USA Calling For the Extradition of Snowden 955
Taco Cowboy writes "Edward Snowden, the leaker who gave us the evidence of US government spying on its people is under threat of being extradited back to the U.S. to face prosecution. Some people in Congress, including Republican Peter King (R-NY), are calling for his extradition from Hong Kong to face trial. From the article: 'A spokesman for the director of national intelligence, James Clapper, said Snowden's case had been referred to the justice department and US intelligence was assessing the damage caused by the disclosures.
"Any person who has a security clearance knows that he or she has an obligation to protect classified information and abide by the law," the spokesman, Shawn Turner, said.'"
Consider the Ecuadorian embassy (Score:5, Funny)
I hear they do a really good B&B deal.
Re:It really annoys the hell out of me... (Score:5, Funny)
I didn't realise that one's qualifications were a measure of trustworthiness. We should play poker sometime. I'll deal.
Re:It really annoys the hell out of me... (Score:5, Funny)
how they placed a high school dropout in such a position of trust.
I'm a high school dropout, and I've worked for IBM and Cisco and quit both jobs. I'm not even sucking the public teat.
His first job at the NSA was as a security guard. Then, amazingly, he moved up the ranks of the United Statesâ(TM) national security infrastructure
This is only amazing to people who have watched too many movies. The people who work in alphabet soup are just as competent as anyone else, no more and no less. Actually, if anything, they are probably less competent, because the government screens out a lot of creative, intelligent people in its quest to find those who will toe the line.
Wtf are people smoking in the US?
They could tell you, but unfortunately, it's still illegal at the federal level, in violation of our own scheduling guidelines.
Re:Abide by the law? (Score:3, Funny)
Meanwhile, a helpful Government spokeman is making hand gestures and saying:
I think the hand gestures you are referring to is the one with closed fist and extended middle finger.
Re:Someone start a defense fund (Score:4, Funny)
But not as entertaining.
Re:Someone start a defense fund (Score:4, Funny)
You've been PRISM'd.
Re: Some people in Congress? (Score:5, Funny)
Diane Feinstein, for starters.
Please, Snowden should have gone straight to Feinstein's office with his complaints, and she would have made things right.
You don't go straight to the press, when we have people like Diane to represent the People's interests and fight for the rights of her constituents.
Re:Someone start a defense fund (Score:4, Funny)
Duh, it's simple. Sequestering information away from those people that are making decisions on who should be leading the country is tantamount to the security of such a democracy. (I can't even keep a straight face...)