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Not sure how many of you are following the story. I saw a few interviews with Edward Snowden also. With social media and all the stuff people post online do Americans really care about privacy. I really do not see this guy as a hero because the information was always there for the government and many private business to get anytime...in fact you could hire a hacker to get this stuff...
Do you think he is a Hero or Traitor?
What’s next for NSA leaker Edward Snowden?
Writer:Aliyah Frumin
Source: MSNBC
Edward Snowden is out of a job and on the run.
The 29-year-old American, who holed up in Hong Kong and blew the lid on the National Security Agency’s surveillance program, has been fired from his job with consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. The company issued a statement on Tuesday saying Snowden’s $122,000 a year contract was terminated for “violation of the firm’s code of ethics.”
Snowden, who leaked documents about the NSA’s phone-records grab and internet data-mining operations to the Guardian and Washington Post, initially said he chose Hong Kong because of its “strong tradition of free speech,” telling the Guardian on Sunday that “the only thing I can do is sit here and hope the Hong Kong government does not deport me.”
Snowden has since reportedly checked out of his Hong Kong hotel. No one knows where he is—or if they do, they’re not talking. The North Carolina native has suggested he might try to go to Iceland. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, has also told local media that the country would consider an asylum request.
But as several Republicans call for Snowden’s extradition, and with charges against the secret-spiller seeming evermore likely—what are Snowden’s chances of avoiding extradition or being granted asylum? Not great, say experts.
“When we fight extradition, we fight probable cause,” said Douglas McNabb, an international criminal defense lawyer who specializes in extradition cases. “This guy has already admitted to committing the offense. That really hurts his chances from a defense perspective.”
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Do you think he is a Hero or Traitor?
What’s next for NSA leaker Edward Snowden?
Writer:Aliyah Frumin
Source: MSNBC
Edward Snowden is out of a job and on the run.
The 29-year-old American, who holed up in Hong Kong and blew the lid on the National Security Agency’s surveillance program, has been fired from his job with consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. The company issued a statement on Tuesday saying Snowden’s $122,000 a year contract was terminated for “violation of the firm’s code of ethics.”
Snowden, who leaked documents about the NSA’s phone-records grab and internet data-mining operations to the Guardian and Washington Post, initially said he chose Hong Kong because of its “strong tradition of free speech,” telling the Guardian on Sunday that “the only thing I can do is sit here and hope the Hong Kong government does not deport me.”
Snowden has since reportedly checked out of his Hong Kong hotel. No one knows where he is—or if they do, they’re not talking. The North Carolina native has suggested he might try to go to Iceland. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, has also told local media that the country would consider an asylum request.
But as several Republicans call for Snowden’s extradition, and with charges against the secret-spiller seeming evermore likely—what are Snowden’s chances of avoiding extradition or being granted asylum? Not great, say experts.
“When we fight extradition, we fight probable cause,” said Douglas McNabb, an international criminal defense lawyer who specializes in extradition cases. “This guy has already admitted to committing the offense. That really hurts his chances from a defense perspective.”
Read the rest here - MSNBC
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