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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:30 PM Jul 2013

Senate pushes sanctions on nations aiding Snowden

Senate pushes sanctions on nations aiding Snowden

BRADLEY KLAPPER

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. sanctions against any country offering asylum to Edward Snowden advanced in Congress on Wednesday as the 30-year-old National Security Agency leaker remained in a Moscow airport while Russia weighed a request for him to stay permanently.

The measure introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., demands the State Department coordinate with lawmakers on setting penalties against nations that seek to help Snowden avoid extradition to the United States, where authorities want him prosecuted for revealing details of the government's massive surveillance system. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the proposal unanimously by voice vote as an amendment to next year's $50.6 billion diplomacy and international aid bill.

"I don't know if he's getting a change of clothes. I don't know if he's going to stay in Russia forever. I don't know where he's going to go," Graham said. "But I know this: That the right thing to do is to send him back home so he can face charges for the crimes he's allegedly committed."

Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua have offered Snowden asylum since his arrival at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport a month ago, shortly after identifying himself as the source of a series of news reports outlining the NSA's program to monitor Internet and telephone communications. It was believed he would then fly to Cuba. The U.S. then canceled his passport, stranding him, with Russia yet to authorize his request for temporary asylum or allow him to fly on to another destination.

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http://news.yahoo.com/senate-pushes-sanctions-nations-aiding-snowden-151239421.html


Members of the committee:

Democrats
Barbara Mikulski, Maryland, Chair
Patrick Leahy, Vermont
Tom Harkin, Iowa
Patty Murray, Washington
Dianne Feinstein, California
Dick Durbin, Illinois
Tim Johnson, South Dakota
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
Jack Reed, Rhode Island
Mark Pryor, Arkansas
Jon Tester, Montana
Tom Udall, New Mexico
Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire
Jeff Merkley, Oregon
Mark Begich, Alaska
Chris Coons, Delaware

Republicans

Richard Shelby, Alabama, Vice Chair
Thad Cochran, Mississippi
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky
Lamar Alexander, Tennessee
Susan Collins, Maine
Lisa Murkowski, Alaska
Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
Mark Kirk, Illinois
Dan Coats, Indiana
Roy Blunt, Missouri
Jerry Moran, Kansas
John Hoeven, North Dakota
Mike Johanns, Nebraska
John Boozman, Arkansas

http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/about-members.cfm
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Senate pushes sanctions on nations aiding Snowden (Original Post) ProSense Jul 2013 OP
Well Russia is helping him at present dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #1
We'll see. n/t ProSense Jul 2013 #2
I'm rather hoping dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #3
We'll see. n/t ProSense Jul 2013 #4
I'm hoping for a win-win like that as well. nt Union Scribe Jul 2013 #23
stench of hypocrisy arising from the senate and the white house nt msongs Jul 2013 #5
Good thing no one needs a job these days warrant46 Jul 2013 #15
A pathetic bi-partisan attempt at bullying. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #6
It's an ProSense Jul 2013 #7
The public isn't on the side of the NSA and its snooping either. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #9
Apparently, they're not on Snowden's side either. Check the poll you linked to. n/t ProSense Jul 2013 #10
I did. They weren't on Ellsberg's side either. But...they came around. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #12
This is good news, to allow these country to snub their noses at the US, there is a Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #8
And after all we've done for them cpwm17 Jul 2013 #13
You may not have checked before you posted but Bolivia and Venezuela have received aid from the US, Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #16
The US supported terrorist death squads against the Nicaraguan people: the Contras cpwm17 Jul 2013 #18
President Morales has already said that we can take our aid and shove it. totodeinhere Jul 2013 #21
You forgot the sarcasm tag. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #19
Lol. Union Scribe Jul 2013 #22
This is a natural step functioning_cog Jul 2013 #11
Senators Jeff Merkley, Tom Harkin, and Patrick Leahy.. Good. Cha Jul 2013 #14
K & R Scurrilous Jul 2013 #17
I don't think that any of the socialist democracies in Latin America that totodeinhere Jul 2013 #20

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
1. Well Russia is helping him at present
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:40 PM
Jul 2013

and China , using Hong Kong, had already done so.

So should we expect sanctions against Russia and China or is this just a very lame threat ?

 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
6. A pathetic bi-partisan attempt at bullying.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:20 PM
Jul 2013

I have a feeling that most of these senators signed off on bills giving the snoops the power that Snowden revealed.

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
7. It's an
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:50 PM
Jul 2013

"I have a feeling that most of these senators signed off on bills giving the snoops the power that Snowden revealed."

...interesting mix of Senators, and public opinion is not on Snowden's side: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023339015#post2

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
16. You may not have checked before you posted but Bolivia and Venezuela have received aid from the US,
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:40 PM
Jul 2013

Guess they are ungrateful.

 

cpwm17

(3,829 posts)
18. The US supported terrorist death squads against the Nicaraguan people: the Contras
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 11:21 PM
Jul 2013

and the US supported the 2002 coup attempt against Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. Those are just two examples of our generosity.

The US Government has a terrible human rights record throughout Latin America.

totodeinhere

(13,034 posts)
21. President Morales has already said that we can take our aid and shove it.
Sat Jul 27, 2013, 12:59 AM
Jul 2013

Any aid that we withdraw will be gladly replaced and then some by the Chinese.

Union Scribe

(7,099 posts)
22. Lol.
Sat Jul 27, 2013, 01:02 AM
Jul 2013

Of course that's usually a price we pay ourselves, in trillions of dollars worth of invasion and bombings.

 

functioning_cog

(294 posts)
11. This is a natural step
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:24 PM
Jul 2013

why do we want to trade with and help nation states that are harboring our criminals?

Cha

(295,899 posts)
14. Senators Jeff Merkley, Tom Harkin, and Patrick Leahy.. Good.
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:07 PM
Jul 2013
The relationship is already strained by a Russian crackdown on opposition groups, American missile-defense plans in Europe and the former Cold War foes' opposing views of the civil war between Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and rebels..

And, many are boycotting Russian Vodka because of Russia's Atrocious Stance on GaY Rights.

So yeah.. "the bad USA and good Russia" doesn't work.

mahalo ProSense

totodeinhere

(13,034 posts)
20. I don't think that any of the socialist democracies in Latin America that
Sat Jul 27, 2013, 12:56 AM
Jul 2013

offered him asylum will be deterred one bit by the threat of sanctions. The days when this country can push around Latin American countries are largely gone. And if the sanctions did go through any losses would be happily replaced by the Chinese who are working hard to increase their influence in the region. And they have more money to throw around than we do anyway.

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