Why European nations must protect Edward Snowden
On October 12, 2012, the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for contributing to the “advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.” The EU should show itself worthy of this honor and show its will to defend freedom of information, regardless of fears of political pressure from its so-called closest ally, the United States.
BY CHRISTOPHE DELOIRE & JULIAN ASSANGE-04 JULY 2013
Now that Edward Snowden, the young American who revealed the global monitoring system known as Prism, has requested asylum from 20 countries, the EU nations should extend a welcome, under whatever law or status seems most appropriate.
Although the United States remains a world leader in upholding the ideal of freedom of expression, the American attitude toward whistleblowers sullies the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
A Democracy Long Gone
Jul-02-2013
Those who violate the law and our privacy are accountable to no one, while the hero with a conscience will be imprisoned for life.
boldprogressives.org
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(JAMESTOWN, RI) - I no longer understand my country. The changes I see frighten me and the indifference of the public is in indication that freedom and democracy are on the verge of extinction. Democracy is based on openness and transparency; they cannot co-exist, as they are opposites. We have "secret courts", "secret laws", "secret trials", "secret judges", "secret kill lists" including Americans citizens, "secret prisons", where we do not know who is being held. The views of our Congressional delegation on "secrecy" apparently are a big "secret".