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43. No, I'm openly rooting for Snowden to continue escaping US authorities.

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Tue Jun 25, 2013, 10:39 AM

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Are you secretly rooting for Snowden to continue escaping US authorities? [View all] kentuck Jun 2013 OP

Don't care about him, but I'd really like more light and heat on the spying. Scuba Jun 2013 #1

Secretly? No. bowens43 Jun 2013 #2

No, Champion Jack Jun 2013 #3

Who do you believe? kentuck Jun 2013 #4

"I don't believe him"? This isn't about Snowden's words. WinkyDink Jun 2013 #15

No 66 dmhlt Jun 2013 #5

Yes, I'm perfectly free from paranoia. cali Jun 2013 #6

I wouldn't wish what's going to happen to him Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #62

No, I don't give a flying fuck what happens to him. ellie Jun 2013 #7

no..... madrchsod Jun 2013 #8

I am very open about it. He is a whistleblower and a refugee claimant and must be treated as idwiyo Jun 2013 #9

I hope he gets caught. justiceischeap Jun 2013 #10

I want him caught Godhumor Jun 2013 #11

I'm not secret about it at all! WinkyDink Jun 2013 #12

I am not afraid to say anything treestar Jun 2013 #13

He knew what he was doing. His arrest wouldn't upset me. But, what does bother me leveymg Jun 2013 #14

True +++ marions ghost Jun 2013 #25

+1 Myrina Jun 2013 #29

Absolutely. They're still in "rah rah rah America" mode. sibelian Jun 2013 #53

Like around 1968. leveymg Jun 2013 #57

absolutely grasswire Jun 2013 #84

They should be ashamed. leveymg Jun 2013 #85

+ a gazillion. nt Mojorabbit Jun 2013 #87

Oh heck, yeah N_E_1 for Tennis Jun 2013 #16

+100 RC Jun 2013 #42

+100 sinkingfeeling Jun 2013 #45

But the irreperable harm done to the bobduca Jun 2013 #47

Hey... ohheckyeah Jun 2013 #63

no I am openly rooting for snowden to remain out of our injustice system. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #17

If he were caught, would it really be an injustice for him to be prosecuted? leveymg Jun 2013 #19

yes. He will be made an example of, a warning to all other potential whistleblowers. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #20

Security states always fear exposure. They can rule only through secrecy and lies. But, there are leveymg Jun 2013 #24

As long as Cheney and Bush remain free of indictment or even criminal investigation, HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #52

Yes; I don't think anyone in government gives a rat's ass about my opinon on Snowden MindPilot Jun 2013 #18

No secret about it Marrah_G Jun 2013 #21

no secret here datasuspect Jun 2013 #22

I am overtly rooting for Snowden to escape US authorities. Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #23

No - not at all - I hope he's caught (n/t) leftynyc Jun 2013 #26

I'm grateful to him for exposing privacy violations, and openly hope that he isn't prosecuted. Eric J in MN Jun 2013 #27

Nnnnnnope cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #28

Nope. Bonobo Jun 2013 #30

Not secretly. truebluegreen Jun 2013 #31

NO!!! nt jrthin Jun 2013 #32

Now the the Chinese and Russian security services have sucked him dry hack89 Jun 2013 #33

How do you know that, hack89? Bohunk68 Jun 2013 #34

Why wouldn't they? hack89 Jun 2013 #36

In other words, Bohunk68 Jun 2013 #73

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how an intellegence agency would react hack89 Jun 2013 #74

I'm openly rooting for Snowden to continue escaping US authorities. Autumn Jun 2013 #35

negative nevergiveup Jun 2013 #37

I don't care about him. I care about the issues he raised. Apophis Jun 2013 #38

They is watchin' all me words ma! snooper2 Jun 2013 #39

Those are some good questions, but no, I hope he escapes Waiting For Everyman Jun 2013 #40

Not secretly. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #41

No, I'm openly rooting for Snowden to continue escaping US authorities. forestpath Jun 2013 #43

its a bit like where's waldo Rise Rebel Resist Jun 2013 #44

NO Tikki Jun 2013 #46

not secretly. pretty openly. La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #48

I secretly want him going to DisneyWorld next. HipChick Jun 2013 #49

I'm enjoying the white Bronco chase. Long may it continue! (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #50

It's the government that's paranoid about having the people know what it does. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #51

citizen, it's doubleplus good that the state is hot on the heels of the terrorist... mike_c Jun 2013 #54

Not secretly supporting him as I'm pretty open with it. That said, if I were younger and ever Purveyor Jun 2013 #55

Interesting OP/thread. H2O Man Jun 2013 #56

His international human right to not be tortured supersedes any US law. L0oniX Jun 2013 #58

No. mfcorey1 Jun 2013 #59

No Le Taz Hot Jun 2013 #60

Yes, I hope he escapes. BlueStater Jun 2013 #61

I am openly rooting for Snowden. former9thward Jun 2013 #64

Firmly, unequivocally rooting for Snowden to escape US Guantanamo-style injustice Catherina Jun 2013 #65

I would like Russia to hand him over Life Long Dem Jun 2013 #66

No, I hope he's caught. tallahasseedem Jun 2013 #67

probably since a Democrat is in the White House, we aren't as paranoid as we should be yurbud Jun 2013 #68

no.. frylock Jun 2013 #69

I find myself hesitant to write what I feel magellan Jun 2013 #70

This message was self-deleted by its author magellan Jun 2013 #71

I hope he's caught, but I think he's gone LeftInTX Jun 2013 #72

Not secretly. Openly. dairydog91 Jun 2013 #75

Snowden is irrelevant to me at this point LibAsHell Jun 2013 #76

for a h.s. dropout warrprayer Jun 2013 #77

It is much more interesting to watch him bounce around the world The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2013 #78

Oh, I want him to stay in Ecuador. But he is as traitorous as a corporation aquart Jun 2013 #79

I'm secretly hoping he suffers a ruptured berry aneurysm and dies a quick, painful death so we kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #80

There's nothing "secret" about my position derby378 Jun 2013 #81

Oh hell no. 99Forever Jun 2013 #82

Our brave security forces tazered a naked 11 year old autistic girl found wandering in a daze Fumesucker Jun 2013 #83

I'm rooting for him to evade capture, and I'll make no secret of it. scarletwoman Jun 2013 #86