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Russia Grants Snowden Temporary Asylum

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Armchair_QB, Aug 1, 2013.

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  1. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Agreed , a fantastic story that shed light on how it all came to be. Read like a combination of All The Presidents Men and a Robert
    Ludlum novel.

    The fears of Poitras and Greenwald to return to the USA now seem well founded given that Greenwald's partner was detained for
    9 hours passing through Heathrow yesterday.
     
    Boom_70, Aug 19, 2013
    #37
  2. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    For a guy who said he's not going to "scramble jets" to get Snowden, he sure is going out of his way to make life difficult for Snowden's acquaintances.
     
    Armchair_QB, Aug 19, 2013
    #38
  3. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    joker avatar
     
    Starman, Aug 19, 2013
    #39
  4. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    The U.S. has a secret police force that claims for itself the power to conduct surveillance on every communication of everyone, and to have no one know about it. While hardly a radical due to extreme laziness, I'd say that's total grounds for armed revolution, and everyone who signed the Declaration of Independence agrees with me.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Aug 19, 2013
    #40
  5. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Your post has been flagged and forwarded to the appropriate authorities.

    You're right, for what it is worth. I am not signing up for armed revolution. But it is certainly worth trying to change via peaceful means. If the Supreme Court actually adjudicated the constitution, rather than trying to be an unelected legislature that establishes social policy, this would be an open and shut fourth amendment violation. And the "secret" FISA courts would never have been a serious consideration. I can't think of anything more antithetical to democracy and a free and open Republic that puts a primacy on rights over everything else.
     
    The Big Ragu, Aug 19, 2013
    #41
  6. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    News of the David Miranda's UK detention seems to be getting legs. There is going to be
    some blowback on this one.
     
    Boom_70, Aug 19, 2013
    #42
  7. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Did they read him his Miranda rights?
     
    da man, Aug 20, 2013
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