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In reply to the discussion: Snowden: I Raised NSA Concerns Internally Over 10 Times Before Going Rogue - WaPo [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)and if he did come back to face trial, why wouldn't he take as many criminally corrupt/evil/inept superiors down with him if he truly has the goods on them?? And why on Earth would he ever want to 'protect' them? To say nothing of the fact that IF the Justice Dept. starts arresting some mid-to-high level NSA folks, they might blow the whistle on even bigger, unknown crimes in an effort to make a deal...
There's still also the 0.1% chance that he gets a full pardon and all charges are dropped (I have a hunch Snowden is betting big on that longshot outcome becoming a reality) so there's still no downside to outing the bad guys...
This has to be the first time in recorded history that an organization/entity/whatever this large has this much evidence of global illegalities against them, and for some mystical reason it's verboten to try and piece together who knew what, who answered to who and who signed off on which orders...We're damn near a year into this and no closer to figuring that out whatsoever...I mean, I don't even have a timeline yet(!) It's like Snowden is hiding more than he's revealing...
It just boggles the mind...