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Colbert turns his funny gun on Snowden in RSA keynote

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69 points tim333 | 1 comments | 02 Mar 14 11:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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michaelt ◴[02 Mar 14 13:21 UTC] No.7329052[source]▶

  But when it comes to doing the right thing for your 
  country, as Snowden has stated was his reason for leaking 
  the NSA documents, Colbert said that you must face the 
  consequences of the law.
Saddam Hussein faced the consequences of law too, but we all knew the outcome before the trial even started.

If I was Snowden I wouldn't be in a hurry to return to the United States and spend twenty years in prison.

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1. thisiswrong ◴[02 Mar 14 18:43 UTC] No.7330167[source]▶
> Saddam Hussein faced the consequences of law too

Rather - Saddam Hussein faced the consequences of trying to sell his country's oil in something else than the dollar [1]. As did Gaddafi [2].

[1] http://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/feb/16/iraq.theeuro [2] http://rt.com/news/libya-all-about-oil-818/