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8. "He's obviously violated the laws of America, for which he's responsible,"

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2013, 02:34 AM

Jul 2013

fat chance of super-boy owning up to that.

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Jimmy Carter Defends Snowden, Says U.S. Has No "Functioning Democracy" [View all] Purveyor Jul 2013 OP

Recommended. (nt) NYC_SKP Jul 2013 #1

Right again, Mr. Carter Warpy Jul 2013 #2

This is not news. Everybody knows the US has no functioning democracy. nt limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #3

Carter is not timid when it comes to telling the truth! emsimon33 Jul 2013 #4

Agree with this. tblue Jul 2013 #5

We don't actually have a verifiable Carter quote from Der Spiegel struggle4progress Jul 2013 #6

If Der Spiegel reported Jimmy Carter's speech inaccurately, I am sure that Jimmy Carter JDPriestly Jul 2013 #7

So -- where exactly was this Georgia meeting held, what was the agenda, and who attended? struggle4progress Jul 2013 #12

Here is a picture of Carter at the meeting and an article from Die Krone. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #23

The article is just a rehash of the Spiegel article, and so jumbles together remarks Carter made struggle4progress Jul 2013 #25

You don't trust the photo? JDPriestly Jul 2013 #26

Schmitz jumbled together a CNN interview from the day before with his alleged Carter quote to create struggle4progress Jul 2013 #27

And what about Schmitz's Twitter statement? JDPriestly Jul 2013 #31

No, Carter isn't going to track every statement in the foreign press in order to make sure struggle4progress Jul 2013 #32

The reporter, Gregor Peter Schmitz, was at the event muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #13

So -- where exactly was this Georgia meeting held, what was the agenda, and who attended? struggle4progress Jul 2013 #14

You can wait for the report of the conference muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #15

There's no published agenda or list of attendees for the event in last years report struggle4progress Jul 2013 #19

The UK org *WAS* entirely separate muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #20

I don't see how we could establish they're unrelated, especially since the German organization struggle4progress Jul 2013 #21

German org: 50 years old, people like Chuck Schumer among its 'young leaders' over the years muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #22

Thanks for the interesting twitter link: given that the Spiegel headline is struggle4progress Jul 2013 #16

"He's obviously violated the laws of America, for which he's responsible," Cha Jul 2013 #8

he's is not the one using drones to execute people without charges or trial. fat chance of that msongs Jul 2013 #9

Smirk and Sneer obviously violated the laws of America Fumesucker Jul 2013 #10

I can already hear the Morans saying, "Good! This isn't a Democracy, it's a REPUBLIC!" Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #11

It's not unclear lol. All they had to do was email the author who was present at the conference Catherina Jul 2013 #17

So, when will The Collective Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #18

Again, a government apologist if not agent, hijacked this thread to talk about this time, JDPriestly Jul 2013 #24

/me peeks using Chrome's Incognito window - yep, one of the propagandists at work. backscatter712 Jul 2013 #28

I don't have anyone on ignore, but I am considering putting a couple of people there. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #30

I'm so used to that from initiating articles in the I/P forum that it doesn't even faze me anymore. Purveyor Jul 2013 #29

The photo is Carter, rising at the Carter Center, to talk about unchecked political contributions struggle4progress Jul 2013 #33

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