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Are_grits_groceries

(17,139 posts) Mon Jun 24, 2013, 05:40 AM Jun 2013

You bet I'd run like Snowden! [View all]

I would run so that I could get my story out. After the first peep, I would be locked up so tight that getting anything out would be impossible.

Oh, I'm sure grabbing someone like that would be "legal" with all the Secret Squirrel laws passed.

AND after watching how Bradley Manning has been treated, I'd be gone anyway. Hopefully, I would create such a brouhaha that I couldn't be locked away like that without an uproar.

Whatever you think of him, he deserves a fair trial or is that optional too?

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You bet I'd run like Snowden! [View all] Are_grits_groceries Jun 2013 OP

Really. The "why did he run" crowd ultimately just want him in jail. redgreenandblue Jun 2013 #1

Some of the ones I plonked approve of the way Manning's been treated. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #15

Manning...Schwartz to name a couple of victims of Soviet America. Run, Snowden, run to safety! chimpymustgo Jun 2013 #19

They remind me of Elmer Fudd. sibelian Jun 2013 #2

Now that he has had his citizenship taken away dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #3

Snowden SamKnause Jun 2013 #4

ya know, I may have been hornswoggled... dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #10

Snowden SamKnause Jun 2013 #24

"Drone trial" KansDem Jun 2013 #8

He had his passport revoked which can be done by the State Dept. ashling Jun 2013 #12

yeah, I got the 2 confused. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #16

Thanks for clearing that up - but your points are quite valid! Be safe, Edward! chimpymustgo Jun 2013 #22

Well if that is the case Floyd_Gondolli Jun 2013 #33

Are you advocating Snowden's extra-judicial execution? HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #35

Boarding Begins for Cuba-Bound Jet Catherina Jun 2013 #5

Makes sense he is not on board dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #17

And you know they will Catherina Jun 2013 #23

Definitely. Why are people so damn slow to get what's going on is beyond me. It's RKP5637 Jun 2013 #29

@ezraklein: “How are you feeling, journalist who got on Aeroflot 150 from Moscow to Havana?” Hissyspit Jun 2013 #18

Lol! Or better yet Lulz! n/t Catherina Jun 2013 #20

I don't know why everyone's so upset. Are_grits_groceries Jun 2013 #25

Jose Padilla rpannier Jun 2013 #6

I suppose if I were a criminal, I would as well michigandem58 Jun 2013 #7

You wouldn't be just "a criminal". Are_grits_groceries Jun 2013 #9

He won't have a trial at all davidpdx Jun 2013 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author liberal N proud Jun 2013 #13

He can NOT get a fair trial here in the US, it's impossible. fasttense Jun 2013 #14

Nope. And the ones who should be on trial never would be Catherina Jun 2013 #21

"no longer a country of laws." zeemike Jun 2013 #27

Yep, an accident, car crash, heart attack from stress, road rage, self RKP5637 Jun 2013 #30

Too many still don't get what's going on in the new US. Citizens are now RKP5637 Jun 2013 #28

This is a VERY powerful post. I wish you would make it an OP of its own HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #36

I'd avoid the problem by not flirting with treason NoPasaran Jun 2013 #26

Yes, I'd do all that is necessary for evil to triumph as well. mhatrw Jun 2013 #32

Overwrought much? Floyd_Gondolli Jun 2013 #34

Not me. OilemFirchen Jun 2013 #37

Kicked & Recommended In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #31