Snowden STILL a hero

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Isn't that the bottom line?
 
SmarterthanYou said:
http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/video-judge-napolitano/

Fox News Sr. Judicial Analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano joined Lou Dobbs to discuss the Edward Snowden NSA whistleblower case. Judge Andrew Napolitano asks the question of whether Snowden is bound by an obligation to keep secrets, or the duty to uphold the constitution. Dobbs asked whether the Judge believes there should be some trepidation about calling Snowden a hero before we have all of the facts regarding the case. Judge Napolitano was not troubled by any of the issues involved because he rejects the idea that we should be dwelling on what Snowden’s motivations were. He believes we should be focusing on the illegal acts the government is doing now in our name. Judge Napolitano made a distinction between legal and constitutional when he said,

“In Congress’s mind, whatever they say is legal is legal… What the government has done is legal because the PATRIOT authorizes it, but profoundly unconstitutional because the congress has attempted to disregard the constitution.”​
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i think that snowden is both a hero and a goat considering what he has revealed and has threatened to reveal.

he is acting more like a scared child than an adult.
 
The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the latitude to go further than they are allowed to.

I carefully evaluated every single document I disclosed to ensure that each was legitimately in the public interest. There are all sorts of documents that would have made a big impact that I didn't turn over, because harming people isn't my goal. Transparency is.

The government will launch an investigation and say I have broken the Espionage Act and helped our enemies, but that can be used against anyone who points out how massive and invasive the system has become.
 
Edward Snowden said:
The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the latitude to go further than they are allowed to.

I carefully evaluated every single document I disclosed to ensure that each was legitimately in the public interest. There are all sorts of documents that would have made a big impact that I didn't turn over, because harming people isn't my goal. Transparency is.

The government will launch an investigation and say I have broken the Espionage Act and helped our enemies, but that can be used against anyone who points out how massive and invasive the system has become.
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Tough talk for a coward hiding behind a sock puppet. Just like Snowden too scared to come home and face justice.
 
The Chinese, Al Queda, and the Republicans on one side of this "Scandal" v. The Democrats on the other side!
 
The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting.

I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things. I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.

I think it is really tragic that an American has to move to a place that has a reputation for less freedom.

Still, Hong Kong has a reputation for freedom in spite of the People's Republic of China. It has a strong tradition of free speech.
 
I find it ridiculously amusing that for all the whining that the libs did about this 'surveillance' during the Bush years, that now they are ready to string snowden up as a traitor. partisanship at it's finest.
 
SmarterthanYou said:
I find it ridiculously amusing that for all the whining that the libs did about this 'surveillance' during the Bush years, that now they are ready to string snowden up as a traitor. partisanship at it's finest.
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You're not wrong. Their heads would be spinning like Linda Blair in the Exorcist if this was happening under a Republican president.
 
Society really seems to have developed an unquestioning obedience towards spooky types. Did we get to where we are today via a slippery slope that was entirely within our control to stop, or was it an relatively instantaneous sea change that sneaked in undetected because of pervasive government secrecy?
 
I'd bet that Snowden is being blackmailed by the Chinese or possibly even the Russians. They've got something on him. I saw that interview of him on TV and my gaydar makes me think he's probably an in the closet homosexual. And that could be how they coerced him to become a traitor.
 
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