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So much for privacy on the Whole Wide World (Ed on TED)
AceHigh:
Assange is stuck in that embassy because he too couldn't get away with a diplomatic passport. :P
megido-rev.M:
Court Rejects First Russian ‘SOPA’ Lawsuit, Target Offers Snowden a Job
sawakosadako:
--- Quote from: megido-rev.M on August 03, 2013, 01:15:58 AM ---Court Rejects First Russian ‘SOPA’ Lawsuit, Target Offers Snowden a Job
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I'd ditch facebook for this, not that I use facebook though. But it'd be nice to see facebook getting bankupt because of the NSA action. That should teach them something.
--- Quote from: VicViper573 on August 03, 2013, 12:53:32 AM ---
--- Quote from: AceHigh on August 02, 2013, 07:40:58 PM ---Yeah, because USA would give a shit about a piece of paper. Ever heard the phrase "might makes right"? And USA isn't called a superpower for nothing.
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It's generally accepted by all nations not to mess with another country's diplomats. If the USA did it to Snowden, other countries could easily do the same thing to US diplomats stationed there.
It's kinda similar to Assange being stuck in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The English threatened to go into that embassy, but realized the repercussions to British embassies in other countries.
Again, the US could still choose to disregard that, but it would set a very bad precedent from a diplomatic standpoint.
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The US already set a lot of bad precedent, what do you think was happening during the Bush administration? Unilateral attack, etc. Even on Obama administration they forced down a Presidential plane, don't tell me that a President aren't a diplomat.
lololitas:
They aren't, they only get the same rights while in a foreign country.
I find it funny how germany is currently doing a 180 on treatment of the US. We're lucky that our minister of economy is competent enough not to reject the trade treaty due to this scandal though.
megido-rev.M:
"Encryption is a human right": Wikipedia aims to lock out NSA
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