Snowdon is a dummy

If the judge is correct then all Snowden has done is report a crime.

I am sure if James Madison had the opportunity to see the kinds of dangers faced today...he might have a change of heart.

Why, oh, why would we want to base what we do...and deem necessary...on what people thought 250 years ago?

If

I just heard on t.v. it may take up to six months for this process to be considered.

In the meantime, Snowden is again requesting asylum in Brazil

In the meantime, Snowden is again requesting asylum in Brazil.

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In the meantime, Snowden is again requesting asylum in Brazil.

Edward Snowden's asylum-seeking letter to Brazil - in full

I certainly hope he get the opportunity for a fair trial here in the United States.

I don't see you supporting a fair trial for Clapper on perjury charges, Frank. Do you support bail for Mr Snowden pending completion of his trial, or do you think he should be remanded?

Have perjury charges been filed against Clapper, JPB?

If they have...I enthusiastically support his right to a fair trial.

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Have perjury charges been filed against Clapper, JPB?

If they have...I enthusiastically support his right to a fair trial.

You mean that if a corrupt government does not file charges against their own criminals such as Clapper you are happy with that?

Sorry but a corrupt government have no moral rights to demand that anyone who make the corruption public stand trial by that very corrupt government.

An thankfully Snowdon...

An thankfully Snowdon is outside the control of the US at the moment and hopefully he will remain so at least until we can deal with this corrupt government.

Really.

How are you going to "deal with it?"

In an angry exchange with Barack Obama, Angela Merkel has compared the snooping practices of the US with those of the Stasi, the ubiquitous and all-powerful secret police of the communist dictatorship in East Germany, where she grew up.

The German chancellor also told the US president that America's National Security Agency cannot be trusted because of the volume of material it had allowed to leak to the whistleblower Edward Snowden, according to the New York Times.
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A draft report by a European parliament inquiry into the affair, being presented on Wednesday and obtained by the Guardian, says there has to be a discussion about the legality of the NSA's operations and also of the activities of European intelligence agencies.

The report drafted by Claude Moraes, the British Labour MEP heading the inquiry, says "we have received substantial evidence that the operations by intelligence services in the US, UK, France and Germany are in breach of international law and European law".

Rather than resorting to a European response, Berlin has been pursuing a bilateral pact with the Americans aimed at curbing NSA activities and insisting on a "no-spying pact" between allies.

The NYT reported that Susan Rice, Obama's national security adviser, had told Berlin that there would be not be a no-espionage agreement, although the Americans had pledged to desist from monitoring Merkel personally.

A high-ranking German official with knowledge of the talks with the White House told the Guardian there had been a "useful exchange of views", but confirmed a final agreement was far from being reached.

The Germans have received assurances that the chancellor's phone was not being monitored and that the US spy agency is not conducting industrial espionage.

However the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks, said German and US officials were still in the process of negotiating how any final agreement – the details of which could remain secret between both governments – would be formalised.
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