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JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
Sun Jul 21, 2013, 01:40 PM Jul 2013

Photo of Jimmy Carter at meeting of the Atlantik-Bruecke commenting on Snowden.

In case someone challenges whether Carter really made the statements he made at the Atlantik-Bruecke meeting in July of 2013. (Someone challenged me.)



Former US President Jimmy Carter (photo) strongly criticized the current US administration's NSA spy program. "America does not at this time have a functioning democracy," the Nobel Peace Price winner stated at a meeting of the policy organization, "Atantik-Bruecke" on Tuesday according to e "Speigel Online."

Heftige Kritik hat der ehemalige US- Präsident Jimmy Carter (Bild) im Zusammenhang mit den umstrittenen NSA- Spähprogrammen an der amtierenden US- Regierung geübt. "Amerika hat derzeit keine funktionierende Demokratie", sagte der Friedensnobelpreisträger bei einer Veranstaltung des Politiknetzwerks "Atlantik- Brücke" am Dienstag, wie "Spiegel Online" am Mittwoch berichtete.

The former President HAD EARLIER (my caps) criticized the US secret service (literally). "I believe that the invasion of privacy has gone too far," said Carter to CNN. Therefore Carter further said, the secrecy hokus-pokus (translating an expression of speech from German. Don't have Carter's exact words.) has gone too far. The ex-President characterized the effort of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden as probably useful in the long run, in that he informed the public.

Bereits zuvor hatte sich der ehemalige Präsident kritisch zu den Programmen der US- Geheimdienste geäußert. "Ich glaube, die Invasion der Privatsphäre ist zu weit gegangen", sagte Carter zu CNN. Darum sei die Geheimnistuerei "exzessiv gewesen", so Carter weiter. Die Leistung von NSA- Enthüller Edward Snowden bezeichnete der Ex- Präsident als "langfristig wahrscheinlich nützlich", da der Whistleblower die Öffentlichkeit informiere.

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http://www.krone.at/Welt/NSA-Affaere_Ex-Praesident_Carter_kritisiert_USA-Keine_Demokratie-Story-369156

http://www.atlantik-bruecke.org/eng/

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