Snowden’s lawyer compares him to a runaway slave using the Underground Railroad

[Demeter]

31. Many slaves ran to Canada, and points beyond

others fled to unincorporated territories.

Sometimes slaves were tricked into slavery back in Africa, by their fellow Africans, just as Snowden was tricked into betraying the Constitution by his employer. But usually, they were captured by rival tribes and sold to the white men.

It really helps to have a little historical information, if you are going to try to make a convincing argument on DU.


There is nothing offensive about fighting injustice and tyranny and defending the Constitution from an illegal regime. For such is the NSA.