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In reply to the discussion: Fuck... Another Hero Down The Tubes... Must Want His Chops Back... [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)leak info to Foreign Governments, he did what MOST Whistle Blowers do and have done for centuries, he released it to the Press.
By that logic, Ellsberg and Tice and every other Whistle Blower 'leaked information to Foreign Governments'.
What a ridiculous assertion. I had a feeling this would be the answer since I knew Snowden had not done any such thing.
To try to paint exposing corruption in the only way open to Whistle Blowers, by using the Press, the Fourth Estate, as the crime, RATHER THAN focusing on the crimes that have been exposed is reprehensible.
Did you support Bush's policies when we first learned that he had put these policies in place? Did you support the Republican Whistle Blowers when theY exposed his violations of the Constitution? Airc, EVERYONE here and on every other Democratic forum considered those Whistle Blowers to be heroes.
What has changed here? We are talking about Republicans, like Clapper (who should have been FIRED being the good friend of Bush that he is) and a whole host of Bush appointees who remain in our government who are responsible for these crimes that Snowden has exposed.
Why on earth would any Democrat be trying to protect Bush policies and Bush Loyalists???
I know this, if Snowden had done this while Bush was president, not one person on this site, unless they were an infiltrator, would have a bad word to say about him.
It is pretty nauseating to see how easily people will forfeit our rights.
Well go ahead and give up YOUR rights for whatever reason you are doing so, but do not give up mine or anyone else's. We value our rights more than we care about particular politicians especially any one of them who would abuse the power we gave them this way.