Why Snowden should stand trial in U.S.
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By Fareed Zakaria
Recently, via satellite at the New Yorker Festival, Edward Snowden said he would "love" to stand trial in the United States.
He should. It would transform what he has done from theft into civil disobedience – which by definition means being willing to accept the consequences of your actions.
At the New Yorker event, Snowden explained to Jane Mayer that, given the stipulations the government is putting on his return, he doesn't think he could get a fair trial. But the legal scholars I consulted – none of them die hard conservatives or national security hawks – believed that Snowden could get a fair trial...
...The most striking aspect of Snowden's substantive foreign intelligence revelations is how few consequences they have had. That's because they mostly showed the U.S. government doing secretly what it has said it was doing publicly – fighting the Taliban, spying in countries like Pakistan and searching for Al Qaeda cells around the globe.
The disclosures also revealed routine foreign intelligence operations. Some of these are entirely justified, such as hacking into Chinese computer systems - something that Beijing does on a much larger scale to the United States. Others are perhaps unwise, such as tapping the phones of the leaders of Brazil and Germany. But none are morally scandalous.
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India is the best example of a failed nation that was carved out on the basis of a cult.
Now these same cult hindoo people are busy slaughtering each other and ethnically cleansing all the other minorities including Christians and Muslims.
Hatred, religious intolerance and violence is in the deep roots of India starting from the point where its founders used them to radicalize people to form this nation.
@Blue now it is all in hand of ISIS. Snowden leaks kinda point towards it.
Blue Saffron and Blue Sapphire. You and Ferhat, along with palintwit are low down yankee liars with nothing but a bunch of worthless yankee lying posts
Hi Blue Saffron. I think you're cute
Awwww.... You broke my heart Fredo!
Sarah Palin for president. 2016!
Speaking of Sarah Palin, check out this latest video of her showing her expertise on climate change LOL!
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You no like me @ Ferhat? I wore musk oil for you.
Expertise??? Lmao
The CIA should send a squad of hitmen to put Snowman out before he gives any more secrets away.
Chrissy you are a chump and a d-bag.
@rupert you ain't fooling nobody.
@better tomorrow. You are a low down yankee liar.
@Hannah. You low down yankee liar!
And you are a punk @ hannah so what.
Animal
Guys, just a travel update. FYI
Just took a flight from Newark, NJ to Chicago. This guy sitting next to me was smelling like rotten onions. I asked him where he was from. He muttered Tamil Nadu, India. I apologized politely to him and told him that I was nauseous due to his BO. That I will call flight attendant to move to another seat. I did so but none were available. Halfway through the flight he opens up a tupperware. It had some kind of fish curry. The smell coupled with his BO did me in. B'fore I could get up I started throwing up all over including into his curry. I was sick. The doctor on the flight helped me move to the toilet. Thank you. I was later told that guy from India kept on eating his curry and licking his fingers in sheer joyful ecstasy. More power to him. I have landed at O'Hare and am still sick from the odor.
Modi from India goes to the doctor and says, "I feel terrible."
Doctor says, "go home, get a bucket, p iss and s hit in it for a week. Throw in dead rats and rotting fish. Put a towel over your head and sniff the fumes for three days."
Week later Modi goes back and says, "Doc, I feel wonderful, what was the problem?"
Doctor, "you were homesick!"
Lol. And I thought I was PMSing. @Ferhat they should discuss in Lok Sabha.
Not I.
I wouldn't be posting retreaded bad jokes @2:35 am.
You would be raiping in New Delhi
I would be asleep in America, as most normal people are at 2:35 am.
Duh banasy u have pertty lips
Give me one reason Fareed why Snowden should face trial. And none of those plagiarized BS. Lol
@ Ferhat ditto on metaphysical aspects of Snowden's trial. Tea Party wil bee having green tea. Lolooo
And sure enough the guy (gal?) rupert will show up using one of many names. Nothing to say nothing to add just that you are this you are that. Yareee yareee yaarraaa.
The Khmer Rouge trial and guilty verdict sends a loud and clear message to all those leaders who undertook genocides. Payback time.
It is time to stand up Modi of India and send him to The Hague to face trial of murders and genocides in Gujarat et al, India ..... committed against the minorities.
Yup I am al for following international laws. Drag that punk for trial. NOW. Send in the Navy Seals.
SOMEONE has had a trolling good time havent they? JACKA S S! Of course none of the chrissy in blue are me!
Don't feel bad, chrissy. This lame-brained Tea Partier does this to me all the time. I only wish that this individual would abstain from using that Tea Party profanity.
By the way, Edward Snowden is a hero, no matter how many mindless Tea Partiers rant against him here!
Thank you, Joseph. I couldn't agree more!
islamic Party needs to emerge as the third party. They love to drink tea/chai/shai/. Does that make them tea totaler. Perhaps.
Lol @ Joseph i dont feel bad...sad maybe. Cant be much of a life he has if he must steal names just so he can talk to himself! Stealing names just so he can pat himself on the back? Sad existence really.
Lol Terry this one guy polluted this forum talkin to himself using different names. Since we showed up we have cleaned things up. This is mental retardation and a disease. Probably jobless immigrants.
Probably living on foodstamps
Duhh u didn't clean it up to good. Still some poop on my buns.
Come clean it
Most of comments are crap. Sick people.
That rupert chrissy etc guy is epileptic.
You said it, Keri. The joker who keeps on stealing my screen name, Blue Saffron, Better Tomorrow, etc. are the same Tea Partying fool who never says anything worthwhile here!
ISIS is just bad. What is taking so long getting rid of them.
@ Better Tomorrow, HOW are things cleaned up? HE is still stealing names and posting garbage under those names! And some of us have kids that read this crap!!!! He needs more help than we can give him thats for sure!
Dont talk in riddles chrissy. Name the person. People with kids dont hang around around here spewing garbage.
@ Jeremy...my kids are in their 30s and yes they do read this crap! And the person is Jeffrey Grant Roem and you are most likely him as well. He does make up names as well as stealing ours. Hes not much on moral fiber!
Jeff Roem does not exist
Jeff Roem does not exist
Jeff Roem does not exist
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