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| Edward Snowden, Hong Kong, June 2013/Guardian |
Update: Turns out the lame Justice Department could not get Snowden's middle name correct in the extradition documents - not James but Joseph is correct.
From Denny: This NSA Leak case is one real life raucous comedy. A comic could not ask for better material so readily available in the news, especially of how inept the entire United States government and Justice Department look to the world.
What President Obama has accomplished is to unite the entire world against the United States in their fury of getting spied upon and so thoroughly publicly embarrassed. Nice going, guys.
All you had to do was refuse to prosecute Snowden and then proceed to bring him in from the cold early in this drama, placing him elsewhere inside the government in a position better suited to his abilities where he really could protect the public's interests. Instead, President Obama chooses the heavy-handed approach that demanded Snowden remain out of grasp for his own physical safety.
This wrong unwise White House-Pentagon strategy played into the hands of America's enemies so they could gleefully join in on the play just to thwart Obama's plans. Definitely, President Obama is a lousy international chess player. Does this President ever bother to think several moves ahead of his harsh decisions?...
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