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Luminous Animal

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1. Report privately to her committee? That is hilarious...

Sun Nov 3, 2013, 02:34 PM

Nov 2013

The poster woman for the surveillance state would have us and Snowden believe that her NSA spying enabling committee would have lifted a finger to curtail the NSA's activities.

What a sick joke.

What is likely is that he would have ended up persecuted and prosecuted ala Thomas Drake with his career and life ruined. It was just such prosecution of whistleblowers like Drake that led Snowden to take the path that he did.

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White House, Lawmakers Reject Clemency For Edward Snowden - AP/SFExaminer [View all] WillyT Nov 2013 OP

Report privately to her committee? That is hilarious... Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #1

Yes...under the Intelligence Community Whistleblower's Protection Act msanthrope Nov 2013 #2

Proper does not equal effective. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #3

Indeed..for justice delayed is justice denied. Of course, the patriot who wrote that wrote it from msanthrope Nov 2013 #11

Yeah, Snowden witnessed Thomas Drake's justice. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #12

Don't You See... We Are All Supposed To Sacrifice Our Lives And Fortunes For The 1%... WillyT Nov 2013 #14

Yeah. Appeal to DiFi. The very person who has introduced legislation to Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #16

+1000 FirstLight Nov 2013 #28

Sure... And It Would All Have Been Quietly Swept Under The Rug... WillyT Nov 2013 #4

Possibly...but we will never know, since Snowden failed to follow the law. nt msanthrope Nov 2013 #10

He "failed to follow the law" because he saw the consequences of those before him... Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #15

One should not follow the law because one doesn't like the consequences of the law? msanthrope Nov 2013 #17

George Bush And Dick Cheney Are Your Clients ??? WillyT Nov 2013 #18

Hahaha!!! Nice! Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #20

If a law is unjust yes. I suppose you'd be the type of lawyer that would support Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #19

MLK broke unjust laws....and still took his punishment. nt msanthrope Nov 2013 #21

I Forget... How Long Was MLK Stripped Naked And Held In Solitary Confinement ??? WillyT Nov 2013 #22

And you would have supported that punishment because he "broke the law." Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #23

MLK didn't release classified information or expose the surveillance state. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #27

70 (That is SEVENTY) rights groups warn UK government reaction to NSA leaks eroding freedom Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #26

difi -- you remain an insult to thinking americans every where. xchrom Nov 2013 #5

Going to DiFi would've been like a mafioso going to the Godfather with complaints about crime. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #6

Yes, indeed! Love this! Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #24

... woo me with science Nov 2013 #7

Love your little cartoon, there Demeter Nov 2013 #9

How convenient for us all that the criminals Snowden has exposed are all in US Demeter Nov 2013 #8

But Cheney and the banksters are good to go. polichick Nov 2013 #13

Di Fi is a failure RobertEarl Nov 2013 #25