Snowden: 'Obama Admin Not Afraid Of Whistleblowers Like Me or Manning - No They Are Afraid Of YOU'

[kpete]

he has a point
mho
kp

[NightWatcher]

1. He left his Guy Fawkes mask in his other luggage

Dude is screwed.

[yodermon]

11. Yes, the dude is screwed. And we are... what? n/t

[Skittles]

19. it's all about Snowden and Obama

has nothing to do with America - stop trying to look behind the curtain, yoderman!! IGNORANCE IS BLISS!!!!!

[Turbineguy]

2. Yes, if he came back to the US

there would be no trial or anything, just a secret excecution. You know, just like what happens to everyone else?

[OilemFirchen]

3. What a pathetic, whining histrionic little punk.

[PSPS]

7. That's a solid #13 on the hit parade

1. This is nothing new
2. I have nothing to hide
3. What are you, a freeper?
4. But Obama is better than Christie/Romney/Bush/Hitler
5. Greenwald/Flaherty/Gillum/Apuzzo/Braun is a hack
6. We have red light cameras, so this is no big deal
7. Corporations have my data anyway
8. At least Obama is trying
9. This is just the media trying to take Obama down
10. It's a misunderstanding/you are confused
11. You're a racist
12. Nobody cares about this anyway / "unfounded fears"
13. I don't like Snowden, therefore we must disregard all of this

[OilemFirchen]

12. What, no Nickelback?

[leftstreet]

4. DURec

[woo me with science]

5. K&R

[zbdent]

6. Publicly, the RWers are calling this man a traitor ...

but wait ... should he "take down" Obama (cause O to be impeached, and convicted) for the wiretapping, he'll have his pick of talk show hosting gigs ... many of them offered in the "liberally-biased media" ...

[madrchsod]

8. he`s 14 minutes into his 15 minutes of fame....

[Octafish]

9. An excellent point.

In a democracy, the people watch the government.

In a tyranny, the government watches the people.

[kpete]

13. thanks Octafish

sometimes, i wonder where i am...


peace, kp

[Brigid]

22. You are in a Third World country.

Just wait till enough people figure that out.

[struggle4progress]

10. Look! Another juvenile libertarian wacko trying to destroy Obama's efforts at diplomacy!

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

14. Sounds about right, and future whistle blowers which i am willing to bet there will be plenty

Edward Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of the news that Tyranny is coming!

[treestar]

15. Why would Obama be afraid of the American people?

They elected him President.

Maybe what he's worried about is Eddie's information making it harder for him to secure the nation that elected him President.

Eddie you and Bradley violated the law. Under the rule of law, that means you end up in court. Yes we are "afraid" of people who break the law. That's why we made laws to restrain them.

[Cha]

16. No, he doesn't have a point, kpete. Pres Obama has welcomed this dialogue but

I'm sure that's gotten lost in all this snowden worship.

President Obama is not afraid of us. Snowden's there in Russia whinging his damn head off and showing how ignorant he is.

[bvar22]

17. Beautiful & Succinct.

Beautifully written.

[font size=3]In the end, the Obama Administration is not afraid of whistle blowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned, or powerless.
No. The Obama Administration is afraid of YOU. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised---
and it should be.

[/font]

You know, I didn't pay much attention to Snowden at first.
I wouldn't have given him much thought until "they" made this about HIM instead of the 4th Amendment and Secret Government Overreach.
Thanks to their efforts, Snowden the Person has emerged,
and I like this guy, even if he keeps boxes in his garage.
For an IT guy, he has some good Communication and Critical Thinking Skills.

Thanks, Edward Snowden...wherever you are.

[Amonester]

18. All nice and sweet, but... He Will Fail.

Like everybody else before him.

He broke the law.

Sad, but anyone who breaks laws must face a judge at some point.

If the law is not good, challenge it.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

21. "They" will not allow it.

Not without a revolution will this law be changed.
Now that is the frightening point now isn't it?

[Amonester]

25. Nothing will be changed, in spite or everything anyone will say.

The same goes about climate change: nothing will be changed except for It Will Become Worse. The same goes about money in politics: nothing will be changed except for...

The 'Hope And Change' slogan did not mean a 100% Hope and 100% Change of Everything That Is Wrong, but maybe just 50% (many important issues).

Of course it's not enough, but that's what we'll get instead of 0% (or -100% with mcWor$e or Rmoney), and the SCOTUS Nominees.

As long as private money will not be banned from politics, do not expect any complete change.

[bvar22]

24. Fail?... NOPE....He has already succeeded beyond his wildest expectations.

His stated goal was to expose the fact that our government was Spying on Americans without oversight and compiling this data into a huge database,
and to raise public awareness to this Government Overreach.

I have to give him a 10 out of 10.
The real Schadenfreude comes from the realization that it is the OVER REACTION of those who wish to Protect the Government that have helped Snowden succeed,
and their desperate attempts to smear him that have catapulted him to the status of an international HERO.

[Bolo Boffin]

20. He's not stateless.

His passport was revoked. Millions of Americans don't have a passport.

Fuck Ron Paul.

[great white snark]

23. Now he's starting to sound like Ron Paul.

Fuck 'em.

[MjolnirTime]

26. Snowden is just another Obama hater.

One who was willing to damage his Country just so he could vent his fury.

What a complete jackass!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

27. No. No. No. The nice people at NSA spy on us because they really, really, like us.

And, want to protect us from really, really, scary people like Snowden, Manning, Assange, and ourselves.