10-19-2016, 11:32 AM
(10-19-2016, 11:19 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: It really is funny. My problem with them has always been that while I understand a need for a certain level of transparency, there is a line. The side that has their position being supported by those materials being leaked will always be the ones with a more favorable view of this kind of activity, but the truth is that there are things that don't need to be in the public sphere and illegal activities, even with the best of intentions, are still illegal.
I completely agree. This is my major problem with Snowden and the people who idolize him. You want to hold him up as a paragon of American values who exposed government overreach? That all falls apart the minute he exposes US surveillance techniques and activities against foreign countries, any foreign country. At that moment he ceases to become a whistle blower and became a traitor to his nation. Much like Assange, and I agree with you on him, there is a line that you shouldn't cross and they both did so eagerly.
