Since childhood, I was taught that if you lie, God will
punish you! Why is then Snowden being expelled for exposing the true facts? I
fail to understand. In today's times, if a person tries to go against the wind,
his opponents change the direction of the wind.
But here, US authorities are indirectly admitting their
crime by naming him a traitor. The man who has saved the mankind is being
accused as a traitor!! The chain of events is clear and the reaction of the US
government is making the grey patches clearer. Through a top-secret program called
PRISM, authorized by federal judges working under the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act (FISA), the U.S. intelligence community had gained access to
the servers of nine Internet companies for a wide range of digital data. They were undertaking warrantless wiretapping
of U.S. domestic telephone communications in 2005.
NSA (national
Security Agency) had been extracting details of people illegally under the
PRISM programme. They were spying on those very people who they were supposed
to guard. This is when we need to pause and think – Shouldn't NSA be blamed as
traitors instead of the man who has put his life on risk for the safety of his
brethren? It is sad that the Obama administration is flagrantly violating the
fundamental right to privacy of his people and now refusing to admit his
mistake.
The US government has put thousands of officials on work to hunt
Snowden physically and electronically as if he is a criminal. Snowden before
getting the NSA documents leaked had left for Hong Kong. Knowing that the US
government would surely trap him there, he left for Moscow en route Ecuador
where he had applied as an applicant of the asylum. And guess what US did in
the meantime? They cancelled Snowden's passport. Due to this, he is unable to
leave Moscow or stay in Moscow. He is stranded in the international transit
section of the Moscow airport. This way, US is indirectly pressurizing Russia to
extradite Snowden. I was delighted to hear Russian President, Vladimir Putin
when he said that they would neither detain nor extradite the whistleblower.
His outright support for Snowden was seen with suspicion to which he clarified
that Snowden was of no intelligence value to Russia. He further mentioned
boldly that Russia had no formal extradition treaty with US and thus were not
bound to obey the orders given by US.
But while penning my thoughts, I was wondering what Snowden must
be thinking. He has left his wife, his home, his comforts so as to uncover the
deep dark secrets of the intelligence community. He has prepared himself for
the worst because he is well aware of the consequences of going against the
world superpower. He can only pray that his act leads to the change he wanted
to see. He can feel that the whole world's eyes are on him- while some look up
with admiration, some staring for vengeance and some in guilt for not having
chosen the righteous path. But in the end, having utmost belief, I know that
power of truth is indomitable and invincible. Most philosophical sermons start
with an aphorism that "If you have chosen the right direction, means are
sure to follow!" I am confident that like Julian Assange, his friend will
also see his dream coming true. Edward Snowden will be remembered as a agent of
change for many generations to follow.
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