Re:Glenn Greenwald Charged with Cybercrimes in Brazil
by xfalcox on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @12:50PM
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He has husband and 4 kids in Brazil. Not easy to move when you have roots in a place.
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Re:Glenn Greenwald Charged with Cybercrimes in Brazil
by brazilianabroad on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @12:58PM
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> Not easy to move when you have roots in a place.
As a Brazilian in voluntary exile due to the violence, I'd respectfully point out that it's also not easy to move when you're dead
Re:Glenn Greenwald Charged with Cybercrimes in Brazil
by detcader on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @01:00PM
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"Many courageous Brazilians sacrificed their liberty and even life for Brazilian democracy and against repression, and I feel an obligation to continue their noble work." - Greenwald to The Daily Beast today
Re:Glenn Greenwald Charged with Cybercrimes in Brazil
by creaghpatr on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @01:01PM
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His husband is a Brazilian politician too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Miranda_(politician)
Re:Glenn Greenwald Charged with Cybercrimes in Brazil
by piadodjanho on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @01:53PM
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David Miranda was elect as substitute to another congressman. I don't think he has the public support to be elect by himself.
He only became a congressman when the other politician abdicate the position due life threats.
Re:Glenn Greenwald Charged with Cybercrimes in Brazil
by moralsupply on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @06:10PM
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"Life threats", you mean
Re:Glenn Greenwald Charged with Cybercrimes in Brazil
by freebasenic on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @02:07PM
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According to a recent interview he did on a podcast, Useful Idiots with Matt Taibi and Katie Halper, he cannot even leave his house without armed security forces. It's a scary life that he lives.