Thread: ‘Heroic effort at great personal cost’: Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Priz

Oh my, the right wing will cry blue murder. Just like when Arafat, Gore, and Obama got the thing. Have to agree that Uncle Tom was a miserable choice, though.

Can't argue with that.

Also, surely anyone within the US Terrorist Government who has received it in the last 60 years should be stripped of the prize.

Here's a list of winners. The EU, that group of countries which, individually or collectively, has been involved in several military attacks on foreign countries, has a Peace Prize!

List of Nobel laureates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barry Obumma was nominated too, and got it. It means absolutely nothing.
The best thing would be to be awarded the poisoned chalice, and turn it down.

I like this one. To bad he won't be able to accept it in person...simply an injustice perpetrated on the poor man for speaking his mind and telling the truth. In any other circumstance he'd be eligible for "Federal Whistle Blower Money."

Putin says according to the Obnoxious, mystifying, and overwhelmingly overt use of hand gestures for emphasis by its presenters or posers as the case may be, at the BBC that Snowden has been trapped in Russia and cannot escape due to the United States Government?

Just a minute there Putin! Who chose to fly to Russia in the first place? If you don't want him, simply push him out of your "international free zone," and march him over to the Ecuadorean Embassy? That's the very least you can do for the future winner of the "Peace Prize."

One more reason for there to be a "Citizen of the World," passport. You owe your allegiance to no one. I am an individual and ask for no help from any country, but I do expect to be allowed to roam freely as an independent spirit.

If I violate a crime in your country then you have every right to imprison me or extradite me out of your country to any country of my choosing and to one that will allow me to enter. If I break no laws and abide by the rules that govern your citizens then I expect to be left alone.

Simple in'nit?

What personal cost, Wikileaks are paying for everything.

Good to hear for Nobel Peace Prize is focusing on people who try to do the right thing (depending on whether you think Snowden did-is doing the right thing.

Better than Kissinger and Obama, for lord´s sake.

That throws a spanner in the works.
I mean, lets face it. he's more deserving than Barry.
Pity he yapped to the Chinese and Russians though. it kind of weakens his "I only did it for the people' defense.

The Nobel comes from Sweden which appears to be helping get Assange for America.

^ The Nobel Peace Prize comes from Norway; other Nobel prizes are from Sweden.

US hints that whistleblower Snowden could plea bargain
Fri 24 Jan 2014



The USA attorney general, Eric Holder, has hinted the NSA leaker could return home

THE AMERICAN attorney general, Eric Holder, has hinted at the possibility of a return home for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden - if he is prepared to make a plea bargain and face espionage charges.

The Guardian says Holder maintains that full clemency for the 30-year-old would be "going too far" but said he was willing to "engage in conversation" with him if he accepted responsibility for leaking state secrets.

Holder is not the first senior US official to hint at some sort of settlement. Whitehouse spokesman Jay Carney also recently refused to rule out clemency for Snowden.

As the attorney general spoke, Snowden, who remains at an undisclosed location in Russia, said in a live webchat that returning to the US was "the best resolution for the government, the public, and myself" but added that it was "unfortunately not possible".

Snowden was charged with espionage in June and the US is seeking his extradition. He pointed out that he is not covered by whistleblower protection laws and would not be allowed to mount a public interest defence against the charges - and so is reluctant to return home.

The former security contractor claimed there was no other way for him to raise his concerns about the large-scale surveillance of the American public than leaking the documents, no "process" or "real, independent arbiters".

He added that these days "even the president seems to agree [the leaking] needed to be done". But speaking to the New Yorker's David Remnick, Barack Obama insisted that the "benefit of the debate [Snowden] generated was not worth the damage done".

One further crumb of hope for Snowden: Obama also refused to rule out clemency, telling Remnick: "I do not have a yes/no answer on clemency for Edward Snowden. This is an active case, where charges have been brought."

theweek.co.uk

Accept responsibility for leaking state secrets - and he might get 35 years in prison like Bradley Manning.

Originally Posted by Mid

Holder maintains that full clemency for the 30-year-old would be "going too far" but said he was willing to "engage in conversation" with him if he accepted responsibility for leaking state secrets.

Spying on your people in a supposedly free country should not be a state secret!

Edward Snowden was interviewed by Comedian John Oliver in Moscow for the Last Week Tonight show about 10 days ago. Sadly while Oliver is usually funny he behaved like a complete idiot during this interview making it far less interesting than it could have been.

Still it's worth watching.