Smart man to stay out of the reach of our Stasi.
Is Eric Edward’s brother or something??
The NSA spies on “their” enemies not “our” enemies.
Snowden or Obama...
Looks like you made your choice
I’d rather have dead Islamic Terrorists than being spied on
Snowden did good. The American intelligence apparatus that for decades was focused on external threats has turned 180 degrees and focused on he American people. Its beyond doubt that even this very thread is swept up and stored.
Add in the militarization of law enforcement, and the use of military intelligence to aid criminal prosecutions (NSA=DOD), the use of government agencies to harass and prosecute political opponents and you have a budding police state.
Support the NSA and its un-American, unconstitutional, activities if you want. I hope he has a happy life, with a beautiful woman. Thank god he made it somewhere to safety from his pursuers.
And we shouldn’t call the NSA the STASI. The real STASI never dreamed of having so much intel, they were pikers compared to the NSA.
He shouldn’t return until after serious, deep order change in the government of the USA. Until he sees people that ran this structure being arrested and prosecuted, he should stay safe and have some happiness.
Because of Snowden, and only because of Snowden, is there now a real concern about government over-reach. The discussion just would not have happened if he didn't (hopefully) get a critical mass of people to care about our loss of freedoms.
Another thing is....whatever happened to "innocent until proven guilty" and "due process"? How would Snowden ever get a fair trial in the US, with all the pronouncements of Snowden's guilt?
So we all live in an alternate universe where the man who cares about his country and religious values presides over Russia, and the man who has a disdain for both presides over the US. As far as the secrets being divulged goes?....I'm not buying it.
Besides, what good is intel without the will to do anything about it?
I give you the Boston bombers posting jihadi videos, I give you Major Hassan who NSA watched communicating with Al Qeida leaders before Fort Hood. I give you open borders and cartels. I give you wholesale importation of Moslems and Africans from the moslem wars there.
And who do the fusion centers designate as terrorist? Why TEA of course. Tea, constitution lovers, Christians, Ron Paul voters, gun owners, etc. The US Army is teaching soldiers that Christians are an example of extremist thought.
I SEE all of this, and I know that our revolutionary socialist government is NOT expending intel efforts to protect us. We are the targets. Go Snowden.
The only thing Snowden has done is cause considerable damage to the NSA’s agenda of spying on every American citizens every movement. So far their metadata collection has not thwarted even one terrorist plot. They are the TSA on steroids. They need to be significantly curtailed and soon.
Personally I’d like to shut the NSA down. What is the CIA supposed to be for?
Eric will be a Man Without A Country for a long time. Meanwhile, he could and likely will use his notoriety to make money. Assange will be wanting to join forces. They could conduct online seminars and raves. I think Snowden has endangered many of our allies or links to allied forces. At the same time, it’s benefical to know how much money is being wasted on redundant spy works.
Old story but I think it’s of interest again...
http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-04-26/news/in-the-name-of-sibel-edmonds/
Old thread at FR about all of this...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950281/posts
Recent story of interest:
http://jewishvoiceny.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6466:us-contractor-arrested-accused-of-smuggling-fighter-jet-plans-to-iran&catid=118:war-on-terror&Itemid=301