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Edward Snowden Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

Posted by samzenpus on from the and-the-prize-for-best-way-to-quit-your-job-goes-to dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Swedish professor of sociology has nominated Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Giving him the prize would also 'save the Nobel Peace Prize from the disrepute that incurred by the hasty and ill-conceived decision to award U.S. President Barack Obama' the prize, according to professor Stefan Svallfors. He notes ultimately that at great personal cost, 'Edward Snowden has helped to make the world a little bit better and safer.'"

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  1. Re: You have got to be kidding me by mitcheli · · Score: 1, Redundant

    It's only illegal if it's enforceable. If the Congress passed it, the courts verified it, and the executive branch is acting on it, there are no more checks and balances left. And if the highest levels of those branches are in support of it, then there's no one to jail. There's no top cover over that to hold the parties responsible. At this point, there's really only two choices for holding those responsible. First, we can support civil organizations like the EFF or EPIC and hope their cases make it to the Supreme Court (and hope for a favorable ruling)... difficult. Or we have to seriously reconsider those in office and seriously change our voting habits to start supporting candidates that don't permit these types of programs ... damn near impossible. So instead, we're stuck with what we've got. And that's not going to change.

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