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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald: 4 points about the 1971 FBI break-in [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)62. Hey, he's free to stay in Russia.
From there, no one can force him to "face the music."
"Your protestations just get weaker and weaker swirling down the toilet bowl in ever decreasing circles."
I'm LMAO. Some have reduced the anti-domestic surveillance push to trying to create a hero out of a guy stuck in Russia.
I mean, he's Paul Revere and Ellsberg.
You know why this is perfect:
So I would hope that there's a price that he has to pay, but I hope it is not a long prison sentence or exile from his country.
BLITZER: You wouldn't give him clemency, though, and let him off scot-free?
SANDERS: No. BLITZER: All right, Senator, thanks very much for joining us.
BLITZER: You wouldn't give him clemency, though, and let him off scot-free?
SANDERS: No. BLITZER: All right, Senator, thanks very much for joining us.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024292659
For "educating the people," he gets a chance to not "have to spend his entire remaining life abroad," but you know, he has no plan on coming back to "face the music."
So where does that leave him and his fans: Begging for clemency and trying to justify why he should stay in Russia.
It's all about Snowden, hero.

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