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by Pherdnut 4745 days ago
I don't think I would want to be an ex-NSA agent with "asylum" in Russia or China right now or at any time in the near-future.
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teawithcarl 4745 days ago
Agreed - very dangerous for Snowden to be in China, considering that torture is routinely used in interrogation.
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speeder 4745 days ago
And the US do not waterboard people it interrogated right?
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Pherdnut 4744 days ago
I didn't say I recommended he come back to the US any time soon.
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skaevola 4745 days ago
Waterboarding was banned in 2009 by presidential order.
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handelaar 4745 days ago
On the same day he signed an order to close the detention facility in Guantanamo, if memory serves.
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gtr32x 4745 days ago
USA also said they advocates freedom and human rights.
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