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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by ra1n85 on Sunday January 22, 2017 @08:52PM (#13459060)
Seeing this as well. The most ironic of my observations was that the most liberal of my friends would support the release of Chelsea Manning, but insisted on prosecuting Snowden.
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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by jdavis703 on Sunday January 22, 2017 @08:59PM (#13459095)
Why is this ironic? I could see why this might be labeled a double standard. Not trying to be pedantic here, just trying to understand your point of view.
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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by ra1n85 on Sunday January 22, 2017 @09:45PM (#13459311)
Good question, and you're correct - it's a double standard. However, I have no clue as to why Chelsea Manning is perceived to deserve clemency more than Snowden.
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