Traitor [Snowden]

Frontpage Mag ^ | June 11, 2013 | Arnold Ahlert

[rickmichaels]

Edward Snowden, 29, a former CIA technical assistant and current employee of military contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, went to the Guardian and the Washington Post newspapers and spilled national security secrets that he had promised not to divulge. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton puts that effort in the proper perspective:

[JimRed]

Mr. Obama swore four or more times to uphold the constitution.

Look up "taqiyya" (sp?). It is permissible to lie for the advancement of Islam.

[txhurl]

That fat chick in the red suit had my skin crawling, and now I have to look at Megyn Kelly with newly jaundiced eyes.

And now the ACLU is on my side! WTF, over?

[JimRed]

Grant him partial immunity and allow him to testify, charge him with a misdemeanor with time served and lets get to the bottom of this cess pool.

The regime knows what is at the bottom, and wants it to stay there. He will disappear or have an "accident".

[Ozark Tom]

“Unit, Corps, God, Country” and arguments about the appropriate order of these priorities comes to mind.

[Hot Tabasco]

12) Putin offers him asylum on June 12

That was a statement from the Daily Mail and pure speculation on the part of that news article.........

You really think that a Libertarian would actually defect to a communist country???????

[Nachum]

You really think that a Libertarian would actually defect to a communist country???????

Unless he's a Russian spy.

[txhurl]

Well, he’s got the ACLU suing POSHITUS. Did anyone expect that?

Like.... the discovery phase?

[Georgia Girl 2]

I say give that kid a medal.

[oblomov]

>It is likely such a possibility will be completely
>dismissed by those who see the NSA revelations in absolute
>terms, both on the Left and the Right. But what is needed
>is the balance that must be found between protecting
>American lives and protecting their rights.

If we “balance” security with defending the Constitution, then the terrorists have already won.

[PA Engineer]

And one really neat benefit from these disclosures is that we've all watched some of these commie/NAZI anti-American traitors right here on FR expose themselves (at least by their screen name).

Yep.

[sunny48]

Andy Griffith teaches Opie about the Fourth Amendment
http://youtu.be/cZF_oZEvybw

Maxine Waters: ‘Obama Has Put In Place’ Secret Database With ‘Everything On Everyone’!
http://youtu.be/eIA1lQBqH1s

our government has become treasonise

[VerySadAmerican]

Amen! Soldiers swear an oath to follow orders yet get prosecuted for following “illegal” orders.

The two former NSA guys on Hannity said Snowden did us a service.

[Dutch Boy]

You’ve got that right. It is WAY to convenient. With today’s job market, how could a guy with a loser background like he has get a primo job like that while tons of highly qualified people get passed by. I’m not buy the story yet. Something is fishy.

When Benghazi unraveled they needed cover.
Then the IRS story was purposely leaked with a planted question as a distraction.

When the IRS story started to backfire due to it being a real scandal that people actually understood, they needed another distraction.

Now conveniently, the NSA scandal comes out. In every distraction Benghazi gets more and more distant.

This is too much like watching a magician’s right hand when we really should be watching his left.

[VerySadAmerican]

I wonder if all these people who condemn Snowden for going to the Chinese would condemn a North Korean for going to the US. You go where you think you’ll be safe.

[freeandfreezing]

Of course, Snowden did what Obama asked him to do:

"Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled as they have been during the Bush administration. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance. I will strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste, fraud, and abuse of authority in government. " - Barack H. Obama, 2008

[oblomov]

>>>You really think that a Libertarian would actually defect to a communist country???????

Yes.

http://www.heritage.org/index/
2013 Index of Economic Freedom
Top 10 Countries
rank country overall change
1 Hong Kong 89.3 -0.6
2 Singapore 88.0 0.5
3 Australia 82.6 -0.5
4 New Zealand 81.4 -0.7
5 Switzerland 81.0 -0.1
6 Canada 79.4 -0.5
7 Chile 79.0 0.7
8 Mauritius 76.9 -0.1
9 Denmark 76.1 -0.1
10 United States 76.0 -0.3

[uncitizen]

I’m not really concerned about whether this guy is a traitor or is not a traitor. Only that he made public some info that needed to come out and be known by the American citizenry.

Whatever supposed national security secrets he gave away were most likely known by our supposed ‘enemies’ already, having been given away by Clinton (Bill) and I’ve no doubt by Obama already as well.

[PA Engineer]

Now conveniently, the NSA scandal comes out.

There is another theory on this. The Chicago way has run head long into the Washington way and an internecine war is under way.

[freeandfreezing]

Bolton is probably in on the scheme to violate the constitution, and hence he has a vested interest in attacking the messenger. He needs to review President Obama's talking points:

"Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled as they have been during the Bush administration. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance. I will strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste, fraud, and abuse of authority in government. "

Barack H. Obama, 2008

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

What are you more upset about, this guy or the government’s horrific and unconstitutional abuses against citizens of the United States that he exposed????