Edward Snowden faces 30 years for what? Saving the Many and Pissing off the few.

Edward Snowden with his courage saved the many and pissed off the few who want to control the American people by spying , threw blackmail and possible being murdered by Obama's drones. Now what is a Terrorist. According to Obama anyone who ran against him especially Democrats like myself. I was on the IRS hit list and they put a $200,000.00 levy on my home which was lifted after a 1 year fight with them. Is this fair? Obama thinks so.I think someone needs to investigate who paid for his college education because no one can find his  student loans as he said he had. From TheFogbow.com they parrot  what he says but I haven seen his college applications or his grades since  he is such a genius. Time to play show and tell, Obama You are being dumped by the Democratic party and soon your protection with them will be over and they have a nice seat for you in the back row .

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden faces 30-years in prison after being charged with espionage and theft by U.S. government

• Snowden was charged in a federal court in Alexandria, Va. on Friday afternoon
• He faces 30 years for charges including unauthorized communication of national defense information and theft of government property
• U.S. officials have apparently asked Hong Kong to detain Snowden on a provisional arrest warrant
• But Snowden could be flown to Iceland from Hong Kong by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks
• Businessman linked to website said the 'plane could take off tomorrow'

By ANTHONY BOND and ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 19:13 EST, 21 June 2013 | UPDATED: 20:44 EST, 21 June 2013

 he Justice Department has charged former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden with espionage and theft of government property in the NSA surveillance case.

Snowden, believed to be holed up in Hong Kong, has admitted providing information to the news media about two highly classified NSA surveillance programs.

A one-page criminal complaint unsealed Friday in federal court in Alexandria, Va., says Snowden engaged in unauthorized communication of national defense information and willful communication of classified communications intelligence information. 

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been charged with espionage and theft and U.S. officials are seeking his extradition from Hong Kong

Both are charges under the Espionage Act. Snowden also is charged with theft of government property. All three crimes carry a maximum 10-year prison penalty.

The federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia where the complaint was filed is headquarters for Snowden's former employer, government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton.

The complaint is dated June 14, five days after Snowden's name first surfaced as the leaker of information about the two programs in which the NSA gathered telephone and Internet records to ferret out terror plots.

The complaint could become an integral part of a U.S. government effort to have Snowden extradited from Hong Kong, a process that could turn into a prolonged legal battle. 

Snowden could contest extradition on grounds of political persecution. In general, the extradition agreement between the U.S. and Hong Kong excepts political offenses from the obligation to turn over a person.

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, welcomed the charges. 'I've always thought this was a treasonous act,' he said in a statement. 'I hope Hong Kong's government will take him into custody and extradite him to the U.S.'

  

Helping hand: WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson, left, approached Iceland on behalf of Snowden and his middleman. Julian Assange, right, also sought help from Iceland ahead of Wikileaks' releases

IS ICELAND SAFE FOR SNOWDEN?

Iceland has a reputation for promoting internet freedoms and has long been discussed as an option for Snowden.

As a U.S. citizen, Snowden would not need a visa to enter Iceland and could immediately apply for asylum. He would be free to live in Iceland while immigration authorities decide his case, which could take more than a year, experts have said.

But if Snowden wants to seek refuge in Iceland, he'll have to get there first. And this is where the U.S. could have a chance.

Interpol will sometimes issue a 'red notice' - which is like an international arrest warrant - but keep it sealed so that the person doesn't know it exists. If he tried to travel, he would be arrested at the airport.

If he did get to Iceland, it is unknown if he would be safe. The government of newly-elected Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is believed to be closer to Washington than past administrations and less keen to foster the country's cyber-haven image.

'I would be very surprised if they (the government) would be eager to engage in any international disputes with the U.S. And it is pretty difficult to be granted asylum here,' Stefania Oskarsdottir, lecturer in political science at the University of Iceland, told Reuters. 'I think what this guy is saying is based on something he is imagining or hoping for rather than actual facts.'

Iceland does have an extradition treaty with the United States, but it is unclear if it would cover any crimes that he might be charged with.

Michael di Pretoro, a retired 30-year veteran with the FBI who served from 1990 to 1994 as the legal liaison officer at the American consulate in Hong Kong, said 'relations between U.S. and Hong Kong law enforcement personnel are historically quite good.'

'In my time, I felt the degree of cooperation was outstanding to the extent that I almost felt I was in an FBI field office,' said di Pretoro.

The U.S. and Hong Kong cooperate on law enforcement matters and have a standing agreement on the surrender of fugitives.

However, Snowden's appeal rights could drag out any extradition proceeding.

The success or failure of any extradition proceeding depends on what the suspect is charged with under U.S. law and how it corresponds to Hong Kong law under the treaty. 

In order for Hong Kong officials to honor the extradition request, they have to have some applicable statute under their law that corresponds with a violation of U.S. law.

News of the charges broke on Friday evening, the same day it emerged that Snowden could be flown to Iceland from Hong Kong by the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.

A businessman connected to the controversial website said a chartered private jet is ready for the 30-year-old, who fled to Hong Kong after leaking U.S security details.

It comes after Iceland admitted holding talks with Snowden over the possibility of seeking political asylum.

Olafur Sigurvinsson, head of DataCell, which handles donations to Wikileaks, revealed details of the private jet.

Speaking to Channel2 television, he said: 'Everything is ready on our side and the plane could take off tomorrow.

'We have really done all we can do. We have a plane and all the logistics in place.'

The jet is believed to belong to a Chinese firm and has been chartered at a cost of $240,000.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange revealed on Wednesday he had been in contact with Snowden's representatives to discuss his possible bid for asylum in Iceland.

The former US government contractor fled to Hong Kong on May 20 after leaking National Security Agency programs.

It also emerged that a contractor for the National Security Agency found possible discrepancies in a resume submitted by Edward Snowden, but the company still employed him, a source said on Thursday.

Snowden was hired this spring after he convinced his hiring screeners at Booz Allen Hamilton, that his description of his education was truthful.

It is unclear precisely which element of Snowden's resume caused personnel officials at Booz Allen Hamilton to raise questions about his background. Also unclear is how he satisfied their concerns.

Booz Allen Hamilton has said in a statement that 'we will work closely with our clients and authorities in their investigation of this matter.'

Snowden fled his home in Hawaii, where he worked for NSA contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, after exposing the U.S. government's top surveillance secrets. He is at a secret location in Hong Kong.

In a column in Icelandic daily newspaper Frettabladid, WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson wrote that a middleman had approached him on behalf of Snowden.

'On 2 June, I received a message from Edward Snowden where he asked me to notify the Icelandic government that he wanted to seek asylum in Iceland,' Hrafnsson, who is also an investigative journalist in Iceland, told Reuters.

Support: Snowden's image is displayed in Hong Kong, where the whistleblower is currently in hiding

He added that he has yet to receive a response from officials about his request but said they have a 'moral obligation' to answer the call for help.

The Icelandic government, which has refused to say whether they would grant asylum to Snowden, confirmed it had received the message from Hrafnsson.

'Kristinn Hrafnsson has contacted two ministries in an informal way but not the ministers,' a government spokesman said. 'There has been no formal approach in this matter.' 

Hrafnsson would not identify who the middleman was.

Snowden has previously mentioned Iceland as a possible refuge.

Iceland has a reputation for promoting Internet freedoms, but Snowden has said did not travel there immediately from the United States as he feared the country could be pressured by Washington.

'Iceland could be pushed harder, quicker, before the public could have a chance to make their feelings known, and I would not put that past the current U.S. administration,' Snowden said in an online forum in the Guardian on Monday.

It had been suggested that he would actually flee to the Icelandic consulate in Hong Kong, rather than risking boarding a plane to fly there in person.

Safety: Iceland has a reputation for promoting internet freedoms. Reykjavik is pictured

Icelandic officials told USA Today last week that Snowden is missing a key element.

'The main stipulation for seeking asylum in Iceland would be that the person must be in Iceland to start the process,' said Johannes Tomasson, the chief spokesman for Iceland's Ministry of Interior in Reykjavik. 

'That would be the ground rule No. 1.'

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning over allegations of sex crimes, visited Iceland several times in the run-up to some of the website's major releases. 

Assange denies any wrongdoing.

Yet some experts added that Iceland might not be as welcoming as Snowden hopes.

The government of newly-elected Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has not been tested in relation to these cases, but is believed to be closer to Washington than past administrations and less keen to foster the country's cyber-haven image.

'I would be very surprised if they (the government) would be eager to engage in any international disputes with the U.S. And it is pretty difficult to be granted asylum here,' Stefania Oskarsdottir, lecturer in political science at the University of Iceland, told Reuters.

'I think what this guy is saying is based on something he is imagining or hoping for rather than actual facts.'

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Big Brother is Groping.

Since when does any press agency to film. Filming the TSA now is a terrorist act. YOU need PERMISSION to film an illegal search and intimidation of the TSA. Call your Congressman and Senator to DEMAND this to stop. Next is the tolls on the highways and you will need PERMISSION to go from one state to the next.
A man carrying a bomb is not going to cause as much person who works for the train station and plants bombs in the tunnels. I don't see them searching the works. The fire in the tunnel in NYC was set by a worker not a passenger.But the FBI has not found the terrorists.

Someone hire these hackers so they protect our computers!

Someone hire these hackers so they protect our computers! Instead of putting them in jail hire them. They know our weak points then let them make it fail safe by hiring them and letting them put on a security system that other hackers cant get into. You hire these talented people not arrest them.

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Foreign hackers seize control of U.S. public water system by remotely destroying pump

• Attacks on critical infrastructure set worrying precedent for security officials
• Hacked SCADA software also used in nuclear power stations and on oil rigs

By Graham Smith
Last updated at 4:15 PM on 21st November 2011

Cyber criminals have destroyed a pump used to supply water to thousands of homes in Illinois, according to an infrastructure control systems expert.
Hackers from outside the U.S. accessed the public water facility in the city of Springfield and are believed to have then broken the pump by remotely turning it on and off quickly.
The incident, which took place on November 8, sets a worrying precedent for security officials - particularly after a hacker has since claimed to have taken control of a second U.S. facility.

Hackers from outside the U.S. accessed an Illinois public water facility and are believed to have then broken the pump by remotely turning it on and off quickly

Joe Weiss, who advises utilities on how to protect themselves against hackers, told the AFP news agency: 'This is arguably the first case where we have had a hack of critical infrastructure from outside the United States that caused damage.
'That is what is so big about this. They could have done anything because they had access to the master station.'
The attack, which is being investigated by the FBI and the U.S. Department For Homeland Security (DHS), has been traced to a computer in Russia, Mr Weiss said.

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It first came to light after Mr Weiss, of Applied Control Solutions, posted on his blog quotations taken from a one-page report by the Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center.
The report said hackers obtained access using stolen login names and passwords.
These were taken during a hack on a U.S. company that makes Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software, which is used around the world to control machines in critical industrial facilities.
SCADA software is in place at nuclear power stations and oil rigs; the Illinois infiltration therefore sets a frightening precedent.
Mr Weiss said: 'We don't know how many other SCADA systems have been compromised because they don't really have cyber forensics.'

Further embarrassment: A second hacker has posted this screenshot of the internal control systems for a waste water treatment plant in South Houston

A Twitter profile picture of the South Houston hacker - he claimed said that the water system was only protected by a three-character password

He claimed the report said 'glitches' in the remote access system for the pump had been notices for months before the pump was destroyed.
'No one realised the hackers were in there until they started turning on and off the pump,' he said.
Peter Boogaard, a spokeman for the DHS, said: 'At this time there is no credible corroborated data that indicates a risk to critical infrastructure entities or a threat to public safety.'
However, a hacker using the online name 'pr0f' has responded to Mr Boogaard's statement by claiming to have taken control of a second U.S. public facility, this time in South Houston, Texas.
Astonishingly, he said that SCADA system was only protected by a three-character password.
To prove his point, he then posted links - on the Pastebin website - to what he claims are screenshots of the internal control systems for the waste water treatment plant.
The issue of securing SCADA systems from cyber attacks made international headlines last year after the mysterious Stuxnet virus attacked a centrifuge at a uranium enrichment facility in Iran.
Many experts said that was a major setback for Iran's nuclear weapons program and attribute the attack to the U.S. and Israel.
In 2007, researchers at the U.S. government's Idaho National Laboratories identified a vulnerability in the electric grid, demonstrating how much damage a cyber attack could inflict on a large diesel generator.
Lani Kass, who retired in September as senior policy adviser to the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said America should take the possibility of a cyber attack seriously.
She said: 'The going in hypothesis is always that it's just an incident or coincidence. And if every incident is seen in isolation, it's hard - if not impossible - to discern a pattern or connect the dots.
'Failure to connect the dots led us to be surprised on 9/11.'
Representative Jim Lanvevin, a Democrat from Rhode Island, said that the report of the attack highlighted the need to pass legislation to improve cyber security of the U.S. critical infrastructure.
He said: 'The stakes are too high for us to fail, and our citizens will be the ones to suffer the consequences of our inaction.'


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THESE ARE OBAMA'S FOLLOWERS HIS PEOPLE

THESE ARE OBAMA'S FOLLOWERS HIS PEOPLE . SUPPORTERS OF THE MUSLIMS WHO WANT TO KILL ALL THE JEWS. THEY SUPPORT COMMUNISM . 

Obama is encouraging riots so he could declare marital law and no more elections.  According to main stream press this is not happening. Ignore the rioters it will go away.

Vote for Leah Lax and stop the riots. Arrest the leaders and it will stop.  Visit www.LeahLax.com and donate .

Smithsonian revolt: Protesters attacked with pepper spray after storming the Washington museum and forcing closure 

• The National Air and Space Museum had to be closed down
• Criticism of protests from politicians intensifying
• Michael Bloomberg accuses protesters of 'trying to destroy jobs'
• Occupy Wall Street camp infiltrated by party goers and homeless looking for sex, drugs and free food

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The National Air and Space Museum was closed yesterday after anti-war protesters stormed the building and were repelled by guards using pepper spray.

Hundreds of people, who were demonstrating in Washington DC against a drone plane exhibit at the museum in the Smithsonian Institution - the world's largest museum complex.

Some demonstrators got past the guards and unfurled a protest banner from the upper floor before it was torn down.

The latest protests came as politicians intensified their criticism of the protests.

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Pain: A female protesters has her eyes doused with water after being hurt with pepper spray, while guards, right, rush to stop more demonstrators getting inside the National Air and Space Museum

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg accused the protesters of 'trying to destroy jobs'.

At the same time protest organisers raised concerns that they were being infiltrated by party goers and homeless people looking for sex, drugs and free food.

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• Stinking up Wall Street: Protesters accused of living in filth as shocking pictures show one demonstrator defecating on a POLICE CAR

Pepper spray was used against the protesters - including several women - at the Smithsonian yesterday after security guards claimed that a colleague was held by the mob. 

David Swanson, 41, of Charlottesville, Virginia, said he was among dozens of people sickened by the pepper spray. He said he got sick even though he was outside the building when the spraying began.

'I began choking and vomiting and got a headache,' he said.

Support: The anti-war protesters, who were demonstrating against a drone exhibit, help those hurt by pepper spray

Placards: Some protesters remained outside the museum after the incident while others fled

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This shocking picture of a demonstrator relieving himself on a police car at the protests in New York has gone viral after being published by MailOnline.

The exclusive photo has been shared by over 15,000 people on Facebook and linked to by hundreds on Twitter.

'Wondering how to get people to take your protests seriously? Poop on a police car,' tweeted one person.

Brookfield Office Properties, which owns Zuccotti Park, the site of the New York demonstration, have already railed against protesters, who they claim are creating sanitation problems.

'Sanitation is a growing concern,' Brookfield said in a statement.

'Normally the park is cleaned and inspected every week night. . . because the protesters refuse to cooperate. . .the park has not been cleaned since Friday, September 16th and as a result, sanitary conditions have reached unacceptable levels,' CBS News reported.

Mr Swanson, who says he has been part of the Freedom Plaza protest, says protesters were not looking to shut down the museum but to make a point about the massive military spending and the use of deadly drones.

He said the security officers got aggressive after some protesters unfurled a protest banner inside.

He posted videos on his blog, warisacrime.org, that shows a security officer yelling 'Get back' as pepper spray is apparently used. 

Several people fell to the ground outside in agony as others coughed, rubbed their eyes and fled the building.

The incident in the capital came as thousands of anti-greed protesters descended on New York's Washington Square Park in the latest Occupy Wall Street rally.

The crowd of about 3,000 flooded the iconic park and used slogans likening themselves to the 'Arab Spring' demonstrations that have toppled several Middle East regimes.

One speaker at the New York rally urged the crowd to squat in empty or abandoned buildings.

She shouted: 'There are foreclosed homes, empty school buildings that should be made available to all. Occupy everything.'

Officers kept a close eye on the protest but by late Saturday afternoon there were no reports of violence or arrests.

Police fenced off grassy areas in the park, and put up 10-foot high chain link fences around public bathrooms before the march from Zuccotti Park to Washington Square began.

Group spokesman Patrick Bruner said there were no plans to force a confrontation with police.

Officers, however, seem determined to enforce a curfew and prevent protesters from camping out there as they have done for weeks at Zuccotti Park, the New York Post reports.

Protest: A banner is unfurled by demonstrators inside the National Air and Space Museum before security guards tore it down

Calm: A security officer gathers up the banner watched by demonstrators, one of whom brought his child along

One protest organizer Justine Tunney, 26, said: 'We plan to stay in Washington Square Park and form a second permanent occupation.'

The NYPD said it hadn’t issued any permits for yesterday’s rally.

Bruner said demonstrators have never applied for a permit - and don’t plan to.

He said: 'We don’t think it’s right that you need permission to peacefully assemble.'

Republican politicians are stepping up their criticism of the protests.

Masked: One of the protesters marching to Foley square from Liberty Park plaza on the 19th day of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations

March: Elsewhere in Washington, Occupy Wall Street protesters marched through the city

Bedding in: A camp set up at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC

Rally: Protesters fill Washington Square in New York during an 'Occupy Wall Street' rally yesterday

In his weekly radio address, Michael Bloomberg warned that the protesters risked driving tourists away.

'They're trying to take away the tax base we have, because none of this is good for tourism,' he said.

He claimed that they are 'trying to destroy the jobs of working people in this city'.

'If the jobs they’re trying to get rid of in the city - the people that work in finance, which is a big part of our economy - go away, we’re not going to have any money to pay our municipal employees or clean the parks or anything else,' he said.

Concerns are being raised that the protesters' camp in Zuccotti Park in New York City is being infiltrated by opportunists.

Blame: A protester carries a picture of Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein on a pole

Point: Officers kept a close eye on the protest but by late Saturday afternoon there were no reports of violence or arrests

Boston: Four hundred people converge on the Boston Common - widening the Wall Street protests

Protesters have warned that homeless people looking for food and party goers looking for sex and drugs have been joining the camp.

'Most of the kids are trust-fund babies. They don’t need to be here,' one activist called Andre told the New York Post. 'I’ve seen some making out, having sex. It doesn’t look good.'

Newcomers are reportedly being drawn by donated freebies including pizza, sandwiches, clothes and even complimentary condoms.

Organisers said they have set up an internal police group to stop drug-taking and sex in the tented city.

'We want to make sure everyone is here for the right reason,' Ricky Torres, 23, who is part of the security unit, told the New York Post.

'Some are homeless and people who are not really up to any good.

'If we see someone doing something we think the cops are not going to be down with, we take it upon ourselves to stop it.

Anger: Demonstrators hold slogans in downtown Los Angeles, in solidarity with the OWS protesters

Protesters with Occupy Wall Street march up Broadway from Zuccotti Park to Washington Square Park

'We make sure everybody’s doing the right thing - to be peaceful and not upset the cops because they’re here to protect us.'

There were protests in more than a dozen other U.S. cities yesterday - including another one in Washington and also in Boston and Los Angeles.

The protesters are angry about the 2008 Wall Street bailout that they say allowed banks to reap huge profits while average Americans suffered high unemployment and job insecurity.

More than 700 people were arrested last Saturday when thousands of the protesters tried to get across the Brooklyn Bridge and spilled on to the roadway.

Dozens more were arrested at the biggest rally so far on Wednesday when about 5,000 people marched on Wall Street. 

The demonstrators are also campaigning against other social and economic inqualities, including the gap between rich and poor, as well as what they regard as a corrupt political system.

The protest movement has now to more than 100 cities coast to coast.

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