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In a normal scandal story, the appropriate committee would grant immunity to Snowden, have him testify, then bring up Clapper, have him testify, and compare not
by throwaway10001 13y ago
In a normal scandal story, the appropriate committee would grant immunity to Snowden, have him testify, then bring up Clapper, have him testify, and compare notes. Preferably publicly.
Have you seen Manning lately ? White as flour. Shows how much exercise and sun he has been getting while in jail. Snowden would be insane to come without an unconditional pardon/ and full immunity, not just immunity for what he says in Congress. He knows what awaits him in US jails
- tsotha 13y agoManning's situation is totally different. For one thing, he's active military. For another, he didn't even know what he was releasing.
- throwaway10001 13y agoIt is but tell that to NSA and to all those angry Senators and Congress people--and especially to those lobbyists from the military industrial complex. He will be kept "in isolation because he can leak secrets even from jail"
- tsotha 13y agoThe NSA and Congress don't run the justice department. We've had high profile civilian criminals before.
- infinite8s 13y agoThe NSA and the Justice Department are part of the same branch of government.
- tsotha 13y agoThey are, but the lines of authority only meet at the very top. The NSA only has influence on the Justice Dept to the extent it can influence the president.