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In reply to the discussion: Snowden adviser: Hillary "either out of touch, or lying" about US protections for whistleblowers [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)1) I certainly don't think Snowden's question to Putin was a screw-up. He asked Putin the most pertinent question. Putin did not give an honest or direct answer. This opens the way for the US to put Putin on the spot and show that Putin is a liar by producing evidence that the Russian people, all these years after the end of the Cold War are still under surveillance. Either the US has the evidence that Putin lied or used vague language intended to cover up the truth or the US should admit that the Soviet Union is not spying on its people to the extent that the US is.
"Snowden's Camp"? Who speaks for Snowden's Camp? How did that person or those people get the authority to claim they are speaking for Snowden's Camp?
2) Hillary is wrong about protections for whistle-blowers. Look at Kiriakou for one.
Here is an interesting cut from the new film, "Silenced" and a discussion about it.
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/24/silenced_film_explores_the_human_toll
That is a must-see for those who think that Snowden should have stayed in the US and made his revelations here.