NSA Leaks, Nuance & Me
Im a pretty bad person to argue in favor of nuance. Historically, Im more likely to take a hammer to an issue, rather than a scalpel. But for a second, Id like to amble on over to Nuanceville.
I think that leaking classified information is clearly a crime, punishable by jail time and even worse in some cases (Bradley Manning, for instance). Ideally, real whistleblowers who want to alert us to abuses within the government should use the resources available to them to alert the proper people often congressmen and the like in order to have these issues addressed in a way that does not possibly endanger national security.
THAT SAID.
I think that Edward Snowden did, in fact, highlight an actual problem. I think the NSA dragnet of information is far too wide and indiscriminate. I dont think that those arguing that this was previously known have a good case, because the wide net is still in place and may have in fact been widened. At the same time I honestly admit that I personally trust an administration led by Barack Obama to guard civil liberties more than one led by George W. Bush, because I think that Obama (and most leaders in either party) is more sensible and honest and patriotic than Bush on his best day.
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