"Snowden fan club"?

[karynnj]

96. That is insanity

First of all, Snowden and Greenwald themselves have referred to the fact that there are things that could damage the country if put out. I have to take their words - because I, a law abiding citizen - have not seen what they have NOT released.

As to what they have released, I only can point to various articles that spoke of the "coolness" that Kerry or Obama had to face in various meetings as they met with countries that were impacted. (It seemed to me that some revelations seemed to somehow come out days before Kerry (or Obama) had a meeting scheduled.

Because I have followed the work that Kerry has done, I pretty consistently read the media accounts. To me, it seemed that after a few months of extremely successful meetings where countries were happy to see him -- and people charmed that he knew a lot about their culture and often had at least some ability to speak their language, there was a sudden freeze and reactions were colder. The event that defined that line? Nothing Kerry or Obama did -- just the Snowden leaks.

Now, I can't say that this amounted to anything other than things being a little less enjoyable for Kerry, but I can say that it did seem to dampen any possibility that he might have been able to use his long times, reputation and history to improve relations in a few places where that would be good.

I have seen no credible account that suggests any good came of that document dump. Even supporters speak only of the NSA domestic spying -- which that wasn't.