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> The difference is that checks and balances are much stronger in US, You say that after we were talking about the NSA literally spying on US citizens, and wit
by waffleiron 4y ago
> The difference is that checks and balances are much stronger in US,
You say that after we were talking about the NSA literally spying on US citizens, and without any proof? C'mon, are you really going to badger me about not having having the exact "hard evidence", and not even read my sources or provide ANY evidence yourself.
edit: Yes, it got challenged AFTER needing to be leaked by a whistleblower that still can't return to his home.
- riku_iki 4y ago> Yes, it got challenged AFTER needing to be leaked by a whistleblower that still can't return to his home. Good chance is that whistleblowing would be protected in this specific case.
- waffleiron 4y agoYes no, > 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.
- riku_iki 4y ago"Yes no" what? Government can charge him with whatever they want, it is up to court to decide if charges are valid.
- ok123456 4y agoThe Espionage Act has no whistleblower protection. If the courts were allowed rule honestly and without political entanglements, there's no way the Espionage Act is constitutional at prima facia.