Exiled NSA Contractor Edward Snowden: ‘I Haven’t And I Won’t’ Cooperate With Russia
Snowden with Fresh Air’s Dave Davies about his first hack as a preteen, why he decided to leak the documents, and his 40 days detained in the Moscow airport. His new book is ‘Permanent Record.’
On coming back to the U.S. to face trial
My ultimate goal will always be to return to the United States. And I’ve actually had conversations with the government, last in the Obama administration, about what that would look like, and they said, “You should come and face trial.” I said, “Sure. Sign me up. Under one condition: I have to be able to tell the jury why I did what I did, and the jury has to decide was this justified or unjustified.” This is called a public interest defense and is allowed under pretty much every crime someone can be charged for. Even murder, for example, has defenses. It can be self-defense and so on so forth, it could be manslaughter instead of first-degree murder. But in the case of telling a journalist the truth about how the government was breaking the law, the government says there can be no defense. There can be no justification for why you did it. The only thing the jury gets to consider is did you tell the journalists something you were not allowed to tell them. If yes, it doesn’t matter why you did it. You go to jail. And I have said as soon as you guys say for whistleblowers it is the jury who decides if it was right or wrong to expose the government’s own lawbreaking I’ll be in court the next day.
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Imelda Causing 'Major, Catastrophic Flooding' In Southeast Texas, Forecasters Warn -
SC garden centers routinely sell invasive plants. Here's what to avoid. -
Sharleen Johnson, the ecologist mentioned in this article, is pretty awesome and has an amazing garden! A lot of the species mentioned here are thugs all around the US South and Mid-Atlantic region (and possibly many others).
There are many excellent native plants that can be substituted for invasive species. We get customers demanding the horrible mess that is burning bush because it has bright fall color, and is super easy to grow. Better alternative? Blueberry! Or Itea! Both native with great red fall color, they help the local environment, and are better behaved plants.
There’s actually a huge crossover between the permaculture community and the invasive species lovers - they both like plants that are ridiculously easy to grow, and neither are taking responsibility for their ecological problems they’re creating. Support your local native plant societies, it’s an easy way to help heal the planet.
