Question: Is any NSA revelation by Snowden discredited by his candor (or lack of)? [View all]
I think that Snowden's explanations and reasoning given by him about his motivations for his info grab and dump may well be important when considering his ultimate fate. However, I don't think that any of those differences folks have with his explanations of intent discredit the importance, relevance, or truthfulness of the NSA info provided.
Why then, I'm left to wonder, is Snowden's candor about his actions regularly presented by critics in perfect tandem with their dismissals about the extent and seriousness of the NSA's behavior?
It looks like an effort to distract from the truth contained in the disclosures. Is the information provided correct, or not? That would seem to be the most relevant standard for anyone actually concerned with the surveillance laws and in the actions of our government's spy agencies.
The manner in which Snowden gathered the info and the manner in which he allowed it to be released is certainly important to his own character, but I'm not seeing where that credibility about his intent and actions affects the information provided, at all - not from the standpoint of someone who is amazed and disturbed by the extent we've been lied to by successive administrations about the government's spying activities.
Where else were we going to get this information about the NSA? When?
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