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11. As I said

Fri May 30, 2014, 01:55 PM

May 2014

"and the rest?. . . where, when would we have uncovered the things that Carter says is 'good for Americans to know', without Snowden?"

...Snowden could have released the relevant information and remained in the country. He decided to flee with information he deemed damaging and decided to release that information.

Again, no one is opposed to having that debate. Sparking a national debate on domestic surveillance did not require him to release unrelated and, as he admitted, potentially damaging information about foreign surveillance activities.

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Question: Is any NSA revelation by Snowden discredited by his candor (or lack of)? [View all] bigtree May 2014 OP

his critics here dismiss that as narcissism. grasswire May 2014 #1

No (that's my answer to your question) mike_c May 2014 #2

this email thing doesn't look to have a thing to do with the info he's leaked bigtree May 2014 #7

Where else were we going to get this information about the NSA? When? Leme May 2014 #3

Any NSA "revelation" is suspect, at best. KansDem May 2014 #4

have the documents provided been independently proven as false or incorrect? bigtree May 2014 #5

No. Not a single one. randome May 2014 #8

The NSA has a history of providing false documents. KansDem May 2014 #10

right. Do we have any proof that determines the NSA info Snowden provided is false? bigtree May 2014 #14

I'm not saying his info is false... KansDem May 2014 #16

No ProSense May 2014 #6

and the rest? bigtree May 2014 #9

As I said ProSense May 2014 #11

could have, would have . . . bigtree May 2014 #13

Yes, the ProSense May 2014 #15

No. joshcryer May 2014 #12