The One About Jimmy Carter Supporting Edward Snowden
July 19th, 2013Well, this is interesting, since the USS Jimmy Carter is effectively a purpose built NSA submarine that taps undersea fiber optic cables all over the world.
Via: Huffington Post:
Former President Jimmy Carter announced support for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden this week, saying that his uncovering of the agency’s massive surveillance programs had proven “beneficial.”
Speaking at a closed-door event in Atlanta covered by German newspaper Der Spiegel, Carter also criticized the NSA’s domestic spying as damaging to the core of the nation’s principles.
“America does not have a functioning democracy at this point in time,” Carter said, according to a translation by Inquisitr.
No American outlets covered Carter’s speech, given at an Atlantic Bridge meeting, which has reportedly led to some skepticism over Der Spiegel’s quotes. But Carter’s stance would be in line with remarks he’s made on Snowden and the issue of civil liberties in the past.
Me and a few friends put this tune together.
It should be available at i-Tunes in a few days or so and a website everycallyoumake.com should be live by July 24th.
You can preview the first stanza if you were interested. It is sort of a spoof of the Sting-Police tune “Every Breath You Take”.
(YouTube Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4eumQWVGUk
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