When are we bringing this guy home? I'm so sad we haven't righted this.
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#22When are we bringing this guy home? I'm so sad we haven't righted this.
Unless you are talking about bringing him home in handcuffs, I don't think anytime soon. In fact, it seems less likely today than it did a year ago.
He could do the talk circuit, give graduation speeches, participate in panel discussions, it'd be great.
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I'm pessimistic, half of america is already fine with opening their iPhone to the Gov. So a traitor who has done something so altruistic that it's impossible for the majority to accept it for what it really is and above all who lives in Russia with their historical nemesys, there is no way there is a chance one day for him to be understood by the masses, I'm afraid.
Things change. No one expected Mandela to become President when he got arrested. Let's just wait for the next major data breach or data leak. Just look at whats going on with Bangladesh's central bank. If they can't protect their data, hard to imagine the rest of the developing world being in a better of position. Accumulators of data in the west, sitting in ivory towers, disconnected from ground realities, are setti…
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#24I hope the Russians feed him some hot, fresh Po.
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Things change. No one expected Mandela to become President when he got arrested. Let's just wait for the next major data breach or data leak. Just look at whats going on with Bangladesh's central bank. If they can't protect their data, hard to imagine the rest of the developing world being in a better of position. Accumulators of data in the west, sitting in ivory towers, disconnected from ground realities, are setti…
So, we might have President Snowden to look forward to? Has a decent ring to it.
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Unless you are talking about bringing him home in handcuffs, I don't think anytime soon. In fact, it seems less likely today than it did a year ago.
Plead no contest to charges, no jail time, life on parole. He could do the talk circuit, give graduation speeches, participate in panel discussions, it'd be great.
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Plead no contest to charges, no jail time, life on parole. He could do the talk circuit, give graduation speeches, participate in panel discussions, it'd be great.
There's no way in hell he would get off that lightly. People want to see the guy executed for treason.