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Dunno about "free", but what really bothers me is that someone decided to seek asylum from the US. US used to be the gold standard in democracy and justice.
by D_Alex 13y ago
Dunno about "free", but what really bothers me is that someone decided to seek asylum from the US.
US used to be the gold standard in democracy and justice.
- Dewie 13y agoIn the 19th century?
- wmil 13y agoThere have been plenty of people over the years who have requested asylum from the US. It's not a new thing. Actually I'm not aware of any point in US history where an NSA employee could leak information to foreign journalists and not face charges.
- alexqgb 13y agoDepending on what was leaked, the Whistleblower Protection Act should allow him to do exactly that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistleblower_Protection_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistleblower_Protection_Act Unfortunately for Snowden, the Act only covers federal employees, not the private subcontractors whose security clearances may expose them to criminal acts, but whose employment status leaves them unable to report them safely.
- easytiger 13y agoWhen exactly was that?
- nemof 13y agoThe US has only ever been the gold standard to itself, it's a nice story to tell the kids as you tuck them in for the night, but it's just not true.
- diminoten 13y agoThe US doesn't ban hate speech at least, so in that respect it's freer than a lot of other countries.
- inportb 13y agoUS used to be the gold standard in democracy and justice. The US also used to have a gold standard for currency.