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2014-05-30 20:23:58.061477+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

RT Thomas Drake ‏@Thomas_Drake1

Kerry now kerrycature of self w/ Admin trampling Constitution, citizen rights & sovereignty, exacting NatSec revenge. http://wemeantwell.com/blog/in...-man-up-and-come-home/?wpmp_tp=1

That's a link to Kerry Tells Snowden to “Man Up” and Come Home which points out that the Espionage Act, under which U.S. officials have said they intend to charge Snowden, has no room for motive or discussion of the lawfulness of the programs that the leaked documents describe, and that:

As for Kerry’s remark about patriots not running, the Secretary should check with the Department of State he titularly heads up. He’d learn between 2009-2011 the U.S. granted asylum to 1,222 Russians, 9,493 Chinese, and 22 Ecuadorians, not including family members, among many others from a variety of countries. The U.S. acknowledges these people as patriots, men and women who took a dangerous and principled stand against a government they felt had gone wrong. A double-standard is no standard at all.

And if are not yet reading Glenn Greenwald's No Place To Hide, you really really should. As a reader here there's probably no new revelation, but having it all in one place, laid out, is a fantastic read, and also a great critique of the modern journalism establishment.

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