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Comment Have the courts determine facts first, not press. (Score -1, Troll) 89

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That presumes that such information comes from parties interested in fact-finding and have not betrayed the trust of other individuals to gain it. Right now, such information from Snowden cannot be relied on as fact, but as a source of disinformation until a court can properly clear it.

Treating him and the "journalists" and "activists" as fugitives/co-conspirators is the only proper course of action until such are brought to due process. While the evidence against him is certain to convict, that does not give license to hide - it only gives license for others to find and bring him/others in.

Of course, that may be disheartening enough to have people do (-Infinity, Troll/Disagree/Overrated/Flamebait), but modbombing does not change the truth.

Comment Re:do you want exodus? (Score 1) 145

3. I love short three month [musician term]. After all I earn in three month more than I need for 15 month of living.

Then you end up paying the "advantage" back due to diseconomies of scale. On the other hand, the more permanent person has less worry over the same 15 months and better benefits.

Such short-term work is part of the problem, not the solution - as most people do not have the ability to outright refuse good work.

Comment On the other hand, not good for US citizens (Score 2) 176

One can throw all the money in the world towards an H1-b, but citizens have something more valuable - freedom to move between employers. Guest worker programs only serve to square the circle of having a legal, captive, non-citizen labor supply in a First World country.

Kill off the guest worker programs and then see how much businesses have to cater to citizens - as they cannot offshore everything.

Comment Re:Nope. (Score 1) 215

Do you sincerely think that the Russians would house Snowden if he had no intelligence to hand over to them? Housing such an individual has substantial costs, especially with the gated communities they have to use and the people that have to be paid.

Until every "journalist" and source that had any connection to Snowden is unmasked, the answer to your question is indeterminate. It is a non-zero number sufficient enough for the Russian government to house him, but not precise enough to say whether the New York Times received more or less.

It would be amusing to see the Russians in such a dire economic state that they either hand Snowden to the US (in exchange for aid) or that the US makes short work of the Russians left to mind him.

Comment Re:What I want to know is? (Score 1) 69

The US government has the responsibility to mitigate and litigate leaks. Snowden could have used the whistle-blower route. He says he has good reason for not doing that. Whether he is guilty of treason or other crimes has yet to be determined. Until such time, he is presumed to be innocent.

The evidence against him (which grows with each unauthorized disclosure) assures his guilt in all but name.

He's in Russia and they will not give him up. That's Russia's call. Snowden's documents are still being released and that's expected.

A fugitive from justice in the most criminal-friendly country. Turn up the heat against Russia and they'll crack - especially with their bad economy.

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