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elias49

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29. Meh. For the greater good.

Reply to randome (Reply #27)

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 01:00 PM

Feb 2015

There are a number of people on these boards that see everything in black and white...I call them Boy Scouts.
(And so as not to offend - Girl Scouts)
Laws, like 'rules', are meant to be broken from time to time IMO. Else nothing changes. Nothing is improved upon.
I've yet to hear of one single bit of 'damage' to nat'l security that is a result of Snowden's revelations. Unless you call embarrassment damage.
Shame on 'justice' for its zealotry in destroying a man's life in spite.

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The Government Refuses to Prove Snowden Damaged National Security (Gizmodo/Vice) [View all] Hissyspit Feb 2015 OP

K&R riderinthestorm Feb 2015 #1

Sigh... alternative title... gcomeau Feb 2015 #2

+1. What is with Snowden fan club, anyway? Seems like they've lost the point uhnope Feb 2015 #3

I don't think they were ever interested in the point... gcomeau Feb 2015 #10

Even Greenwald admitted he did. randome Feb 2015 #4

No, I think that if they were to make a good faith effort... joshcryer Feb 2015 #23

If they can't prove harm, where's the crime? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #5

You must be joking. gcomeau Feb 2015 #7

Then let them un-redact the evidence and prove harm. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #9

Sigh... gcomeau Feb 2015 #11

What part of Habeus Coropus do you not understand? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #13

Are you just trolling me or something? gcomeau Feb 2015 #16

Your general comment was that Snowden harmed the country by revealing NSA "sensitive information". Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #17

Chose not to reveal TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. gcomeau Feb 2015 #18

General Public. You mean The People? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #19

The people without fucking security clearance. FFS. -eom gcomeau Feb 2015 #20

Hard-Set Truth. Hissyspit Feb 2015 #22

Quite possibly. gcomeau Feb 2015 #26

I don't get the whining... Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #6

Damage can be surmised. joshcryer Feb 2015 #24

So the government can't prove to anyone he is a traitor, due to national security issues. Rex Feb 2015 #8

Gee, Wonder why the government wouldn't publish ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #12

Because it might compromise the compromisation....or something. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #14

Yeah, that's it. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #15

K&R elias49 Feb 2015 #21

What 'case'? You're saying that if someone steals your car and returns it... randome Feb 2015 #27

Meh. For the greater good. elias49 Feb 2015 #29

NSA spying damages US trade Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #25

Objectively speaking, it was Snowden's stealing and causing to be published classified documents... randome Feb 2015 #28

Yeah. The US got busted. nt elias49 Feb 2015 #30