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In reply to the discussion: Wikileak's Sarah Harrison, Snowden asylum assistant now in exile [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)don't receive.
And maybe it didn't get the attention the Snowden leaks got because Russia essentially IGNORED it, rather than call them TRAITORS and issue WARRANTS for arrests, and call for the death penalty, etc, etc. Maybe Russia understood that the more ATTENTION you give to these revelations, the more you ATTACK THE MESSENGER, the more you CREATE A DIFFERENT STORY.
And when you attack messenger after messenger that BECOMES the story. And the question arises 'what are they so desperate to hide'.
Maybe the US could take some lessons on how not to draw International Attention to themselves, eg, by not running Gulags where torture is rampant, or not invading countries that have done nothing to warrant those attacks.
Or not going after Whistle Blowers and instead, conducting investigations into CORRUPTION, such as Wall St Corruption, and War Crimes.
We just 'move on' from all these crimes and corruption here in the US and as a result, we have lost any moral authority to lecture anyone else on these matters. And we have so many apologists for our failure to address these horrific crimes committed in OUR names.