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This is fucked up. This type of court due process is not America. That being said Snowden is a Russian pawn and traitor but thats another matter. Regardless of

by 3327 12y ago

This is fucked up. This type of court due process is not America. That being said Snowden is a Russian pawn and traitor but thats another matter. Regardless of what might be the case even if its sealed there needs to be a process that allows fairness. "search" needs to be well defined its pretty general when it comes to software and tech and can be interpreted any way you want. Perhaps time for some digital legislation?

jacquesm 12y ago
I highly doubt Snowden would be in Russia Today (pun intended) if he had had confidence in the American legal system not being out to enact revenge rather than punishment. Snowden is in most of the rest of the world and good part of the United States considered to be more of a hero than a traitor, and he only became a temporary resident of Russia after the fact. If not for some political manoeuvring he would likely be somewhere else, such as Latin America.
- ommunist 12y ago
  Russia Today is enemy to America Tomorrow (and vice versa). What is unique to current Cold War 2.0 situation is that Russians like me can communicate to Westerners like you not being afraid of punishment. By the way I doubt Snowden receives any permanent residency in Russia. In fact he legally cannot do that, except asking for political asylum. He was only granted 1-year temporary asylum in Russia and will be extradited from Russia in August this year.
  - jacquesm 12y ago
    I wouldn't put it past our esteemed politicians to make backroom deals about stuff like this. Something along the lines of 'we need a new enemy, this terrorism thing is running out, how about a cold-war light?', 'let me get on the horn with Putin and see what he thinks about it...'. I like Russians, have some Ukrainian friends and have spent a good part of my life behind where the former iron curtain used to be. So my perspective is probably quite warped. Putin and his band of cronies are effectively still doing exactly what the communist fat cats were doing, now you have he mafia to worry about instead of the authorities (that may be a couple of years out of date). It's funny how everything changes and yet, the basics are still the same. Real change takes a long time.

by 3327 12y ago

jacquesm 12y ago

I highly doubt Snowden would be in Russia Today (pun intended) if he had had confidence in the American legal system not being out to enact revenge rather than punishment. Snowden is in most of the rest of the world and good part of the United States considered to be more of a hero than a traitor, and he only became a temporary resident of Russia after the fact. If not for some political manoeuvring he would likely be somewhere else, such as Latin America.

ommunist 12y ago
Russia Today is enemy to America Tomorrow (and vice versa). What is unique to current Cold War 2.0 situation is that Russians like me can communicate to Westerners like you not being afraid of punishment. By the way I doubt Snowden receives any permanent residency in Russia. In fact he legally cannot do that, except asking for political asylum. He was only granted 1-year temporary asylum in Russia and will be extradited from Russia in August this year.
- jacquesm 12y ago
  I wouldn't put it past our esteemed politicians to make backroom deals about stuff like this. Something along the lines of 'we need a new enemy, this terrorism thing is running out, how about a cold-war light?', 'let me get on the horn with Putin and see what he thinks about it...'. I like Russians, have some Ukrainian friends and have spent a good part of my life behind where the former iron curtain used to be. So my perspective is probably quite warped. Putin and his band of cronies are effectively still doing exactly what the communist fat cats were doing, now you have he mafia to worry about instead of the authorities (that may be a couple of years out of date). It's funny how everything changes and yet, the basics are still the same. Real change takes a long time.