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Greenwald: "The US Government Should Be On Its Knees Every Day Praying That Nothing Happens To Snowden"
Edward Snowden may be America's persona most non grata in the entire world, but he has an insurance policy against "accidents": a treasure trove of supposedly damaging secrets about the US that will hit the public domain if something were to happen to the 30 year old whistleblower. A trove is so damaging that according to Glenn Greenwald, Snowden "poses more of a threat to the U.S. than anyone in the country’s history." Well, maybe a threat to the "government" which now only represents the interests of various corporations and Wall Street, but certainly not to what the US was supposed to be before it was hijacked by special interests, lobbies and the creature from Jekyll Island.
In an interview with Argentinian newspaper La Nacion, The Guardian's journalist who first broke the Snowden story, said that "Snowden has enough information to cause more damage to the U.S. government in a minute alone than anyone else has ever had in the history of the United States.
Asked if he was afraid that Snowden might be killed, Greenwald said: “If something were to happen, those documents would be made public. This is your insurance policy," according to The Hill.
"The U.S. government should be on your knees every day praying that nothing happens to Snowden, because if something happens, all information will be revealed and that would be their worst nightmare," Greenwald added.
As noted earlier, it is Latin America, China and Russia that is the model "axis" for Greenwald, as only those countries are not afraid to stand up to US bullying and intimidation. That this bipolar distribution of world powers will likely define world events for the years to come is certainly something to keep in mind.
Greenwald said the asylum offers from Latin America showed that the U.S. was less intimidating to certain countries around the world.
“Only a few countries, including several in Latin America, China and Russia, have challenged the U.S., have realized that America is no longer in a position of strength as it did before with the rest of the world, and that the rest of the countries do not have to obey their demands as if it were an imperial order,” Greenwald said.
Of course, resolving the Snowden "situation" does not have to be terminal: the 30 year old would likely survive some 40-50 years in maximum security penitentiary if preserving his life was of tantamount importance: something the US legal system, responsible for such smash hits as Eric Holder, would have no problem with.
Still, the consistent critic of U.S. intelligence policies also said that Snowden’s position was dicey, and that the leaker needed to stay out of U.S. custody – given how “extremely vindictive” American officials have proven.
The American judicial system, Greenwald said, "cannot be trusted when it comes to people accused of endangering the national security. The judges do everything they can to secure convictions in these cases."
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The full interview with a rough English translation as recommended by Greenwald himself, is below:
"Snowden has enough information to cause more damage to the U.S. government in a minute alone than anyone else has ever had in the history of the United States," said the NATION Greenwald, 46, and since these latitudes write regularly on international security issues have made him famous, winner of several distinguished awards.
Today, the New Yorker, a former lawyer, is in the eye of the storm. Lawmakers in Washington want to put him on trial, spies of various countries seek Snowden secret information shared with him last month in Hong Kong and he still sent from Moscow through an encrypted email system. He knows he's being watched and that their conversations are monitored. They even steal the laptop from her boyfriend Rio, of your own home.
Three men wait in the lobby of the hotel Royal Tulip with credentials of a congress of osteoporosis which the custodian has no idea. Are they really doctors or are following Greenwald? Appearances are deceptive.
- Does Snowden's decision to stay in Russia while achieving come to Latin America?
-Yes, the most important thing is not to end in U.S. custody, which proved extremely vindictive government to punish those who reveal uncomfortable truths, and in whose judicial system can not be trusted when it comes to people accused of endangering the national security, the judges do everything they can to secure convictions in these cases. It would be immediately put in prison to cover the debate that helped generate, and end the rest of his days behind bars.
- Russia gives security guarantees?
-Not many countries in the world that have the ability and willingness to defy U.S. demands. But Russia is one of those countries and it has been good so far.
- Beyond the revelations about the spying system performance in general, what extra information has Snowden?
-Snowden has enough information to cause more damage to the U.S. government in a minute alone than anyone else has ever had in the history of the United States. But that's not his goal. Its objective is to expose software that people around the world use without knowing what they are exposing themselves without consciously agreeing to surrender their rights to privacy. It has a huge number of documents that would be very harmful to the U.S. government if they were made public.
- Are you afraid that someone will try to kill him?
It's a possibility, although I do not bring many benefits to anyone at this point. Already distributed thousands of documents and made sure that several people around the world have their entire file. If something were to happen, those documents would be made public. This is your insurance policy. The U.S. government should be on your knees every day praying that nothing happens to Snowden, because if something happens, all information will be revealed and that would be their worst nightmare.
- Can Latin America be a good shelter for Snowden?
-Only a few countries, including several in Latin America, China and Russia, have challenged the U.S., have realized that America is no longer in a position of strength as it did before with the rest of the world, and that the rest of the countries do not have to obey their demands as if it were an imperial order. In Latin America feels a natural sympathy for the United States, yet there is a great resentment for specific historical policies of Washington toward the region. What happened to the plane of Evo Morales in Europe caused a strong reaction, was treated as if Bolivia was a colony and not a sovereign state.
-From Snowden shared documents with you, there is much more information related to Latin America?
Yes For each country that has an advanced communications system, such as from Mexico to Argentina, there are documents that detail how the United States collects the traffic information, the programs that are used to capture the transmissions, the number of interceptions are performed per day, and more. One way to intercept communications is through a telephone corporation in the United States that has contracts with telecommunications companies in most Latin American countries. The important thing will be to see what the reaction of the various governments. I do not think that the governments of Mexico and Colombia do much about it. But maybe those of Argentina and Venezuela itself willing to take action.
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So now Snowden is a target for anyone who wants to hurt US? Excellent. Maybe there is a another spare office room with no windows in the Ecuador embassy in London to hide in.
i must have got the sheeple virus..i am increasingly bored with snowden as i would be with a one hit wonder boy band...hmmm
I hate to point out that his insurance has painted a target on his back either way. He thought it might save him from the US but what about those that would want to hurt the US.
greenwald should have thought of that
before he opened his mouth, ey?
some things don't add up.
Snowden will die eventually. On a long enough timeline....
real whistleblowers take their stuff to the press, not China not Russia.
if you don't trust the press (which IS a good survival strategy) there ARE other ways particularly for internet aware whistleblowers.
real computer literate whistleblowers put their 4 laptops worth of 0-day goodies on bit-torrent so we can all see it - not carry them to China - not carry them to Russia - so we can't see it.
right now greenwald, snowman and everyone else with
this cache of information is
an accomplice to high treason.
is it the high treason that makes the
world go round? who's world? who's cache
of information? who's thin air?
the only one in jail is bradly manning.
why only him? why not dov z. and dick bush?
etc ....
we can't even rightly identify a crime anymore !
or an invasion, occupation and land grab !
.
some things actually do transcend security,
that was the meaning of the dedication to
truth in the founding documents of the
u.s.a., as flawed as they were. there was
at least that aim and saving grace.
.
or we can stumble around in the dark for the
next 50 years ......
not recognizing truth when it is right in front
and up in your nose.
.....
...
Maybe he has the goods on the 911 attacks? Obunga's birth/college records? Benghazi? Election fraud? I doubt if the American sheep are really that interested...
Snowden is actually more damaging to the adminsitration than to the country if he remains in the US. So the adminstration is pretending to try and get him not knowing that the Russian and the Chinese have all the information from his laptop. " If you dont give us the info and data, we will extradite you back to USA". So the damage is done. Snowden possibly can expose that the administration has been using this snooping tactic prior to the election to go after the opposition, ( ask yoourself why all these snooping escalated before the election)..
greeenballs is an ass and is talking out of his ass.
with these comments he just lost all credibility and
for someone who makes his living using words he doesn't
seem to understand what he himself is saying.
to wit,
if he has knowledge of damaging information that would
hurt the usa his associate, snowman, is an enemy of the
usa and by his own words the most dangerous one.
with friends like that who needs enemies? .....
if he has the truth of crimes committed he has the obligation
to release the data. if he doesn't then he is a lying traitor.
there is no honest third possibility.
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so he just put a target on his associates and his own head!
brilliant! then, if this information is to remain secure,
which it obviously cannot be as he has it, then he is an
accomplice to high treason, so, he must release it or he is
also an enemy of the state.
.
we the people are to look to him with respect and offer him
some degree of trust and credibility knowing that he has
information of high treason and is not exposing it?
.
no.
,
barring release of said mysterious and oh so damaging
data, all of it, to the "government"
the question becomes what is the agenda .........(who does he work for?)
of the traitors of the
people and who and how many are there? is it the majority of
the population in journalism, security, government, business and banking
along with the entire federal reserve? or is everyone just stupid?
.
there must be, in law, a provision that prohibits someone from
withholding the truth of crimes and treason committed and using
that implied but unstated evidence to further one's agenda and
it appears that is what greenballs is doing.
in other words, release all the information you fucking idiot or
you will be forever seen as a traitor and a scoundrel!
the truth is not your personal game show, you ass hat lawyer/journalist/
conman/ ......e all in one. do you want to be remembered as
the idiot who threatened the usa with nothing in his hand, no cards
as they all disappeared or as the guy with the royal flush who put
the cards on the table for all the world to see?
.
u choose.
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you walked in and sat down to play. Now play! but do not play
with the people's information. if you do you instantly become
one of them with who you claim to be in perpetual defiance.
here is the kicker, you cannot win on their court, you must
play in your court. where is your court?
.
the usa was set up to flourish in the truth. the true information
will feed and nourish the usa, not damage it. we already have all
the damage building up inside as it is.
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just do it ! all of it ! end the lies but that isn't the
business you are currently in, is it? there is always money
to think about. no?
.
you see you are losing your ground with your tactics in the
domain of linguistics, mr. journalist/lawyer.
.
where is your court?
Is he busy getting a month long BJ? Ok, now I want recent photos of Anna Chapman.
we don't need anymore martyrs, heroes or idols.
no more stories of intrigue, deception and speculation.
we need some facts and some truth, some sunshine,
some light on the criminal activities in international
fraud and deception would be useful here.
imho the world has lost it's patience for those who
claim to know secrets of great import and refuse to
divulge them to the rightful recipients of that information.
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the truth is like a double edged sword that hangs over
the knower of that truth. no? you either speak it or
suffer the keeping of it.
that is the meaning of the warning.
good luck trying to play with the truth !
fraudulently induced trance work.
they have mastered this SHIT.
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Jon Rappoport - Hour 1 - The Surveillance State & War on the Individual
July 12, 2013
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http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2013/07/RIR-130712.php.
Bag him or take him out and and anyone linked to organizations that do. If anyone releases it, the organization behind them pays - or anyone who associates with them. As those with the Anonymous movement have been uncovered, so can those who release such information that only serves to harm ordinary Americans and not government officials. Should any private entity manage to drag Snowden to US soil, reward them and (optionally) protect them well. In no case allow any threat to the US go unanswered or unpursued to the fullest possible extent - with no regard to jurisdiction.
That, and consider that Greenwald may be a threat as well - never mind underestimating how powerful the US still is. Snowden's tirade against America is going to cost his freedom, life and the same of otherwise innocent people that have signed a suicide pact. The stuff that the NSA has done will continue to be done after Snowden and his friends have assume room temperature - stuff that was already understood to be done by the function of the NSA itself.
Snowden wants to go nuclear. That is why he planned the closing game so poorly. For his there is no closing game. He just wants it to be visible that he had no other choice.
I expect all info to be put out. Otherwise he is a sellout like the ones he wants to expose. I hope it happens quickly
I find it amusing that people look to Snowden to confirm their 911 wet dreams...
That would certainly bundle everything up in a neat package.
It's hard to imagine that anyone could have "enough information to cause more damage to the U.S. government in a minute alone than anyone else has ever had in the history of the United States." However, the government is reacting like it believes it.
If there's really "information" that damaging, something has gone terribly wrong with this country.