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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHillary Clinton: China Damaged U.S. Relationship By Allowing Edward Snowden To Flee
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD 06/25/13
LOS ANGELES -- Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that China damaged its relationship with the U.S. by allowing National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden to flee from Hong Kong, despite a U.S. request to arrest him for extradition.
"That kind of action is not only detrimental to the U.S.-China relationship but it sets a bad precedent that could unravel the intricate international agreements about how countries respect the laws and particularly the extradition treaties," the former secretary of state and possible 2016 presidential contender told an audience in Los Angeles.
Clinton's remarks echoed criticism from White House officials that Hong Kong's refusal to detain Snowden had "unquestionably" hurt relations between the two countries. Hong Kong has a high degree of autonomy from the rest of China, although experts believe Beijing probably orchestrated Snowden's exit in an effort to remove an irritant in relations with the U.S.
Clinton said the former CIA employee engaged in "outrageous behavior" by releasing sensitive documents that he contends show privacy violations by an authoritarian government. Snowden is now in Russia, and the White House wants him sent to the U.S. to face espionage charges.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/hillary-clinton-china-edward-snowden_n_3494482.html
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)The US is now in that awkward stage when we suddenly realize we can't push the whole world around anymore.
Russia and China have both told us to fuck off re Snowden. I guess we can still bully Ecuador, though.
juajen
(8,515 posts)A pie chart on our debt that you can Google, will show that the most debt owed by this country is to its people, around four trillion; while the debt to China is a measly one trillion. The US owes more to the SS fund at over two trillion, than to the Chinese. Why should they borrow from someone they have to pay back, when they can borrow/steal from the American people with impunity.
galileoreloaded
(2,571 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)She's not totally irrelevant. She helped Obama win.
galileoreloaded
(2,571 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)Chances for that happening are low.
antigop
(12,778 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)massive spying and then making the mistake of using a contractor who would hire a person with a conscience.
Place the blame where it belongs.
Even Communist China understands that when a government spies upon all of its citizens, that government does not feel constrained by any law. Trading partners that do not respect the law are unreliable trading partners.
If China doesn't like it, they can stop helping the international super-rich and stop sending their Chinese-made-with-children crap to this country.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)as we become more like China, we can't criticize China for their lack of the very freedoms that we have lost.
Yeah, we look unreliable as hell.
Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)Or if she still doesn't know that she was 'tapped. Russ Tice says that definitely happened. Does she know it, or not?
If she doesn't know, I'd love to see her face when she finds out.
If she does know and she can still make a statement like this, then she has a screw loose. Or she's very, very afraid.
Catherina
(35,568 posts)"outrageous behavior" is the term the rest of the world is using for our conduct.
Dear Hillary, If George W. Bush is defending these secret surveillance programs, it's over.
I put the program in place to protect the country and one of the certainties is civil liberties were guaranteed, Bush said.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/edward-snowden-nsa-leak-george-w-bush-comments-93604.html
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/bush-blasts-snowden-defends-nsa-programs-he-put-in-place-civil-liberties-were-guaranteed/
Karmadillo
(9,253 posts)Amendment? Well, we'll get back to you on that one.
DURHAM D
(32,618 posts)She has been briefed by the WH and it was suggested that if she is going to make a statement please supportive.
That is exactly what she did.
"Clinton's remarks echoed criticism from White House officials that Hong Kong's refusal to detain Snowden had "unquestionably" hurt relations between the two countries."
Tarheel_Dem
(31,257 posts)tough few years for you.
DURHAM D
(32,618 posts)I made no argument at all whatsoever.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,257 posts)great campaign ad, and I suspect not an image that she'd want her supporters to convey.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)For years we have bitched and moaned about the Chinese spying on and hacking us. Meanwhile we've been doing the same thing to them the whole time.