Dear All
The US of A is spying on all of us, even
their ‘allies’ are not immune, in the Land of Free and home of the Brave,
television presenters on some American news channels have called Edward Snowden
a punk.
Mr. Snowden has outed the biggest spying
operation by the US in recent times, are they looking at master spies, yes and
no, they are looking at everyone regardless who they are.
After Snowden spilled the beans, he decided
to come out and declare himself as the source of the leaks to the press.
Then the US decided to come after him
accusing him of being a traitor.
Is Edward Snowden a traitor in the original
sense as we understand treason?
Absolutely not, he is a whistleblower in
the good old tradition of standing up for what is right.
8 people so far have been charged under the
Espionage Act, people such as Bradley Manning, Manning’s trial is an affront to
justice. He exposed not only wrong doing but also cover up, how does that make
him a traitor?
So, Me. Snowden is now globetrotting,
seeing the sights and walking the Earth, his travels have taken him to Hong
Kong, which the Americans have been spying on and then to China, subject to
cyber attack by the US. Currently it is said he is enjoying the sights and
sounds of Mother Russia.
And what must be laughable, the US is upset
because the Chinese and Russians who have been spied on for decades by the US
aren’t playing ball and arresting him so he can be shipped to America and
placed in Federal custody.
Even President Obama has criticised Russia
and China after fugitive Edward Snowden left Hong Kong for Moscow.
President Barack Obama said the US was
pursuing "all the appropriate legal channels" in pursuit of him, so they
are ruling out a kill squad just yet?
It is a bit hard to murder someone for
telling the truth and drone strike in Russia is out of the question.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said
it would be "disappointing" if Russia and China had helped him evade
an attempt to extradite him.
That is an outrageous statement by Kerry, our
Russian cousins are hamstrung by the rather obvious fact that Edward Snowden is
an innocent man, and arresting known innocent people is just not on.
Can’t do that, it would be an affront to
the Russian justice system.
Edward Snowden’s journey isn’t over yet, he
has applied for asylum in Ecuador.
The Ecuadorians are fast making themselves
known for standing up for human rights and justice; sadly, their American
counterparts have been less successful.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said he
did not believe Hong Kong's reasons for letting him leave.
As if Hong kong gives a shit.
Also in an act of pure pettiness and
against natural justice, the US has abandoned any pretence of rule of law and revoked
Mr Snowden's passport.
What happened to innocent until proven
guilty?
The Americans appear to have gone straight
to sentencing and punishment.
At present a game of cat and mouse is in
play, on Monday, a seat was booked in his Snowden’s name on a flight to Cuba.
Cuba is a stopover and said to be a great
place for a holiday, and they are another group of people which America has
taken the eternal huff with since the US trying to take over Cuba via rebels
trained and funded by the CIA. The ‘Bay of Pigs’ disaster was rather embarrassing
for the American people and government.
30-year-old IT expert is wanted by the US
for revealing to the media details of a secret government surveillance
programme.
Given the way the world operates at present;
is there a need for such a programme?
They are spying on their own citizens under
the guise of ‘war on terror’.
I would say no.
The information that Snowden had access to
was obtained while working as a contractor for the National Security Agency
(NSA).
Who are they supposed to be protecting?
The people or the political class!
He is charged with theft of government
property, unauthorised communication of national defence information and wilful
communication of classified communications intelligence.
Obama briefly mentioned the case at the
White House on Monday, telling reporters:
"What we know is that we are following
all the appropriate legal channels and working with various other countries to
make sure that the rule of law is observed."
I think that Obama is kidding himself on if
he thinks that the countries who are victims of US spying are coming to help
him enforce his idea of perverse law.
I think Mr. Snowden will like Ecuador,
given his work in IT; he should be able to get a decent job and get on with his
life.
He will go down in history as possible one
of the greatest Americans who stood up for American values when the country of
his birth abandoned them.
Now that America is transferring men,
equipment and resources to the Pacific, we can only hope that they do what has
been so disastrous for them in the Middle East. Clearly American policies need
a major revamp from ‘war’ to ‘trading’ coupled with humanitarian assistance.
At present, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov says that Edward Snowden hasn’t entered Russia, looks like this is a bit
of a mystery or could it be that the Russians are just using some tech speak to
rip the utter pish out the Americans!
You have to like this current Russian crowd
in Moscow.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow
University
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