Jimmy Carter Defends Snowden, Says U.S. Has No "Functioning Democracy"

[JDPriestly]

7. If Der Spiegel reported Jimmy Carter's speech inaccurately, I am sure that Jimmy Carter

will correct their report.

The organization is called Atlantik-Bruecke. That means literally the Atlantic bridge.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/18/1224679/-Jimmy-Carter-Defends-Snowden-and-Says-America-does-not-have-a-functioning-democracy

Atlantik-Brücke (German, Atlantic bridge) is the leading private non-profit association to promote German-American understanding and Atlanticism. Founded in Bonn in 1952, it is now located in Berlin.

The association organizes invitation-only conferences, seminars and colloquia. Through various programs for "Young Leaders," military officers, journalists, and students, Atlantik-Brücke fosters social networks among current and future leaders in business and world affairs. Atlantik-Brücke also awards prizes in honor of Vernon A. Walters and Eric M. Warburg.

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Prominent Young Leaders alumni

Christian Wulff, Former Federal President of Germany
Thomas de Maizière, Federal Minister of Defense
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Former Federal Minister of Defense
Michael Otto, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Otto Group
Jürgen Großmann, Chairman of the Managing Board of RWE
Thomas Enders, President and CEO of Airbus Industries
Paul-Bernhard Kallen, Chairman of the Board of Hubert Burda Media Holding
Hans-Gert Pöttering, Former President of the European Parliament
Charles Schumer, Senior U.S. Senator from New York
Cem Özdemir, Chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens
Edelgard Bulmahn Member of Parliament; Former Federal Minister of Education and Research
Michael Vassiliadis, Chairman of the Board of IG BCE – Mining, Chemical and Energy Industrial Union
Wolfgang Ischinger, Former German Ambassador to the United States
Richard Burt, Former United States Ambassador to Germany
Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Vice President of the European Parliament
Craig Kennedy, President of the German Marshall Fund of the U.S.
Kai Diekmann, Editor-in-Chief of BILD Zeitung
Katja Gloger, Editor-at-large, STERN Magazin
Joshua Bolten, Former White House Chief of Staff, President George W. Bush


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantik-Br%C3%BCcke

Maybe we should ask Charles Schumer and Josh Bolten how secretive the Atlantik Bruecke is.

It is very unfortunate that our "free press" has published no independent report on this speech.

Apparently our "free press" did not bother to attend the event much less report on it independently or interview Carter about it. Can't have any criticism of this program now can we? Certainly not in our "free press." Our "free press" has better things to do.

The blame for the failure to report this story should not be placed on Carter or Der Spiegel but on our media which employs mostly uneducated fools whose primary talents are looking good on TV and never rocking the boat of state.