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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Pursuit of Edward Snowden: Washington in a Rage, Striving to Run the World [View all]
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/24Rarely has any American provoked such fury in Washingtons high places. So far, Edward Snowden has outsmarted the smartest guys in the echo chamberand he has proceeded with the kind of moral clarity that U.S. officials seem to find unfathomable.
Bipartisan condemnations of Snowden are escalating from Capitol Hill and the Obama administration. More of the NSAs massive surveillance program is now visible in the light of daywhich is exactly what it cant stand.
The central issue is our dire shortage of democracy. How can we have real consent of the governed when the government is entrenched with extreme secrecy, surveillance and contempt for privacy?
The same government that continues to expand its invasive dragnet of surveillance, all over the United States and the rest of the world, is now asserting its prerogative to drag Snowden back to the USA from anywhere on the planet. Its not only about punishing him and discouraging other potential whistleblowers. Top U.S. officials are also determined toquite literallysilence Snowdens voice, as Bradley Mannings voice has been nearly silenced behind prison walls.
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xchrom
Jun 2013
OP
No, but, Obama is working on it with his 7th prosecution of a whistle blower :P n/t
pam4water
Jun 2013
#81
You have to get into the mindset of an authoritarian follower to understand -
Dragonfli
Jun 2013
#95
and this one?the king blues - your granddad didn't vote for fascists, he shot 'em
Monkie
Jun 2013
#17
That's awesome! Never heard of The King Blues. Obviously British. Current?
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jun 2013
#92
It is pissing the powers that be off to no end that the world does not bow to America's wishes.
The Link
Jun 2013
#4
Yes, I think so. He's been more candid about the NSA in his last two appearances
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#96
That's because he got caught! That's not being candid, that's being confessional.
cui bono
Jun 2013
#98
Most was well known to anyone paying attention but I realize not everyone does.
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#100
Yeah, I was just editing my post while you responded. Obama signed the extension.
cui bono
Jun 2013
#103
OK, let me try to explain why I think you and I are talking at cross-purposes, here...
truth2power
Jun 2013
#49
Are you suggesting that it has previously been used for other purposes...
Swede Atlanta
Jun 2013
#85
He will get it too, even in the EU now with allies countries, the rules are strict. If a country
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#42
"Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge
bemildred
Jun 2013
#28
And that is why we are well and truly screwn! coming from both sides now.
SammyWinstonJack
Jun 2013
#108
Karl Rove, Ari Fleischer and a whole host of Bush-era PNACers agree with you
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
#33
What secrets did he 'take to China'? According to him, he has had no contact with the Chinese
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#46
Were you alive in 1971? It was every bit as paranoid - for good reasons - time period
karynnj
Jun 2013
#72
What secrets did he 'take to China'? According to him, he has had no contact with the Chinese
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#46
News Flash: After Abu Ghraib, Bagram and Gitmo, there is no 'image' left to damage. Snowden's
HardTimes99
Jun 2013
#54
The Sturm und Drang over Snowden's dissapearing act may be as much smoke and mirrors.
Ford_Prefect
Jun 2013
#15