Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow

Subject: Re: Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow


Muddy the Waters! is the battle cry of the Establishment.
The Corporate Empire has sent forth its scribes and its lackeys to divert
any discussion regarding the documents, themselves. "Trash Snowden! Make
up lies if you must, but at all costs keep the spotlight on him."
While I am drawn to this circus like a moth to a flame, I am embarrassed
over the silly excuses by our political leaders, including the Prince of
Peace.
"Oh heck," they tell us, "Every nation does it."
Are we supposed to smile and nod our heads in agreement, feeling vindicated
just knowing that all nations spy on all others? Well, enjoy. Just
remember, this Corporate Empire Spy Ring also knows everything there is to
know about you and me. And until a few brave whistleblowers stood up, the
Empire had a one-way mirror. They could watch us, but we had no way of
seeing them. This is what is really making them see Red. Snowden and
others are exposing them, throwing back the curtain to allow us all to see
that the Wizard is not so Wizardly after all.
By the way, could someone explain again to me the difference between
legitimate government and the Mafia?

Carl Jarvis
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From: "Miriam Vieni" <miriamvieni@optonline.net>
To: "'S. Kashdan'" <skashdan@scn.org>; "'Blind Democracy Discussion List'"
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Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 8:48 AM
Subject: RE: Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow


Beautiful statement, shows integrity. That's not, of course, how it is being
reported.

Miriam

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Subject: Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow

Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow



Monday July 1, 2013, 21:40 UTC



http://wikileaks.org/Statement-from-Edward-Snowden-in.html?snow



One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and
safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has
been owed to the efforts of friends new and old, family, and others who I
have never met and probably never will. I trusted them with my life and they

returned that trust with a faith in me for which I will always be thankful.



On Thursday, President Obama declared before the world that he would not
permit any diplomatic "wheeling and dealing" over my case. Yet now it is
being reported that after promising not to do so, the President ordered his
Vice President to pressure the leaders of nations from which I have
requested protection to deny my asylum petitions.



This kind of deception from a world leader is not justice, and neither is
the extralegal penalty of exile. These are the old, bad tools of political
aggression. Their purpose is to frighten, not me, but those who would come
after me.



For decades the United States of America have been one of the strongest
defenders of the human right to seek asylum. Sadly, this right, laid out and

voted for by the U.S. in Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, is now being rejected by the current government of my country. The
Obama administration has now adopted the strategy of using citizenship as a
weapon. Although I am convicted of nothing, it has unilaterally revoked my
passport, leaving me a stateless person. Without any judicial order, the
administration now seeks to stop me exercising a basic right. A right that
belongs to everybody. The right to seek asylum.



In the end the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me,

Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned, or powerless.

No, the Obama administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of an informed,
angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and
it should be.



I am unbowed in my convictions and impressed at the efforts taken by so
many.



Edward Joseph Snowden



Monday 1st July 2013

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