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In reply to the discussion: Jimmy Carter issues statement on Snowden. "America no longer has a functioning democracy" [View all]deurbano
(2,895 posts)He said other countries have the right to give Snowden asylum. If that doesn't happen (or isn't allowed to happen) and the US can get custody of him, Snowden should be brought to trial. (Ellsberg was eventually brought to trial, but out on bond before that, not in jail.) Maybe President Carter would like to see the questions Snowden has raised argued in a court of law in a fair and open trial? (Not one shrouded in secrecy because... 9/11...9/11... 9/11.)
What Carter previously said about Snowden:
<<Ecuador's rationale appeared to have won support from former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. If another country wants to give haven to Snowden, "then that is their right as a sovereign nation," he told CNN's Suzanne Malveaux. "If the United States can acquire custody of him, I'm sure he will be brought to trial, and that's the way the law should be implemented."
Snowden's acts may have some positive impact, Carter said.
"He's obviously violated the laws of America, for which he's responsible, but I think the invasion of human rights and American privacy has gone too far," he said.
"I think that the secrecy that has been surrounding this invasion of privacy has been excessive, so I think that the bringing of it to the public notice has probably been, in the long term, beneficial."
Asked to elaborate, he said, "I think the American people deserve to know what their Congress is doing.">>
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/us/snowden-lawyer-offer