However, that does not equate to an invasion of a sovereign nation. There is also no doubt Russia does not have the vast debt accumulated by the previous administration of the USA in building huge storage facilities to house illegally gotten information of average Americans. Mr. Putin makes the mistake that the USA has more money to spend on such nonsense. The USA didn't pay for the facilities and antics, at least not yet.
The entire scheme was unconstitutional, regardless of what any conservative court might state. It has the fingerprints of Cheney written all over it. To that reality is the inquiry of Senator Feinstein as well. We already know The Robert's Court is delivering changes to our legal system in many instances are dangerous. Why would any court in the USA deny Americans basic health care only to have them die for the political dogma of the right wing. It is unthinkable, but, yet the Robert's court saw to it.
The NSA lied about creating danger to people around the world. It lied about it's activities to the people of the USA. There is nothing honorable about that. The only lack of failure is that it lied about every action, including allies and otherwise.
No one besides well paid bureaucrats in Washington, DC have ever condoned the torture of people at CIA black sites. This administration wanted to close Gitmo. There is a very small number of people in this world sitting in Washington, DC that won't roll back the human rights abuses of the USA. It is called a democracy and when really lousy people line the halls of the USA Capital building, seriously deranged things happen. Those people blocking improvements to USA human rights abuses are also bought and paid for by industries like Big Oil.
But, as to Mr. Snowden; the world owes a debt. He put his entire life on the line, his future, his happiness and his freedom on the line to bring forth a reality few could imagine. The debt owed Edward is also burdened by Russia and to the fact his message has been profoundly heard and embraced is to Russia's own security as well as their credit.
Mr. Snowden has very little to do with the on going drama in Ukraine. It is a very different problem. While Edward's acts of bravery unlocked secrets best known than hidden, he did not seek to compromise a sovereign nation to be absorbed by a larger power. Ukraine was completely disarmed in being able to protect it's borders. I hardly call that a fair encounter. Russia's actions were completely unexpected and unjustified.
I hope the new agreement Foreign Minister Lavrov and Secretary Kerry have written renews the fact there is to be no interference in Ukraine's sovereign rights.
It was good to know Edward was okay and doing well enough. It is also good to know Ukraine is now finding a way to reenforce it's right to exist without oppression. Russia was a liberator when it came to protecting a whistleblower, but, it cannot claim the same quality when ignoring a treaty of a post soviet nation. One act does not exonerate the other.
I hope Edward continues to enjoy his life in Russia. He looks well. I am sure his family still visits. There are few in the USA that don't care about his well being.
The entire scheme was unconstitutional, regardless of what any conservative court might state. It has the fingerprints of Cheney written all over it. To that reality is the inquiry of Senator Feinstein as well. We already know The Robert's Court is delivering changes to our legal system in many instances are dangerous. Why would any court in the USA deny Americans basic health care only to have them die for the political dogma of the right wing. It is unthinkable, but, yet the Robert's court saw to it.
The NSA lied about creating danger to people around the world. It lied about it's activities to the people of the USA. There is nothing honorable about that. The only lack of failure is that it lied about every action, including allies and otherwise.
No one besides well paid bureaucrats in Washington, DC have ever condoned the torture of people at CIA black sites. This administration wanted to close Gitmo. There is a very small number of people in this world sitting in Washington, DC that won't roll back the human rights abuses of the USA. It is called a democracy and when really lousy people line the halls of the USA Capital building, seriously deranged things happen. Those people blocking improvements to USA human rights abuses are also bought and paid for by industries like Big Oil.
But, as to Mr. Snowden; the world owes a debt. He put his entire life on the line, his future, his happiness and his freedom on the line to bring forth a reality few could imagine. The debt owed Edward is also burdened by Russia and to the fact his message has been profoundly heard and embraced is to Russia's own security as well as their credit.
Mr. Snowden has very little to do with the on going drama in Ukraine. It is a very different problem. While Edward's acts of bravery unlocked secrets best known than hidden, he did not seek to compromise a sovereign nation to be absorbed by a larger power. Ukraine was completely disarmed in being able to protect it's borders. I hardly call that a fair encounter. Russia's actions were completely unexpected and unjustified.
I hope the new agreement Foreign Minister Lavrov and Secretary Kerry have written renews the fact there is to be no interference in Ukraine's sovereign rights.
It was good to know Edward was okay and doing well enough. It is also good to know Ukraine is now finding a way to reenforce it's right to exist without oppression. Russia was a liberator when it came to protecting a whistleblower, but, it cannot claim the same quality when ignoring a treaty of a post soviet nation. One act does not exonerate the other.
I hope Edward continues to enjoy his life in Russia. He looks well. I am sure his family still visits. There are few in the USA that don't care about his well being.
