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From Amnesty International:
The reports that Edward Snowden has been living in Russia with precarious "temporary leave to remain" rather than under any formal asylum protection is further evidence he must be allowed to travel to and seek asylum in the country of his choice, said Amnesty International today.
Russia's one-year permit for the whistleblower and former US intelligence analyst to stay in the country is now reported to have expired without confirmation that it will be extended.
"Edward Snowden is cornered in a legal limbo, without a passport or asylum protection from any government," said Sherif Elsayed-Ali, Deputy Director of Global Thematic Issues at Amnesty International.
States should fully consider any asylum application from Edward Snowden, taking into account the massive human rights violations that he exposed, and noting the US government's repressive actions against him.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 06 2014, @02:39PM
I know I should not reply to trolls...
But why 'boo hoo'? Ok sure he committed a crime. However, that crime has done more to advance freedom than any single act in the past 20 years. He has exposed more criminal acts than we expected. On the internet the tinfoil guys were looking like they had egg on their faces because they were not paranoid ENOUGH! That is even scarier than what he did as those guys have some 'out there' theories. The current admin has show it does not care other than to make sure it has 'good spin'. I find that even more sad.
So yeah maybe 'boo hoo', but for the world population in what our gov is doing.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 06 2014, @02:57PM
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(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 06 2014, @04:41PM
But why 'boo hoo'? Ok sure he committed a crime. [Citation needed] However, that crime has done more to advance freedom than any single act in the past 20 years. [Citation needed] He has exposed more criminal acts than we expected. [Citation needed] On the internet the tinfoil guys were looking like they had egg on their faces because they were not paranoid ENOUGH! [Citation needed] That is even scarier than what he did as those guys have some 'out there' theories. [Citation needed] The current admin has show it does not care other than to make sure it has 'good spin'. [Citation needed] I find that even more sad.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 06 2014, @05:19PM
[Citation needed]
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=edward+snowden [lmgtfy.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 06 2014, @10:20PM
Whose freedom? If you're talking "the people of the world," well, that is irrelevant given that we're talking about a spy agency who is supposed to be spying on the people of the world. The underlying assumption in your comment is that the US is the only country that spies on people, and now that they've been exposed, the world is a safer place for it. However, all countries spy, and have for thousands of years. Explain how this has advanced ANY freedoms?
Which of the exposed acts are criminal? If I recall correctly, nothing has been deemed illegal apart from what some split-decision "advisory panel" opined. Please don't embarrass yourself by cutting and pasting the 4th Amendment unless you're going to bring in some actual examples of actual relevant legal precedent and interpretation.
Lionize him all you want, as there certainly is no shortage of people here who do, but, in my opinion at least, the outcomes of his actions are way overblown and are almost totally political. I would be much more inclined to view him favorably if he actually did what he says he did, which would have been working through proper whistleblowing channels (which he has presented NO evidence that he did other than "trust me"; come on, you blindly copy Gigabytes of info but you aren't going to copy your Outlook PST file to cover your ass?), or releasing documentation that is pertinent to the domestic data collection. Just grabbing and dumping everything shows him to be intellectually lazy at best, and morally bankrupt at worst.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 07 2014, @12:49AM
Please don't embarrass yourself by cutting and pasting the 4th Amendment unless you're going to bring in some actual examples of actual relevant legal precedent and interpretation.
So we can ignore the 4th amendment because it pleases you?
Ok then...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=nsa+not+spying+on+americans [lmgtfy.com]
What were lead to believe...
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/the-nsa-is-probably-not-spying-on-you [vice.com]
What is true....
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2013/08/09/latest-nsa-revelations-debunk-obamas-no-spying-americans-claim [commondreams.org]
In what way is that not against the law? Show me the law and point # that lets the NSA know who my little sister called? Show me the court cases which say that is ok. Show me the law that says they can slurp up every piece of metadata out there? Show me how the same law I know you want to dig up is not being stretched well outside of its scope. Show me the law that lets Obama and the head of the NSA get in front of Congress and lie under oath? Or is it all in 'secret court documents' that I am not privileged enough to see?
Then this the writer of the bill has basically said 'we let you do too much' and 'we did not intend for you to do that and you know it'.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/10/nsa-surveillance-patriot-act-author-bill [theguardian.com]
Lionize him all you want
I was with you at first. However, after Obama went on and on how about things are not happening. Then the head of the NSA says the same things under oath to congress. Then Snowden comes out and says liar liar pants on fire and here are your own power point slides to show otherwise. Then the backtracking by the same two people.
which he has presented NO evidence that he did other than "trust me"
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/nsa-snowden-files-drives-destroyed-london [theguardian.com]
If it was not true why did they go over there personally and personally destroy the only evidence against him? If its not true then he is innocent and he can come home right?
Two irrefutable truths are politicians are liars and so are spys. QED they lied about breaking the law.
I was with you at first. However, at this point you have lost me. You have squandered an opportunity to make the world better. For what, secrecy and lies? Honestly the last straw for me was the destruction of evidence. I dont even HAVE to trust him. I unfortunately see what my gov is doing. On top of that they have become a punchline (I lost my emails, ask the NSA badump bump). I see it as an assault on the very constitution that you casually dismiss.
However, if you insist on case law fine... http://www.fourthamendmentsummaries.com/ [fourthamendmentsummaries.com] There is a couple hundred YEARS of it.