06-06-2017, 10:21 PM
(06-06-2017, 08:10 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Maybe i will get around to reading some of this. But for now i will go with what i think i know.
The way russians are hacking elect elections was revealed. This hurt no American assests. It hurt only the Russians and made public their tactics. Are we going to lay in wait for the next election they hack to confirm our evidence while our president destroys our relations with all of our other allies to make friends with russia?
Would love for someone to let me know why this girl should burn.
I'd love to tell you. Because she broke the law and betrayed the confidences and conditions of her employment. The department I work for, by policy, forbids me to inform ICE of a criminal illegal alien we are dealing with. By adhering to department policy I am hindering the enforcement of federal law. If I choose to violate department policy and inform ICE of the many illegal aliens I come across I will be fired at best. If I inform ICE I would be aiding in the enforcement of said law. I would, however, be violating the known terms of my employment and would have to suffer the consequences of doing so. I can either accept these terms or resign.
This woman chose to do neither. You cannot allow individuals to violate the law with impunity simply because they felt the need to do so. Who is the final arbiter of your justification in such an instance? This woman made herself that arbiter, knowing the consequences of doing so. You, I, and everyone else on this board have zero idea why this information was classified. It may have been part of an ongoing investigation. It could be for any number of reasons. This woman, and anyone else in her position, has no right to arbitrarily decide what is and is not fit for release to the general public. She's going to burn for this and she 100% deserves to.
(06-06-2017, 08:47 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: This is a legit question, and not just as of 20 January. I thought about starting a thread positing this question regarding folks like Snowden. If therebis no faith in the proper channels, what should a whistle blower do? I have always been on the fence about this. But I am not bothering with the thread because it would either be ignored or it would turn into irrational partisan bickering.
This isn't whistle blowing though. This is not releasing evidence of wrongdoing by our government, this is release of classified information that could absolutely be part of an ongoing investigation. Remember how incensed people here were over the leaks of the Manchester bombing by US law enforcement? Why no such outrage here? I absolutely get your point, but she didn't exactly release information on a Tuskegee style experiment.
(06-06-2017, 10:05 PM)michaelsean Wrote: There's nothing really partisan about this particular incident. But the fact remains that she stole classified information. This wasn't even something she came across and thought needed to be revealed, she went looking for something because of a podcast. Nobody says this wouldn't eventually be released, but it's not up to some 2 month employee of a government contractor to make that decision.
No, there is nothing partisan about it, especially as the incident in question occurred during Obama's tenure. I'd also point out that Obama went after such leaks with a vengeance as well. The glorification of Snowden likely emboldened this woman to act as she did. Too bad, for her, she didn't run for the hills like our "heroic" Snowden did.
