'.
You know, I’m fine with the freedom of the press to publish “leaked” government documents, but when they start offering bounties to entice “leakers” to give them specific documents, it is getting a bit too close to espionage for me.
Yeah, classified stuff for “national security” purposes has been around for a long time, but this habit of secrecy in legislation, treaties, and stuff like that seems to have started with Obama, or at least kicked in to high gear at that point. I can’t remember anything major like that before the secret Obamacare negotiations, and secret meetings with executives planning the bailouts.
Top Democratic Senator (Barbara Boxer) Blasts Obama's TPP Secrecy
This isn't a government document.
It is legislation.
Big difference.
They have a little of it. They want the whole thing.
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