Sick and tired of the Snowden fanbase

[Fla Dem]

178. The Chinese government had managed to drain the contents of Mr. Snowden four laptops

I'm glad Mr. Snowden's actions brought to center stage the enormity of the surveillance of US Citizens allowed by the Patriot Act. But the point is because it is in the Patriot Act it's legal and was known about by Congress. Perhaps eventually this outrage by a large segment of the population will result in modifications and/or elimination of the most extreme parts of the act dealing with US citizens surveillance. Having said that, I'm also outraged that Mr. Snowden would run to an extreme authoritarian country to expose our country's surveillance of other governments and terrorist groups. Whether we like it or not, we do not live in a perfect world. To think we should just sit on our hands and hope for the best is living in a dream world. For Mr. Snowden to release confidential security information to countries that would eat us for lunch was irresponsible, dangerous and yes traitorous.

Two Western intelligence experts, who worked for major government spy agencies, said they believed that the Chinese government had managed to drain the contents of the four laptops that Mr. Snowden said he brought to Hong Kong, and that he said were with him during his stay at a Hong Kong hotel

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/world/asia/china-said-to-have-made-call-to-let-leaker-depart.html?pagewanted=all


The South China Morning Post, a local newspaper, reported on Friday that Edward J. Snowden, the contractor, had shared detailed data showing the dates and Internet Protocol addresses of specific computers in mainland China and Hong Kong that the National Security Agency penetrated over the last four years. The data also showed whether the agency was still breaking into these computers, the success rates for hacking and other operational information.


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/world/asia/ex-nsa-contractors-disclosures-could-complicate-his-fate.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0