You left out the parts about him being a traitor and only convincing fools of his self-righteous claims, given he ran off to hide in China and Russia.
You don't get to claim you are a vanguard of liberty and then run to China and Russia for protection.
You left out the parts about him being a traitor and only convincing fools of his self-righteous claims, given he ran off to hide in China and Russia.
You don't get to claim you are a vanguard of liberty and then run to China and Russia for protection.
(CNN) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has offered asylum to Edward Snowden, the state-run AVN news agency reported Friday, without offering details.
And Bolivia "is willing to give asylum" to the U.S. intelligence leaker, President Evo Morales said Saturday , according to a government statement.
The reports came shortly after Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said he would grant Snowden asylum in his country "if the circumstances permit." Ortega didn't elaborate on his announcement, made during a speech in Managua, except to say his country is "open and respectful to the right of asylum."
"It's clear that that if the circumstances permit it we will gladly receive Snowden and will grant him asylum here in Nicaragua," Ortega said.
Venezuela, Bolivia offer asylum to U.S. intel leaker Snowden - CNN.com
Apparently initiating an unnecessary war over WMD that resulted in approximately 5000 US deaths, 30000 wounded, 22 suicides of veterans and military personnel per day, untold Iranian casualties and upwards of a $trillion doesn't qualify as betraying the trust of the American people!“He’s a traitor. The president outlined last week that these are important national security programs to help keep Americans safe, and give us tools to fight the terrorist threat that we face.”
The disclosure of this information puts Americans at risk. It shows our adversaries what our capabilities are and it’s a giant violation of the law.”
- John Boehner
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/john-boehner-defends-nsa-snooping-programs-blasts-traitor-edward-snowden/
When did we go to war with Iran?Apparently initiating an unnecessary war over WMD that resulted in approximately 5000 US deaths, 30000 wounded, 22 suicides of veterans and military personnel per day, untold Iranian casualties and upwards of a $trillion doesn't qualify as betraying the trust of the American people!
"House Speaker John Boehner today called NSA leaker Edward Snowden a traitor who put Americans at risk by releasing classified information to the media. Hes a traitor, the highest ranking Republican in the House of Representatives said in an extensive interview with ABC News George Stephanopoulos."
I will give him the benefit of the doubt that he missed the q and hit the n due to a brain glitch.When did we go to war with Iran?
I knew there was a reason I didn't like that self-righteous, traitorous wannabe communist dictator appeaser, and stubble wearing—make me a movie star—punk Snowden.I knew there was a reason I didn't like that compromising, crybaby, wanna-be-Democrat. Another reason I left the Republican Party and joined the Constitution Party (we were Tea Party before Tea Party was cool).
I'm happy Snowden revealed the grand nature of the "all-seeing-eye" of Big Brother Government but I do wish he would stop rubbing elbows with Communist dictators. They aren't much better than our POTUS.
I'm still waiting on evidence as to whether the NSA actually broke the law in what they were doing. If they did, I would imagine it is going to be difficult to prosecute Snowden. If they didn't, he should be prosecuted.
Thomas Andrews Drake (born 1957) is a former senior executive of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), a decorated United States Air Force and United States Navy veteran, and a whistleblower.
In 2010 the government alleged that Drake 'mishandled' documents, one of the few such Espionage Act cases in U.S. history. Drake's defenders claim that he was instead being persecuted for challenging the Trailblazer Project. He is the 2011 recipient of the Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling and co-recipient of the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) award.
On June 9, 2011, all 10 original charges against him were dropped. Drake rejected several deals because he refused to "plea bargain with the truth". He eventually pled to one misdemeanor count for exceeding authorized use of a computer; Jesselyn Radack of the Government Accountability Project, who helped represent him, called it an act of "civil disobedience."
I'm still waiting on evidence as to whether the NSA actually broke the law in what they were doing. If they did, I would imagine it is going to be difficult to prosecute Snowden. If they didn't, he should be prosecuted.
NSA did not break the law. The question is whether the law under which they operated will ultimately be determined constitutional.
The part where he told the American people that they were being spied on by their own government he was a hero.
The part where he started giving US intel secrets to the rest of the world he became a traitor.
The final nail in the coffin for me was when Putin offered him asylum under the condition that he stop harming the US by releasing intel. And he refused. When Snowden did that it showed his true colors.
And how would we determine the constitutionality of a law carried out in secret?
Who would be able to show injury to bring the case?
If everyone involved were happy to let the inner workings of this remain secret there would never be any public review of it, so what is Edward Snowden?
Regardless of the morality of it, he is a check on the system.
NSA did not break the law. The question is whether the law under which they operated will ultimately be determined constitutional.
But the ramifications are, indeed, as you think. If the law is ultimately deemed unconstitutional--or even if the congress determines it's better to change the law than go to court--the government will drop the charges. That's what happened in the case of the previous NSA whistleblower only a couple of years ago.
NSA did not break the law. The question is whether the law under which they operated will ultimately be determined constitutional.
These 4,000,000 Americans are people who--when they see the scope of what they do--agree within their own American moralities that their work is both Constitutional and necessary. Each of those 4,000,000 people come to that decision in the privacy of their own minds. That's why they agree, continually, each day, to keep these secrets.