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In reply to the discussion: At this point the Snowden fan club has a lot of egg on their faces. [View all]Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)I still consider Mr. Snowden's revelations (both those known to date and what appears to be many more of potentially even more egregious crimes of our government) to be honorable and heroic. This relates to the revelations related to the unwarranted spying on Americans and other nationals contrary to our Constitution.
As for the allegations (and they are only allegations) that he has provided HKG or China with classified information I agree he has engaged in un-American activities. My only question is what has he revealed? Angelina Jolie's phone number? The chat number to babes-r-us? Other than revealing the same things he has revealed to the world about what the U.S. is collecting and how it is using the information, specifically what has he revealed, or alleged to reveal, that is so "treasonous"?
I don't consider revealing to the world the U.S. is spying on anything and everything you do from telephone calls to e-mails to tweets in a massive database to be used for "secret" purposes by an agency that is subject to ZERO oversight (the U.S. Congress is a joke) to be anything more than AWESOME.
It gives Americans (and other nations) the opportunity to finally have some information about these clandestine programs and either petition their Congress critters to change the law (ha-ha on that possibility), take to the streets, move to an island that lacks any form of electronic communication or take themselves off the grid.
At least now we know the scope of the unconstitutional intrusions our government is making into our privacy. Just because Congress and the Executive say it is Constitutional doesn't make it so. And unfortunately we have a Supreme Court that is bought and paid for by the military-industrial-spy complex so they are not worthy arbiters of this matter either.