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UK Prime Minister Threatens To Block Further Snowden Revelations

Posted by Unknown on from the on-with-their-heads dept.

Bruce66423 writes "From the article: 'In a statement to MPs on Monday about last week's European summit in Brussels, where he warned of the dangers of a "lah-di-dah, airy-fairy view" about the dangers of leaks, the prime minister said his preference was to talk to newspapers rather than resort to the courts. But he said it would be difficult to avoid acting if newspapers declined to heed government advice.' So that will achieve something won't it? Don't these politicians understand that blocking publication in just the UK achieves nothing? The information is held outside the UK, and will be published there; all he's doing is showing his real colors."

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  1. wrong target by deodiaus2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Will someone point out that Snowdon is probably revealing info to the Russians? After all, everyone wants SOMETHING!!

    1. Re:wrong target by OhANameWhatName · · Score: -1, Troll

      Don't they have their own subscription to The Guardian?

      If the Guardian processed payments from the bank of moscow, they'd be aiding terrorism.

    2. Re:wrong target by cold+fjord · · Score: -1, Troll

      The most important info. Heck, the Russians pale in comparison to the dangers of the NSA. Ever heard of transparency? Got a clue?

      Ah yes, the famous "transparency" of Russia. I'm pretty sure that the NSA has never threated to use nuclear weapons against NATO countries, but Russia has. Why you would think that nuclear armed Russia with its own intelligence services unchecked is somehow less dangerous than NSA is baffling. Are you posting from fantasyland, or Russia?

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      much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
  2. Re:Russian Times to the rescue by siddesu · · Score: 1, Troll

    The only little problem with that is that krivda.ru and the likes are even more tightly controlled by the Russian government and will present whatever information they have in an even more slanted way, probably as a part of a plan to harm you.

    It seems a much better idea would be for y'all to get a grip on your government and make it better instead of relying on bunch of foreign crooks to do it for you.

    I won't even touch the many Russian conspiracy theories that explain how Putin (whose children live in the West and whose personal money holdings are also in Western banks) is actually on a leash, probably tightly held by the US government ;)

  3. Re:Puppet strings by OhANameWhatName · · Score: -1, Troll

    how much pressure the PM is getting from Washington?

    Well .. Obama is a black man. I'm not saying that all of the stereotypes are true, but where there's smoke..

  4. Re:Russian Times to the rescue by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is the New York Times a liberal newspaper? Of course it is.

    Do you disbelieve this phrase? Highlight the entire two sentences with the mouse, right-click, and select 'search'.

    The press is certainly a government lapdog. They have had plenty of chances to go after the administration but refused. Tough questions are not asked, investigations are not launched, Pulitzer Prizes are not won.

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    Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
  5. Re:Russian Times to the rescue by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 0, Troll

    Read between the lines. Liberal is a polite word. What else would you call an organization that openly supports far-left causes not only on the editorial page but the news pages?

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    Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!