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So no official ever threatened him with waterboarding.

Posted on: December 16, 2020 at 11:26:32 CT

Spanky KU

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Got it!

Michael Ratner is not a US official.
Eric Holder was AG at e time and he said (per your link) that Snowden would not be subject to the death penalty or torture.

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Snowden is a hero and should be restored to his family - hefeweizen MU

- 12/16 09:38:18

Snowden should come home and face the music for his - Spanky KU - 12/16 10:05:25

I honestly do not believe his info - Sal MU

- 12/16 10:08:40

Ellsberg released his info to the press and all - Spanky KU - 12/16 10:16:29

Why haven't charges been dropped against Snowden? - hefeweizen MU

- 12/16 10:20:08

When did his legal team present a defense? - Spanky KU - 12/16 10:45:42

his defense, unlike Ellsberg's, is not permitted under - ashtray UF - 12/16 11:17:52

Why is that?(nm) - Spanky KU - 12/16 11:20:54

because there is no whistleblower protections (nm) - ashtray UF - 12/16 11:31:10

There was no whistleblower protection for Ellsberg - Spanky KU - 12/16 11:46:02

Ellsberg had the luxury of the feds acting illegally in - ashtray UF - 12/16 11:48:26

Snowden doesn't qualify for Whistleblower protection - Spanky KU - 12/16 11:51:37

thanks for making my point - ashtray UF - 12/16 12:21:59

Neither had whistleblower protection..you made no point(nm) - Spanky KU - 12/16 12:28:01

no sh*t Sherlock? - ashtray UF - 12/16 12:41:47

You claimed there was a difference between Ellsberg and - Spanky KU - 12/16 13:08:57

there is a difference - ashtray UF - 12/16 13:34:06

on a related note - pickle MU

- 12/16 10:07:34

Agreed - El-ahrairah BAMA - 12/16 10:06:19

yes. As is Assange and Manning (nm) - pickle MU

- 12/16 09:52:55

Heroes don't flee to Russia. They stay and contest the - BH O'bonga MU - 12/16 09:42:23

Like people who defected from the ussr?(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 12/16 10:10:51

Such as?(nm) - Spanky KU - 12/16 10:11:31

Literally hundreds of people defected from totalitarian - El-ahrairah BAMA - 12/16 10:22:03

How many revealed state secrets?(nm) - Spanky KU - 12/16 10:37:07

Many... - TigerMatt STL - 12/16 10:38:34

Just like Daniel Ellsberg did. - Spanky KU - 12/16 10:09:45

was he waterboarded? (nm) - ashtray UF - 12/16 10:12:28

Ignorant much?(nm) - Spanky KU - 12/16 10:15:31

so that's a "no"? (nm) - ashtray UF - 12/16 10:26:26

Was Snowden waterboarded? - Spanky KU - 12/16 10:37:59

that was what officials were threatening him with (nm) - ashtray UF - 12/16 10:40:51

What officials in the Dept of Justice did that? - Spanky KU - 12/16 10:48:46

RE: What officials in the Dept of Justice did that? - ashtray UF - 12/16 11:15:42

So no official ever threatened him with waterboarding. - Spanky KU - 12/16 11:26:32

while ruling waterboarding wasn't "torture" - ashtray UF - 12/16 11:31:43

The Obama Administration labeled waterboarding as torture - Spanky KU - 12/16 11:48:26

RE: The Obama Administration labeled waterboarding as torture - ashtray UF - 12/16 12:20:06

Ratner is not a Gummint Official - Spanky KU - 12/16 13:29:01

no sh*t Sherlock? - ashtray UF - 12/16 13:34:40

how does that make any sense? - pickle MU

- 12/16 10:06:01

dumbest post of the day (nm) - ashtray UF - 12/16 09:59:59

This is what a hero says: - Spanky KU - 12/16 10:10:57

Ellsberg wasn't threatened with the death penalty (nm) - ashtray UF - 12/16 10:11:56

He was charged with espionage - Spanky KU - 12/16 10:13:27

how many politicians were calling for the death penalty? (nm) - ashtray UF - 12/16 10:26:52

Politicians are not members of the Judicial Branch last time - Spanky KU - 12/16 10:44:34

Says the person who has railed against Brennan and Clapper - hefeweizen MU

- 12/16 09:55:43

he’s an idiot (nm) - pickle MU

- 12/16 10:03:26