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Seems like a great way to catch a nasty case of conspiracy to commit a felony. The reason the Nobel committee can give an award to a political prisoner in anoth

by aristus 10y ago

Seems like a great way to catch a nasty case of conspiracy to commit a felony. The reason the Nobel committee can give an award to a political prisoner in another country is that they are in another country.

sokoloff 10y ago
To take another comment, suppose the Media Lab awards Snowden the $250K. What possible conspiracy charge could the Media Lab (or the person(s) who nominated Snowden) catch?
- bobsam 10y ago
  Has Snowden been charged with anything? If not, can it still be considered helping a fugitive?
  - JumpCrisscross 10y ago
    Are you volunteering to have that debate with the DoJ?
  - Pyxl101 10y ago
    > Has Snowden been charged with anything? Yes, according to the Washington Post. > Federal prosecutors have filed a criminal complaint against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of documents about top-secret surveillance programs, and the United States has asked Hong Kong to detain him on a provisional arrest warrant, according to U.S. officials. > Snowden was charged with theft, “unauthorized communication of national defense information” and “willful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorized person,” according to the complaint. The last two charges were brought under the 1917 Espionage Act. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-charges-snowden-with-espionage/2013/06/21/507497d8-dab1-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-ch...
- bambax 10y ago
  Disobedience only means anything if it upsets somebody somewhere, preferably someone powerful. So, if you decide to honor disobedient people, you accept it will carry some kind of consequence for yourself, or else you're full of it. The MIT should definitely honor someone that the US government doesn't like, instead of, say, the Chinese government, as a matter of principle (and consistency).
canadian_voter 10y ago
> The recipient must have taken a personal risk in order to affect positive change for greater society. There are plenty of ways to disobey without breaking the law.
- marcosdumay 10y ago
  What exactly can people disobey that not the Law?
  - komali2 10y ago
    Cultural consensus. So, before it became illegal, offering 100$ to homeless and drug addicts in return for rendering them sterile.

by aristus 10y ago

sokoloff 10y ago

To take another comment, suppose the Media Lab awards Snowden the $250K. What possible conspiracy charge could the Media Lab (or the person(s) who nominated Snowden) catch?

bobsam 10y ago
Has Snowden been charged with anything? If not, can it still be considered helping a fugitive?
- JumpCrisscross 10y ago
  Are you volunteering to have that debate with the DoJ?
- Pyxl101 10y ago
  > Has Snowden been charged with anything? Yes, according to the Washington Post. > Federal prosecutors have filed a criminal complaint against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of documents about top-secret surveillance programs, and the United States has asked Hong Kong to detain him on a provisional arrest warrant, according to U.S. officials. > Snowden was charged with theft, “unauthorized communication of national defense information” and “willful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorized person,” according to the complaint. The last two charges were brought under the 1917 Espionage Act. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-charges-snowden-with-espionage/2013/06/21/507497d8-dab1-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-ch...
bambax 10y ago
Disobedience only means anything if it upsets somebody somewhere, preferably someone powerful. So, if you decide to honor disobedient people, you accept it will carry some kind of consequence for yourself, or else you're full of it. The MIT should definitely honor someone that the US government doesn't like, instead of, say, the Chinese government, as a matter of principle (and consistency).

canadian_voter 10y ago

> The recipient must have taken a personal risk in order to affect positive change for greater society. There are plenty of ways to disobey without breaking the law.

marcosdumay 10y ago
What exactly can people disobey that not the Law?
- komali2 10y ago
  Cultural consensus. So, before it became illegal, offering 100$ to homeless and drug addicts in return for rendering them sterile.