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In reply to the discussion: Snowden’s Asylum Request: ‘Unlikely I Would Receive Fair Trial or Proper Treatment Prior to Trial’ [View all]
reorg
(3,317 posts)46. No, it's a matter of interpretation. Any charge under the so-called Espionage Act
is political in nature (as a professor of law has asserted today in an interview with German TV channel ARD).
But we don't need to make the ultimate decision right here and now. Neither of us has the authority to do so, not even the US Supreme Court, LOL.
If someone applies for protection against extradition or asylum, the requested state alone has to determine through its judiciary and perhaps government officials whether or not the offenses alleged are political in nature and thus exempt from extradition. Nobody else.
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Snowden’s Asylum Request: ‘Unlikely I Would Receive Fair Trial or Proper Treatment Prior to Trial’ [View all]
kpete
Jun 2013
OP
Well that first section sounds like it applies to about every military contractor in Iraq
The Straight Story
Jun 2013
#16
Mr Brown is further charged with threatening a federal agent. And as identity theft associated with
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#21
Posting the link is only one of the charges. Another charge is that he himself was
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#38
He was in possession of the trove of incriminating information. He did not steal any identities
mhatrw
Jun 2013
#39
Those who wish to become informed will find the article quite informative. YMMV
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#44
He's also lying about the criminal charges. He's being charged with theft of classified documents,
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#18
He wasn't charged with having an OPINION, political or otherwise. He was charged with theft
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#24
No, it's a matter of fact. He was charged with theft of classified documents. n/t
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#27
No, it's a matter of interpretation. Any charge under the so-called Espionage Act
reorg
Jun 2013
#46
I do. The whole world would be watching and he wouldn't be under military control. nt
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#17
Poor, poor Master Snowden. Declared himself innocent before the trial before the charges were filed.
Major Hogwash
Jun 2013
#9
My power just came on after being out since yesterday evening, so I didn't see that til now.
kas125
Jun 2013
#34
Where in the UCMJ that the government is permitted to do what they did to Manning
davidn3600
Jun 2013
#29
No, Manning was not in solitary confinement at Quantico. The Quantico brig had a separate wing
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#31