RE: Sorry, Mr. Secretary
August 29, 2015 at 10:49 pm
(This post was last modified: August 29, 2015 at 10:52 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
Snowden did the right thing. The fact that our government seeks to prosecute him for that bespeaks the corrupt, cynical nature of our government.
Snowden did all Americans a favor. Too bad so many of them --us -- have our heads down in the pigtrough that we cannot be bothered to pressure the government to do the right thing: drop the charges, reinstate his passport, and ask him to testify in Congress about what he knows regarding the Security State.
The current government would prosecute Ellsberg, too. Regarding transparency and civil liberties, they are no better than Nixon's administration at all, and in many ways, worse, given the technology available.
Snowden did all Americans a favor. Too bad so many of them --us -- have our heads down in the pigtrough that we cannot be bothered to pressure the government to do the right thing: drop the charges, reinstate his passport, and ask him to testify in Congress about what he knows regarding the Security State.
The current government would prosecute Ellsberg, too. Regarding transparency and civil liberties, they are no better than Nixon's administration at all, and in many ways, worse, given the technology available.
