It appears that Eric Snowden, former NSA analyst who has leaked details of U.S. government surveillance programs, has left China and may be headed to Ecuador.
Washington is asking Ecuador, as well as Cuba and Venezuela (other possible asylum countries), not to admit Snowden, a senior Obama administration official told CNN on Sunday.
The United States also is asking those countries to expel him if they do admit him, the official said, and a a source familiar with the matter said that the U.S. government has revoked Snowden's passport.
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I am very disturbed by this issue. This person (Snowden) broke the law then fled. Asserted his conscience was his guide. But by doing so has placed 300+ million Americans in danger. To Date, no one has come forward with illegal action from the US govt. and that what the US govt was doing was legal.
ReplyDeleteSo, now this Snowden person seeks asylum from multiple countries?? Where is his conscience now? I see him as a defector/traitor/spy/law breaker. And I'm as left-leaning as they come.
Luke, here's the problem. It's called a gross violation of the 4th Amendment BY the US government, not Snowden. See? (emphasis is mine)
ReplyDelete"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, SHALL NOT BE VIOLATED, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon PROBABLE CAUSE, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Our government RAPED us---and I'm farther left than you!!
Luke, here's the problem. It's called a gross violation of the 4th Amendment BY the US government, not Snowden. See? (emphasis is mine)
ReplyDelete"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, SHALL NOT BE VIOLATED, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon PROBABLE CAUSE, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Our government RAPED us---and I'm farther left than you!!
So it turns out that America is no better than China!
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