Finally the Irish Justice system has gotten something right.

Ash.J.Williams

It should also be mentioned that all this sensitive data, and powers to spy on people are not bestowed on an elite professional force, they are humans like us, in the same way our money is managed by the guys on the anglo tapes...behind the cia firewall besides serious security are a bunch of twats having a laugh spying on regular joes...
As i said earlier....poor oul snowden...he's f**ed...and i feel bad for him, and i hope it's not Ireland that shops him.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Old and grey wrote: »

If the US refuse to deport Drumm and Dunne back here then we should grant Snowden asylum, after all they are harbouring two of our biggest crooks!

We could do a trade. Like swapping premier league stickers.

crazy cabbage

crazy cabbage wrote: »

I would hope that we give him asylum if he does land here. Just because America is a big country doesn't mean that we can't stand up for what we believe is right.


Lets be clear. Obama passes a Whistleblower Protection Bill. I mean wtf????

That Cnut turned out to be Bush on Steroids.

Ash.J.Williams

Obama is a complete puppet, he doesn't even try to hide it at all! He seemed genuine before the first election but it's as if he was brainwashed the second he got elected.
At worst Ireland should stay far away from this one...at best we should protect Snowden.

Amirani

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

If the guy came here the US would just fly a jet in and pick him up. We're a small country with no power or influence and they'd walk on us.

There's zero chance of that happening. EU wouldn't stand for it. Whatever about the US not wanting to start trouble with the Chinese or Russians, trouble with the EU would be a far worse scenario for them.

Riddle101

NiallSparky wrote: »

There's zero chance of that happening. EU wouldn't stand for it. Whatever about the US not wanting to start trouble with the Chinese or Russians, trouble with the EU would be a far worse scenario for them.

Are you kidding me? You really think the EU is going to stand up for us? At the end of the day, the US has more power and influence in the western world then we do. You saw what Austria did. the EU seems to be on the same level, nobody wants to p*ss off the US by granting this guy asylum. So if Ireland did grant him asylum, we'd be in a sh*tstorm of political turmoil from both the US and EU.

Carlos Orange

NiallSparky wrote: »

There's zero chance of that happening. EU wouldn't stand for it. Whatever about the US not wanting to start trouble with the Chinese or Russians, trouble with the EU would be a far worse scenario for them.

Members of the CIA were convicted for kidnapping people in Italy.
Like most criminals it is safe to assume they did it more than once.

clairefontaine

He has accepted asylum from Venezuela.

http://rt.com/news/snowden-venezuela-asylum-request-844/

Ash.J.Williams

how the hell does one get from Russia to Venezuela

onemorechance

I think the only flight from Moscow is via Cuba. Problem is, it flies over European airspace.

darkhorse

The Mustard wrote: »

1) I can accept that what he did was for what he regarded as the greater good of mankind.

2) They are there to defend their country.

1) The first sentence of your above post is bang on, no argument.

2) Why would they perceive that there is a threat from the EU Parliament?

Pat Mustard

darkhorse wrote: »

2) Why would they perceive that there is a threat from the EU Parliament?

I'm not aware that bugging EU Parliament buildings was motivated by perceived threat, if that's what you mean.

darkhorse

The Mustard wrote: »

I'm not aware that bugging EU Parliament buildings was motivated by perceived threat, if that's what you mean.

Agreed, so why bug them?

Pat Mustard

darkhorse wrote: »

Agreed, so why bug them?

I don't have the answer to that question.