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Seeing Snowden still exiled in Russia...the entire system is so incredibly corrupt. It's practically vindictive at this point - setting an example of what happe
by typon 5y ago
Seeing Snowden still exiled in Russia...the entire system is so incredibly corrupt. It's practically vindictive at this point - setting an example of what happens when you expose the truth.
- cronix 5y ago> setting an example of what happens when you expose the truth. Snowden came after several others who were persecuted by the US Govt. Some even had their doors kicked in and guns pointed at their faces while they were in the shower. Check out what they did to NSA's Bill Binney, who ran COMINT for the NSA and was talking about the programs used to collect data before 9/11, and after. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3owk7vEEOvs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3owk7vEEOvs Bradley Manning (now Chelsea) and Tom Drake (NSA) also had some interesting things to say. Here's a good interview with Drake and his lawyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEq42BDBVWk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEq42BDBVWk It was actually because of how these other whistleblower cases were handled being the reason why Snowden went to the press instead of followed in their footsteps and reporting up the chain of command.