China Asks U.S. to Explain Internet Surveillance

Reuters Edition US ^ | June 17, 2013 | Reporting by Michael Martina; Writing by Terril Yue Jones; Editing by Ben Blanchard and Raju Gopalak

[gethimoutofthehouse]

"Unlike a common criminal, Snowden did not hurt anybody. His 'crime' is that he blew the whistle on the U.S. government's violation of civil rights," the newspaper said in an editorial.

How come China understands it better than Washington?

[gethimoutofthehouse]

Read more at http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/17/us-usa-security-china-idUSBRE95G06R20130617

[skeeter]

Because its in their interests to.

Still Snowden did the right thing, IMO.

[henkster]

“How come China understands it better than Washington?”

They get more practice.

[bolobaby]

Oh man, this is rich...

[econjack]

It’s not that they don’t understand...it’s that they are PO’ed ‘cuz they got caught with their pants down and want to punish the guy who saw them “flash” the public and had the guts to report it.

[Jeff Head]

Snowden did the right thing, but NEVER think for an instant think that the Communist Chinese are on the side of unalienable rights in this. They are just using it to embarass and get an angle on the US.

China has its own, very highly monitored internet. Portals out to the real world-wide net are very, very tightly tied secured and access to it is strictly guarded. The chinese people get a husk of the internet that only matches what the CCP wanbt the people there to see. And then even that is monitored at least as closely as PRISM is doing us.

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[null and void]

I'd like to see the explanation m'self...

[Diogenesis]

If you told any of those murdered by al Qaeda in the 911 Atrocities,
that by 2013, China and Russia would be more
believable than the MSM or America's pRes_ _ent
who was busy shipping MANPADs to al Qaeda without Congressional accountability
even while deserting Americans overseas and spying
on them ubiquitously at home,
YOU would have been considered insane.

[Mastador1]

Here is one you won’t see: US asks China to explain it’s internet hacking and espionage.

[marron]

I still think we’re being played with the entire Snowden story.

[CharlesWayneCT]

How come china understands better? The question is, given the circumstances, why are so many people being deceived into supporting China?

[American Constitutionalist]

Don't need to worry China all it is is Obama's 2016 Presidential ad campaign via the NSA.
So don't feel bad China all of us are being targeted because now those costumers of AT&T are going to get Presidential alerts on their cell phones whether they like it not.
Remember China ? aren't we all a " Global Community ?.
Hey PM of Russia ?
Obama is listening to your phone calls also might as well get a AT&T call phone.
AT&T = Always Taxed Together..... Mega Super Sarcasm.

[American Constitutionalist]

I like this one the best...

[American Constitutionalist]

China ? we feel the burden of Big Brother Also.

[bgill]

They are just using it to embarass and get an angle on the US.

Whatever it takes. It's not like the American msm would have reported it and he'd have been thrown into the deepest darkest bowels of some gov dungeon. Besides, what secrets has he told? None. Aside from telling us we have an out of control Big Brother, not one super duper top secret document has been outted.

[Jeff Head]

Agreed.

Snowden may well come across as a naive, and foolish young man. However, he has done us all a service by blowing the lid on this for whatever reasons.

PRISM and the programs associaetd with it are establishing an hugely obtrusive Federal surveillance of all American citizens. What was billed to be directed only at Islamic terrorists...we could "trust them," on that...has turned into a massive program that by default gathers info on us all.

Now, Snowden's revelations are leading to much more dredible sources regarding what is going on stepping forward.

Former Director of NSA Intelligence reveals the full extent of PRISM capabilities. MUST SEE!

Another William Benny interview about PRISM and the NSA

[BarbM]

Diogenesis,

Thanks for the photo reminders.

[gethimoutofthehouse]

Well said. When you consider that the pRes_ _ent currently occupying the White House has no right whatsoever to be there, since he is not does not fit the Constitutional requirements for holding the office, the felonies you mentioned are that much worse.

[gethimoutofthehouse]

Especially since America is supposed to be the land of the free even after The Star Spangled Banner is over.