Snowdon is a dummy

. Snowden is in Russia. Fine with me. Hope he stays there till he dies.

I respect Snowden's dirty little hands over your dirty minds. Without Snowden, we wouldn't know that the US government broke the laws of our land and our Constitution. That's the primary law that protects all Americans - or should.

What you failed to include was Snowden's request to the US for a fair trial that was never responded to.

The last thing in the world that Snowden wants...is a fair trial.

Frank Apisa wrote:

The last thing in the world that Snowden wants...is a fair trial.

But obviously his lawyers want(ed) a fair trial when they negotiate(d) with the USA. Might well be that acted without his consent - does your source say anything about that?

I agree with everything you said. If he gits a fair trial he will end up in jail unless the jury thinks he was in the right to publish material that was damaging to the US which is very possible. The opinions on this site seem to be 50 50. It might be very hard to get an impartial jury.

I think if Snowden is promised a fair trial, he would be willing to return to the US regardless of the outcome.

The lawyers you mentioned did not want a fair trial at all...and still don't. Snowden doesn't either.

http://www.prsa.org/SearchResults/view/10755/105/Have_Social_Media_Made_Us_More_Afraid_to_Express_P#.VADcsNJdVNg

August 26, 2014

The “spiral of silence,” the tendency of people not to express their views on policy issues when they believe their opinions will be unpopular, has only deepened on the social media that some had hoped would become forums for freer expression and broader public discourse.

According to a recent survey from Pew Research, Americans are even less likely to state their views about policy issues online than in person.

In particular, the survey sought people’s opinions on Edward Snowden’s 2013 revelations that the National Security Agency (NSA) conducts widespread surveillance of Americans’ phone and email records, and their willingness to express those views.

While 86 percent of survey respondents said they were willing to have an in-person conversation about the surveillance program, only 42 percent of those surveyed who use Facebook and Twitter were willing to post their views on the subject on those platforms.

Of the 14 percent who were unwilling to discuss the Snowden-NSA story in person, only 0.3 percent were willing to post their opinions about the controversy on social media. In-person and online, people were more inclined to express their views if they thought their audience would agree with them, and more likely to censor themselves when they believed others would disagree with their views.

The traditional explanation for the spiral of silence has been that people choose not to disclose their minority opinions for fear of being ridiculed and losing their friends. Pew Research studies have found that people are reluctant to express potentially unpopular views online because their posts stay on the Internet indefinitely and can be found by prospective employers or others with high status. — Greg Beaubien

Right to a fair trial
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rights of the accused
Fair trial Speedy trial Jury trial Counsel Presumption of innocence Exclusionary rule1 Self-incrimination Double jeopardy2

Law Criminal justice

The right to fair trial is an essential right in all countries respecting the rule of law. A trial in these countries that is deemed unfair will typically be restarted, or its verdict voided.

Various rights associated with a fair trial are explicitly proclaimed in Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights, as well as numerous other constitutions and declarations throughout the world. There is no binding international law that defines what is or is not a fair trial, for example the right to a jury trial and other important procedures vary from nation to nation.

American citizens are becoming fearful of expressing opinions that those in power might not like.

How shameful is that we as a nation had allowed it to get to this point.

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http://www.prsa.org/SearchResults/view/10755/105/Have_Social_Media_Made_Us_More_Afraid_to_Express_P#.VADcsNJdVNg

August 26, 2014

The “spiral of silence,” the tendency of people not to express their views on policy issues when they believe their opinions will be unpopular, has only deepened on the social media that some had hoped would become forums for freer expression and broader public discourse.

According to a recent survey from Pew Research, Americans are even less likely to state their views about policy issues online than in person.

In particular, the survey sought people’s opinions on Edward Snowden’s 2013 revelations that the National Security Agency (NSA) conducts widespread surveillance of Americans’ phone and email records, and their willingness to express those views.

While 86 percent of survey respondents said they were willing to have an in-person conversation about the surveillance program, only 42 percent of those surveyed who use Facebook and Twitter were willing to post their views on the subject on those platforms.

Of the 14 percent who were unwilling to discuss the Snowden-NSA story in person, only 0.3 percent were willing to post their opinions about the controversy on social media. In-person and online, people were more inclined to express their views if they thought their audience would agree with them, and more likely to censor themselves when they believed others would disagree with their views.

The traditional explanation for the spiral of silence has been that people choose not to disclose their minority opinions for fear of being ridiculed and losing their friends. Pew Research studies have found that people are reluctant to express potentially unpopular views online because their posts stay on the Internet indefinitely and can be found by prospective employers or others with high status. — Greg Beaubien

You people don't even know why all American citizens are afforded a 'fair trial.'

You want to upend our Constitution on the basis of your erroneous concept about our privacy rights that all government workers swore to uphold.

From Wiki.

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Right to a fair trial
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rights of the accused
Fair trial Speedy trial Jury trial Counsel Presumption of innocence Exclusionary rule1 Self-incrimination Double jeopardy2

Law Criminal justice

The right to fair trial is an essential right in all countries respecting the rule of law. A trial in these countries that is deemed unfair will typically be restarted, or its verdict voided.

Various rights associated with a fair trial are explicitly proclaimed in Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights, as well as numerous other constitutions and declarations throughout the world. There is no binding international law that defines what is or is not a fair trial, for example the right to a jury trial and other important procedures vary from nation to nation.

Logically, unless the US can get its hands on the remaining classified documents that's yet to be released, they are not going to be that restrained with respect to Snowden

Asked on Friday for the White House’s view on the computer destruction in light of the remark that Mr. Ledgett, a career intelligence official, made in the newly disclosed emails, Shawn Turner, a White House spokesman, said, “This administration strongly believes in the value of a strong, independent press.”

Mr. Turner added, “While the press has a responsibility to be mindful of the impact of revealing sensitive national security information, we have an even greater responsibility to be as transparent as possible with the American people about the government’s activities.”

You people don't even know why all American citizens are afforded a 'fair trial.'

You want to upend our Constitution on the basis of your erroneous concept about our privacy rights that all government workers swore to uphold.

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Posts claim that "Edward Snowden has revealed that the British and American intelligence and the Mossad (Israel’s intelligence agency) worked together to create the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).”

Edward Snowden’s 2013 leak of classified NSA documents is perfect fodder for conspiracy theorists -- it has intrigue, still-unreleased documents, and the NSA as "Big Brother."

So it’s no surprise to see Snowden’s name attached to the increasingly popular idea that America and Israel created ISIS. On July 16, Bahrain’s Gulf Daily News reported that "Edward Snowden has revealed that the British and American intelligence and the Mossad (Israel’s intelligence agency) worked together to create the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)." This operation, they said, was codenamed "Hornet’s Nest."