"John Kerry's Latest Snowden Comments Are Moronic, Offensive, and Dangerous"--Nathasha Lennard

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5. Silliness

It carries a particularly grim resonance in the wake of Chelsea Manning's military trial and conviction. That whistleblower had to "man up" in the most literal of ways: She stood trial as Bradley Manning, her legal team determining it would do the case no favors to reveal her preferred name and gender identity during the court martial.

No one, fugitive whistleblower or otherwise, should heed Kerry's call to 'trust in the American justice system.'

And, indeed, military psychologists testifying at the trial pathologized Manning's gender identity as a "disorder," a designation that even the DSM-5 has scrapped. Chelsea Manning remains in a male prison. The point being, US justice has a cruel way of insisting that its victims "man up." Kerry's use of the phrase is unwitting reminder of this.

People are taking issue with Kerry stating that Snowden should be held accountable, and they're doing it by saying no one should "trust" the U.S. justice system? Kerry is a Government official.

Did people expect Snowden's claims to go unchallenged by anyone with the stature to do so? Kerry's statements were similar to what many other Democrats have said.

Snowden is the coward

Expecting any administration official to coddle Snowden is letting a bias get the best of logic. Being surprised that Kerry would point to the justice system is ridiculous.

Here's another quote:

Snowden's allegiance is to that old myth 'America the free,' while Kerry aligns uncritically with 'America the State.'

Really? Kerry aligns with the government?

Snowden and his lawyers know he broke the law. Snowden knows the extent of the information he took, as he admitted tonight. He screwed up. He's a fugitive. He's not some fragile kid, and no one should expect that he'd be treated with kid gloves.

It's interesting to see Kerry being thrown under a bus for calling out a self-confessed spy who stole government documents (some admittedly damaging) and fled the country. What did people expect Kerry to say?

Demanding or suggesting he return to the U.S. to be held accountable is not unusual. Kerry has earned the right to make that call.

Like it or not, Snowden dug himself into a deeper hole with last night's interview.

During the interview, he sounded like an idiot and most of his claims were absurd. I mean, the fool admitted, in his own words, that he took damaging information and distributed it and the only thing he has as a defense is that the recipients promised not to reveal the information.

9) Snowden didn’t deny turning over secrets that would be damaging or harmful. He only said journalists have a deal with him not to do it. Just a reminder: we really have no idea how many reporters or organizations have copies of the documents or the total number of documents (it’s a Greenwald/Snowden secret), but we do know that Snowden documents have been reported by so many publications that the question arises: who doesn’t have Snowden documents?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025017514

Snowden is seeking clemency or a plea deal. Like it or not, he's going to have to deal with the U.S. justice system.