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In reply to the discussion: If Snowden Made Us Stronger How Is He a Traitor? - FDL [View all]JI7
(89,239 posts)14. Snowden is weakening his claims by hanging out in Russia and not criticizing Russia and China
if it's so horrible and bad why is he there ? in fact he ran off to go there of all places. where it's far worse than the US,UK and other places he has criticized.
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he could have had the conversation anytime unlike China and Russia which was his point
JI7
Jan 2014
#12
Snowden is weakening his claims by hanging out in Russia and not criticizing Russia and China
JI7
Jan 2014
#14
Precisely, if Snowden had stayed in the US he could have accessed the press like Chelsea Manning did
Fumesucker
Jan 2014
#16
he could have done it in many ways , since Snowden wasn't military like Manning he would have had
JI7
Jan 2014
#18
+1, Der Spiegel said the docs he gave them could place opperatives in danger, that was needless
uponit7771
Jan 2014
#33
The president himself was surprised at the scale NSA spying so Snowden did him a service as well.
pa28
Jan 2014
#17
Snowden Hypocrisy = The surveillance programs should be part of national discussion and ...
uponit7771
Jan 2014
#32
Snowden showed the world what the roaches at NSA are doing and Obama responded with band-aids.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2014
#38