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They would need guaranteed non-extradition and possibly a lot of protection so they don't get abducted by the US, but that sort of legislation would never sail under the current German government.
It's only possible to extradite people if they did something that's a crime in both countries.
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I don't follow. Why would an EU country punish a US citizen for reporting espionage/sabotage directed against the EU country? Or do you mean something else?
They would need guaranteed non-extradition and possibly a lot of protection so they don't get abducted by the US, but that sort of legislation would never sail under the current German government.
Welcome as this is, I think the US is way ahead of most countries because it guarantees whistleblowers a share of the resulting fines etc.
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Maybe my wording is bad; the EU should offer protection to US citizens who expose crimes committed by the US government in the EU. And preferably committed elsewhere in the world, since it's in the world's best interest to know.
So Snowden could seek asylum in the EU, since he exposed espionage that was targeting the EU (and others)? I have to say that I've lost yet another bit of respect for the German government (and those that followed) when they did not offer asylum to Snowden.
Welcome as this is, I think the US is way ahead of most countries because it guarantees whistleblowers a share of the resulting fines etc.
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So Snowden could seek asylum in the EU, since he exposed espionage that was targeting the EU (and others)? I have to say that I've lost yet another bit of respect for the German government (and those that followed) when they did not offer asylum to Snowden.
What did he expose exactly? As far as I know - according to the US government - foreigners have no rights whatsoever so they could spy on everyone else completely legally. For example - they could install spyware/keylogger on my computer completely legally, because the 4th amendment doesn't apply to non-Americans.
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What did he expose exactly? As far as I know - according to the US government - foreigners have no rights whatsoever so they could spy on everyone else completely legally. For example - they could install spyware/keylogger on my computer completely legally, because the 4th amendment doesn't apply to non-Americans.
That the U.S. selfishly sees non-Americans as unprotected game is nothing that the EU has to respect.
Honestly sort of depressing how everything follows US policy: NDAA contained whistleblower-protection language--and we have to be proud of it. Couldn't other "western liberal democracies" just initiate their own policy initiatives--sounds like I'm denigrating US--I'm not--but couldn't other countries initiate their own first, why have to wait and play second fiddle? Always like this. US passes some law, then you see,…
I think there are plenty of examples of the opposite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect
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They would need guaranteed non-extradition and possibly a lot of protection so they don't get abducted by the US, but that sort of legislation would never sail under the current German government.
It's only possible to extradite people if they did something that's a crime in both countries.