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Title: Holder: Snowden did 'service,' but should still be punished
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URL Source: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ho ... hed/ar-BBtF93N?ocid=spartandhp
Published: May 30, 2016
Author: staff
Post Date: 2016-05-30 18:23:42 by buckeroo
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Comments: 5
As a National Security Agency contractor, Snowden leaked classified details in 2013 of the U.S. government's warrantless surveillance of its citizens before fleeing the country. He now lives in Russia and faces U.S. charges that could land him in prison for up to 30 years. In a podcast interview with CNN political commentator David Axelrod, Holder said that Snowden had grown concerned that the domestic spying programs weren't providing a "substantial" return of useful intelligence even before even before he revealed the secrets. "We can certainly argue about the way in which Snowden did what he did, but I think that he actually performed a public service by raising the debate we engaged in and by the changes that we made," Holder said. "Now, I would say doing what he did in the way he did it was inappropriate and illegal." Holder, who served as attorney general from 2009 to 2015, said Snowden's leaks harmed American interests abroad and put intelligence assets at risk. "He's got to make a decision," Holder said of Snowden. "He's broken the law. In my view, he needs to get lawyers, come on back and decide what he wants to do — go to trial, try to cut a deal." He said Snowden should have to face consequences for his actions, including prison time. "But in deciding what an appropriate sentence should be, a judge could take into account the usefulness of having that national debate," Holder added. Snowden has repeatedly said he would be willing to return to the United States if the federal government would provide him a fair trial. However, Snowden says he is concerned that under federal espionage laws he would not allow him to present a whistleblower defense, arguing in court he acted in the public interest.WASHINGTON — Edward Snowden performed a "public service" in stoking a national debate about secret domestic surveillance programs, but he should still return to the U.S. to stand trial, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a podcast released on Monday.
Note: not one peep about Hillary Clinton whom deliberately violated federal law concerning secured data and other government owned records.
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#1. To: buckeroo (#0)
What next, prosecute Fast 'n Furious Holder for using the taxpayers money to buy guns for the D&R drug cartel of Mexico? Ya start with that rule of law stuff, and there's no telling where it might lead. Most of the US Government might end up in jail. Most of which would richly deserve! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. if you look around, we have gone so far down the the rat hole, the almighty is going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah, if we don't have a judgement come down on us. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Of course not. They are afraid she will pull Obunghole down with her. Too big to jail. Laws are only for the peons. Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. if you look around, we have gone so far down the the rat hole, the almighty is going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah, if we don't have a judgement come down on us. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Yet another voice representing the Obama administration's broad array of subversive coutercultural antagonism speaks out.
one traitor speaking about another . Oh, miserable mortals! Oh wretched earth! Oh, dreadful assembly of all mankind! Eternal sermon of useless sufferings! Deluded philosophers who cry, “All is well,” Hasten, contemplate these frightful ruins, (Voltaire)
Note: not one peep about Hillary Clinton whom deliberately violated federal law
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#2. To: hondo68 (#1)
" Ya start with that rule of law stuff, and there's no telling where it might lead. Most of the US Government might end up in jail. "
#3. To: hondo68 (#1)
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" Note: not one peep about Hillary Clinton whom deliberately violated federal law "
#4. To: buckeroo (#0)
Holder: Snowden did 'service,' but should still be punished
#5. To: buckeroo (#0)
Holder: Snowden did 'service,' but should still be punished
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