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36. Such a deal! nt

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Fri Jul 26, 2013, 11:10 AM

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Breaking: U.S. tells Russia it would not seek the death penalty if Edward Snowden returns to U.S. [View all] AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 OP

Instead - the US will seek the "solitary confinement for 100 years" penalty? Much more humane. nt CincyDem Jul 2013 #1

They didn't say anything about torture so Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #4

Yeah, and we told the Indians the truth too The Straight Story Jul 2013 #2

Holder pinky promised! morningfog Jul 2013 #43

We are a nation that tortures, and keeps secret extrajudicial kill lists MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #3

+1 Safetykitten Jul 2013 #7

Dutch Court Won�t Extradite Terror Suspect to US Over Torture Concerns Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #12

Lovely MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #15

Obama ended torture, but nice try. AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #18

Manning was tortured, according to the UN. MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #20

Not in US prisons ..just with the military. Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #24

AINIS, you need to clean and restock your sources: that one is a bit moldy. leveymg Jul 2013 #29

You believe that the US no longer tortures? David__77 Jul 2013 #31

Ended torture? Ended the practice of forced feeding of prisoners at Guantanamo? Good to know. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #38

Except when we torture. See Gitmo forced feedings. morningfog Jul 2013 #40

Oh my god, some website said it was so... JackRiddler Jul 2013 #46

Politifact has an extraordinary track record unmatched by any other fact-checkers. AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #48

A completely irrelevant answer. What's the fact? JackRiddler Jul 2013 #49

Politifact apparently ignores the practices of proxy torture and torture after rendition, both of leveymg Jul 2013 #57

If he doesn't take this deal, they should put it back on the table. AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #5

What kind of sweetheart deal can we get for the Carlyle Group? think Jul 2013 #9

You support the execution of Snowden. Noted. morningfog Jul 2013 #41

Is that straight from the Carlyle Group? Or just some other govt. source? think Jul 2013 #6

Because life in prison is so appealing? Cleita Jul 2013 #8

So it makes no difference? treestar Jul 2013 #11

I'm not for the death penalty or even prison except in extreme cases Cleita Jul 2013 #21

You'd be OK with sending them to the army? treestar Jul 2013 #22

We should sentence murderers and rapists to play musical chairs in a prison like the one in Norway. AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #26

What a BS false equivalency. Cleita Jul 2013 #33

I never said that. I said there are other ways to punish a Cleita Jul 2013 #27

That actually doesn't sound like a bad idea to me treestar Jul 2013 #39

Thanks. I find our present day system of incarceration Cleita Jul 2013 #44

Russia has the death penalty treestar Jul 2013 #10

Is that what your Carlyle Group handlers told you to say? AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #14

Weren't you there are training this morning? treestar Jul 2013 #17

LOL Scurrilous Jul 2013 #54

espionage carries the death penalty n/t Enrique Jul 2013 #30

He's charged with three statutes and none of them have the death penalty. treestar Jul 2013 #55

Snowden is a unique hearts and minds issue for Putin markiv Jul 2013 #13

Don't believe a damned word of it Vlad... eom Purveyor Jul 2013 #16

But they will use Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #19

Yep, it's a good possibility considering how they have reacted in the past. Cleita Jul 2013 #23

The fact this is even offered indicates their intentions Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #32

The trouble with that is our word is not worth a bucket of warm spit at this point. nt bemildred Jul 2013 #25

So reassuring. Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #28

Regardless of one's personal thoughts on the matter, RedCappedBandit Jul 2013 #34

Haliburton just got a sweetheart deal Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #35

Such a deal! nt ladjf Jul 2013 #36

life in a federal prison w/ guards daily 'funnin' imo is worse than death Sunlei Jul 2013 #37

That letter is meaningless with respect to what the final charges and sentence faced would be. morningfog Jul 2013 #42

Of course not. KamaAina Jul 2013 #45

Please define Baxtered. JackRiddler Jul 2013 #50

Baxtered = suicided. KamaAina Jul 2013 #51

Right, Baxter... JackRiddler Jul 2013 #52

Like Julian's claims to this treestar Jul 2013 #56

if Snowden releases NSA agents names, Whisp Jul 2013 #47

Just like what happened to the 'outers' of Valerie Plame. Got it. nt snappyturtle Jul 2013 #53