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Lodestar

(2,388 posts) Wed Nov 19, 2014, 12:24 PM Nov 2014

2014 SXSW event (Austin, TX) - Snowden speaks from Russia via Teleconference

Thought it might be timely, due to the news about the Senate vote to block of the NSA reform bill,
to post this video of Snowden speaking to record crowds at SXSW earlier this year.

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2014 SXSW event (Austin, TX) - Snowden speaks from Russia via Teleconference (Original Post) Lodestar Nov 2014 OP

Snowden talking in front of a graphic of the preamble to the U.S. Constitution in Russia... EEO Nov 2014 #1

Sad but poignant irony imo....n/t Lodestar Nov 2014 #2

It may be he cares more for it than people who have never accomplished anything but sit on their jtuck004 Nov 2014 #3

He had no choice jhart3333 Nov 2014 #4

EEO

(1,620 posts)

1. Snowden talking in front of a graphic of the preamble to the U.S. Constitution in Russia...

Reply to Lodestar (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 01:55 PM

Nov 2014

Wow. There are plenty of countries that don't have extradition agreements with the United States. He should have gone to one of those.

Lodestar

(2,388 posts)

2. Sad but poignant irony imo....n/t

Reply to EEO (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 02:54 PM

Nov 2014

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)

3. It may be he cares more for it than people who have never accomplished anything but sit on their

Reply to EEO (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 03:17 PM

Nov 2014

ass behind a keyboard and make snide, useless remarks.

He exposed some information that needed to see the light. And if it wasn't for people pissing on that constitution he wouldn't have had to leave, which may be the biggest irony of all.

jhart3333

(332 posts)

4. He had no choice

Reply to EEO (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 19, 2014, 11:24 PM

Nov 2014

You are assuming that he had a choice in the matter. He did not. He just happened to be on his way through Russia when his passport was revoked.

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