Posted on 07/26/2013 4:23:29 AM PDT by cunning_fish
WASHINGTON U.S. sanctions against any country offering asylum to Edward Snowden advanced in Congress Thursday as the 30-year-old National Security Agency leaker remained in a Moscow airport while Russia weighed a request for him to stay permanently.
The measure introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., demands the State Department coordinate with lawmakers on setting penalties against nations that seek to help Snowden avoid extradition to the United States, where authorities want him prosecuted for revealing details of the governments massive surveillance system. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the proposal unanimously by voice vote as an amendment to next years $50.6 billion diplomacy and international aid bill.
I dont know if hes getting a change of clothes. I dont know if hes going to stay in Russia forever. I dont know where hes going to go, Graham said. But I know this: That the right thing to do is to send him back home so he can face charges for the crimes hes allegedly committed.
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Grahamnesty is more interested in imprisoning an American that alerted us to more government illegal tyranny than an outright actual invasion by illegals who are literally killing this country.
If they cared about our security they would secure our borders and stop importing muslims.
In a comparison between Grahamnesty and Snowden, Grahamnesty comes up very short.
What a embarrassing pair of useful idiots McCain and Graham are. :-(
Bingo!
If Graham and McCain are for it, right thinking Americans should probably oppose it. For sure.
BTW, has Coal Creek been cutting some new channels with all the rain?
The way they are going after Snowden , you would think he shot Trayvon martin.
Don’t be surprised if that is tomorrows headline.
Oh, no! Snowden exposed our unconstitutional activity!
Not quite a Bill of Attainder, but that’s certainly their thinking. The Constitution means nothing to these criminals.
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Sanctions on Russia?
What? On caviar? On vodka?
Putin will show Graham the same finger he showed Obama regarding Snowden.
What? On caviar? On vodka?
Putin will show Graham the same finger he showed Obama regarding Snowden.
Or Russian nesting dolls? We've had a growing trade deficit with Russia since 1993.
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c4621.html
Or should we refuse to buy the strategic materials from Russia that we get now? Let's shoot ourselves in the leg! That should show 'em!
Like many conservatives, I wish the US could turn out strong and intelligent leaders such as Putin. What would be really fun won't happen, I suppose. That would be for Putin to grant Snowden asylum just as Obama's plane lands for his talks in Russia.
Russian TVs and cars...
That would be for Putin to grant Snowden asylum just as Obama’s plane lands for his talks in Russia. ..................................... LOL, Putin would give Snowden a place on the banquet table just to tweak Obama’s nose. Obama is the biggest joke going on Russian TV, I saw it while there last year.
Someone has posted a polls a few days ago about what people think about the United States around the world. The most surprising part for me was that unlike in most the European countries the majority of Russians has favorable opinion of United States while some 70% dislikes Obama. It is pretty much opposite comparing with most of the Western Europe . They loves Obama and hates US there.
Yep. There is a Vietnam war era training strip near the radio towers on top of Little Brushy mountain.
“The way they are going after Snowden , you would think he shot Trayvon martin.”
Or that he knows the exact way that Obama rigged the 2012 election. Our government is in freak out mode. Forcing down the Bolivian presidential plane tells you they want to shut Snowden up BAD. He has more to release.
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