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41. If it was just about the wiretapping inside the US I would agree with you but he released

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Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:01 AM

Feb 2016

information also about intelligence gathered oveaseas against foreign governments and that crosses the line.

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No matter how one feels about Snowden.... hlthe2b Feb 2016 #1

a fair trial? getagrip_already Feb 2016 #2

Wouldn't count on it... Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #38

hmmm rtracey Feb 2016 #3

Pure grandstanding, there is no way in hell he will return and its not because cstanleytech Feb 2016 #4

"Fair trial" Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #5

Fair trial would mean whistleblower consideration newthinking Feb 2016 #16

So you are in favor of... Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #39

I'm in favor of letting the courts decide Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #45

Of course he won't have a fair trial. Helen Borg Feb 2016 #6

No kidding. potone Feb 2016 #7

No, not at all. Revealing information that the government was listening in was fine cstanleytech Feb 2016 #27

Sorry. It's not 'a fig'. mpcamb Feb 2016 #35

If it was just about the wiretapping inside the US I would agree with you but he released cstanleytech Feb 2016 #41

Whiteblower??? potone Feb 2016 #36

Me typing on my nexus 7s touchscreen :P lol cstanleytech Feb 2016 #42

He will have a more fair trial than any of my clients ever had. nt msanthrope Feb 2016 #9

There are no fair trials of whistleblowers on US soil. Period. Helen Borg Feb 2016 #10

He is not a whistleblower. nt msanthrope Feb 2016 #11

He is. And a hero. nt Helen Borg Feb 2016 #12

And the Soviet Union thought the same way about their dissidents newthinking Feb 2016 #18

Yes indeed. potone Feb 2016 #37

This. newthinking Feb 2016 #17

Fair trial? no such thing. olddad56 Feb 2016 #8

Simply read the comments section here at DemocraticUnderground... Earth_First Feb 2016 #13

Earth, Snowden did himself in though because with varies interviews there is no way in hell he cstanleytech Feb 2016 #28

He won't if Hillary, Trump, Rubio, or Clinton are President Reter Feb 2016 #14

No fair trial in the US... freebrew Feb 2016 #15

As a whistleblower farleftlib Feb 2016 #19

Anyone can call themselves a whistleblower just as anyone can call themselves a journalist. randome Feb 2016 #23

True farleftlib Feb 2016 #32

Another baseball season coming...they show much baseball on the Moscow teevee? alcibiades_mystery Feb 2016 #20

Don't do it, Ed... americannightmare Feb 2016 #21

A fair trial is constitutionally guaranteed The Second Stone Feb 2016 #22

and impossible because of the pre trial prejudice that exist in the minds of everyone involved. olddad56 Feb 2016 #24

No, you probably could get a good unbiased jury but the main problem isnt jury selection but rather cstanleytech Feb 2016 #29

I don't believe anyone can get a trial with an unbaised jury. olddad56 Feb 2016 #31

Well its pointless to quibble over because of those interviews he did, if those didnt exist cstanleytech Feb 2016 #43

By "fair trial," Snowden means "If I was guaranteed an acquittal." alcibiades_mystery Feb 2016 #47

He won't find much support in the US. kstewart33 Feb 2016 #25

If I was on the jury, he'd have all the support he needed. BillZBubb Feb 2016 #26

A fire fighter who runs into a burning building to rescue a child is a hero and cstanleytech Feb 2016 #30

I'm with you farleftlib Feb 2016 #33

so I guess it would be safe to say that you have a bias against snowden olddad56 Feb 2016 #34

Don't do it Snowden former9thward Feb 2016 #40

It's a trap! OnyxCollie Feb 2016 #44

Don't do it, Edward, just stay where you are. lark Feb 2016 #46

If it is a fair trial he would be convicted of treason Sky Masterson Feb 2016 #48

Edward pinned his hopes on shysters like GG, and being estranged from his home country is his reward Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #49