Whistle-blowing citizens who reveal massive surveillance programs that would certainly be viewed as unconstitutional by the writers of the Constitution now flee to Moscow to protect themselves.
They are fleeing the nation that locks up more of its citizens than any other.
They are fleeing the nation that conducts surveillance on its citizens.
They are fleeing the nation that sends in undercover police to any opposition political movements.
They are fleeing the nation that has massive, militarized police forces.
They are fleeing the nation that sends in riot police to break up protests.
They are fleeing the nation that sends agents abroad to kidnap people.
They are fleeing the nation that operates secret prisons.
They are fleeing the nation that supports, teaches and utilizes torture at home and abroad.
They are fleeing the nation that blocks opposition political parties with a 2-party only political system.
They are fleeing the nation that keeps hundreds of people indefinitely detained without even a kangaroo court military trial at Guantanamo.
They are fleeing the nation that charges elderly priests and nuns with sabotage for protesting illegal nuclear weapons programs.
They are fleeing the nation that claims the right to indefinitely detain its citizens.
They are fleeing the nation that claims the right to murder its citizens.
When I grew up, Moscow was the capital of the Evil Empire.
How the world has changed.
Ecuador has received asylum request from NSA whistleblower Snowden - FM Patino
