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(4,835 posts)We are a nation of laws. Since when is it ok for some twenty-something to decide what information is SO important that we shouldn't have to follow the laws anymore.
Was there a problem? Sure, are both Obama and Bush responsible? Fine, whatever. That doesn't make it ok for someone new to the industry to go run off to another country and hold press conferences.
If it is such a big issue (and I believe that it is) then one dedicates their life to making changes. There are a multitude of examples of people dedicating their life to fighting injustices. In fact the ACLU is fighting this particular battle in the courts. Not too long ago they won a victory, and the headline of both the article and the thread gave credit to Snowden. The ACLU work their asses off - Snowden gets the credit.
As I've said many times - how long before the next punk kid decides it would be cool for him/her to be famous like Snowden and leaks something that should be kept secret?
That's why this behavior (the Snowden worshipping behavior) should be discouraged. It's not so dissimilar from the 'Pentagon Papers' and the leaker was found not guilty. Had Snowden done it correctly, we wouldn't know his name, but we'd know what was going on (as if we didn't already) and there wouldn't be this debate about whether or not it was ok for him to leave the country.