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Published: Monday, September 16, 2013







Letters To The Editor







Why are they furious against Snowden?











Ted Rudow III, MA, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA

It’s really kind of amazing if you try and count the number of countries at whom US has directed its fury and threatened over the last two months in connection with the Snowden affair. They began with the government of Hong Kong, followed that up with the government of China, then moved to Latin America and threatened countries including Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua over whether he would be granted asylum.

Everyone in the world knows, probably except for Americans, that US routinely refuses to extradite all sorts of people accused of horrible crimes. We also stated that we are appalled by the incredible cynicism of practically all the countries in the world vis-à-vis what this young man has done, sacrificing his life and his future for something in which he believed. They are furious against it. Why are they furious? Because of something that this young man revealed.











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