Edward Snowden Quotes
My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate.
Lam, Lana. "Edward Snowden: US government has been hacking Hong Kong and China for years." South China Morning Post, South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd., 12 June 2013.
Crockett and a large group of Tenesseeans all died defending the Alamo for the Liberty and Independence from the Mexican Dictator, Santa Anna.
The Muslim Brotherhood which had been elected after the Arab Sprint deposition of President Mubarak, had then begun to institute their own religious philosophy into what was becoming a theocratic government. Rights of Christians, and other non-Muslims as well as moderate Muslims, together with women, democrats and advocates for human rights and freedom were trampled. 30 million people demonstrated in the streets and the nation was about to have a civil war when the military, under el-Sisi, deposed the Muslim Brotherhood government. When the Brotherhood took to the streets, many with weapons, there was a clash where almost 1000 Brothers were killed as were almost 100 police. The general was addressing the Egyptians and the rest of the world explaining the reason for breaking up the demonstrations.
“Lay-Away” is a term and concept that was widely used in before the ear of credit cards. Consumers would make a “down payment” on the merchandise they wanted to buy. The store would “lay it away” (store it) until the consumer came up with the money to pay for the entire sale and then he/she would get the use of the merchandise. But while on “lay-away” the consumer could not get the benefit of what he/she had bought.
Edward Joseph Snowden is a former computer intelligence consultant who copied and leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 when he was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee and subcontractor. His disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the NSA and the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments, and prompted a cultural discussion about national security and individual privacy.
