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International law isn't really a thing if it has no teeth. I would be more worried about the US breaking its own laws. Which they of course do, on occasion. But
by jjeaff 5y ago
International law isn't really a thing if it has no teeth. I would be more worried about the US breaking its own laws. Which they of course do, on occasion. But there is a lot of pushback and not too much fear of reprisal if you call them out and fight them on it. For example, we are in the process of appointing a supreme court justice that, during her career, has fought against US Government overeach and represented alleged terrorists imprisoned (oh sorry, "detained"), in Guantanamo.
- PoignardAzur 5y agoMy point isn't "the US is bad because it doesn't respect international law". My point is that the US is willing to go pretty damn far to put some high-profile dissidents in a hole and throw away the key, and there is very little pushback both internally and internationally, which kind of undercuts the whole "the US government would hesitate to do X because whistleblowers would stop them" argument.
- jjeaff 5y agoAre you talking about Snowden? Because that is one person and he isn't in a whole. They haven't even caught him. Another I can think of is Chelsea Manning who ended up getting a presidential commutation of sentence.