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Greenwald at The Intercept writes a lot about American spying and overreach in data access. I'll be interested to see what he writes about Brazil's activities such as this.
Probably about as much as you see from him on the subject of Russia and China. The Intercept is about as unbiased as Fox News - lots of criticism directed towards the US and its allies, silence on every other country.
(Sorry for my poor english, it isn't my first or second language.)
Put simply, they are in contempt of the court disregarding the subpoena. This, under Brazilian law, warrants the arrest. They could fight the subpoena but decided to do nothing, so, I kinda agree with the court on this one.
What if FB fired the VP? Pay him a nice severance, pay his legal fees but cut him off from being able to comply with the court order. At that point the authorities are left holding the bag.
Greenwald at The Intercept writes a lot about American spying and overreach in data access. I'll be interested to see what he writes about Brazil's activities such as this.
Probably about as much as you see from him on the subject of Russia and China. The Intercept is about as unbiased as Fox News - lots of criticism directed towards the US and its allies, silence on every other country.
1: Greenwald is an American so the actions of the US government are relevant to him and his readers.
2: Greenwald is a lawyer, trained in US law, therefore the actions of the US Government vis-a-vis US Law is a suitable topic for him to cover.
3. China and Russia have been oppressing their people and their peoples rights for a long time. Neither have a constitution that is supposed to enshrine the rights of the citizens. SO there isnt much of a story there i.e. russians have no constitutional right to privacy, when that privacy is invaded by the state because the state has enacted laws that allow it to do that, there is no story. Plus even if there were there are probably russina lawyers and journal;ists who would be more knowledgeable on the subject and could bring it to the awareness of their russian readers. I doubt many russian media watchers read a lot of greenwald.
4. The US sells itself as the land of the free, so their hypocrisy makes the story worthwhile/interesting. China and Russia have never really hidden the fact that they will spy on anyone and everyone that they can. US says "we are your friends" and then spies on everyone regardless of their status as friend or foe.
But you know handy to throw in a straw man argument to try and deflect attention away from the US government and make the journalist the bad guy in this situation.
Greenwald at The Intercept writes a lot about American spying and overreach in data access. I'll be interested to see what he writes about Brazil's activities such as this.
Probably about as much as you see from him on the subject of Russia and China. The Intercept is about as unbiased as Fox News - lots of criticism directed towards the US and its allies, silence on every other country.
In the past two weeks:
https://theintercept.com/2016/02/19/for-russia-censors-only-...
https://theintercept.com/2016/02/17/the-horror-story-of-publ...
https://theintercept.com/2016/02/15/putin-doesnt-need-to-cen...
https://theintercept.com/2016/02/24/bahrain-finds-opposition...
https://theintercept.com/2016/02/23/egypt-bars-journalist-fr...
Obviously there's more if you look further back. They did a whole documentary series on the Greek austerity deal, for example.
Judges in Brazil certainly have a way with foreign companies & countries. For example with immigration issues (fingerprinting[1], random deportations) they will go tit for tat. [1] http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/12/30/brazil.usa.immi...
Simple reciprocity.
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Simple reciprocity.
All governments should extend the courtesy that US extends to their citizens to Americans entering their country. Perhaps that will encourage Americans to encourage their government to treat non-Americans better.
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All governments should extend the courtesy that US extends to their citizens to Americans entering their country. Perhaps that will encourage Americans to encourage their government to treat non-Americans better.
So... You're suggesting Americans have some kind of power over the American government or something?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Simple reciprocity.
All governments should extend the courtesy that US extends to their citizens to Americans entering their country. Perhaps that will encourage Americans to encourage their government to treat non-Americans better.