Thread: Edward Snowden and his stay in Russia

‘America has no functioning democracy’ – Jimmy Carter on NSA — RT USA

Former US President Jimmy Carter is *not* in lockstep with the current democratic administration about Snowden. He speaks out very strongly against government surveillance and calls it "undemocratic".

Originally Posted by Deborski

‘America has no functioning democracy’ – Jimmy Carter on NSA — RT USA

Former US President Jimmy Carter is *not* in lockstep with the current democratic administration about Snowden. He speaks out very strongly against government surveillance and calls it "undemocratic".

While such mediums have normally been associated with freedom of speech and have recently become a major driving force behind emerging democratic movements, fallout from the NSA spying scandal has dented their credibility.

There's a "slight" difference though; how many ppl in the U.S. have been arrested for their political views/views on the system that they exposed through platforms like FB over the last 5-10-... years? I can't think of any, can you? While the dictatorial regimes use spying on ppl's FB & Twitter accounts to spot anything that poses a potential threat to their ruling, the American services MIGHT be collecting info that may be really helpful to spot terrorists threatening national security; that's a HUGE difference.

Originally Posted by Eric C.

There's a "slight" difference though; how many ppl in the U.S. have been arrested for their political views/views on the system that they exposed through platforms like FB over the last 5-10-... years? I can't think of any, can you?

Sure I can. Sex offenders are arrested all the time for posting stuff on FB or harassing kids. That doesn't bother me.

However, political protesters are ALSO followed on FB. When they are arrested, the FBI/CIA/NSA/DHS/etc doesn't say they nabbed them on FB of course. But that is how they followed the Occupy Protest and knew what all of its plans were, so that riot police could be sent to the protests (to protect the banks and businesses and arrest protesters often for no reason except to harass them). Have you been watching FOX news? That might explain why you haven't heard of this...

Originally Posted by Eric C.

There's a "slight" difference though; how many ppl in the U.S. have been arrested for their political views/views on the system that they exposed through platforms like FB over the last 5-10-... years? I can't think of any, can you? While the dictatorial regimes use spying on ppl's FB & Twitter accounts to spot anything that poses a potential threat to their ruling, the American services MIGHT be collecting info that may be really helpful to spot terrorists threatening national security; that's a HUGE difference.

Satire is dead: Cops question German after he jokes about NSA on Facebook — Tech News and Analysis

NSA PRISM Program: Facebook Gets Busted Again, This Time For Scooping Up Phone Numbers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rking-NSA.html

Eric just can't see the big picture. The other poster, '*-Mom' has a similar affliction, 'if we already know ABC, then who cares.' The US government has it easy. When you have enough zombies who volunteer stupidity and ignorance or even indifference, you don't have to try very hard to control them.

Originally Posted by Deborski

‘America has no functioning democracy’ – Jimmy Carter on NSA — RT USA

Former US President Jimmy Carter is *not* in lockstep with the current democratic administration about Snowden. He speaks out very strongly against government surveillance and calls it "undemocratic".

Please, who can explain these two phrases from the article:
"at the Atlantic Bridge meeting on Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia", the Atlantic Bridge meeting = ???, sounds like a name of a organization etc.
"...he condemned the Obama administration for the use of drone attacks in his article "A Cruel and Unusual Record" published in the New York Times". "A Cruel and Unusual Record", what does "record" mean here? Is it sort of a "mention"? It sounds weird to me.

Originally Posted by Paul G.

Please, who can explain these two phrases from the article:
"at the Atlantic Bridge meeting on Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia", the Atlantic Bridge meeting = ???, sounds like a name of a organization etc.

Pasha, it is a type of conference meeting in the state of Georgia.

Mid-Atlantic Bridge Conference of the American Contract Bridge League