The Edward Snowden Documentary Accidentally Exposes His Lies

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

95. Well, that's the whole argument here, isn't it?

When 'law' is used to support injustices, should we defer to the law, or go outside it to attempt to end injustices?

The 'law' has been used, time and again by this and the former administration, to keep the public from knowing about torture, murder, kidnappings, and all sorts of sleazy behaviour that is still 'legal', or for which someone has come up with excuses to pretend it is 'legal', and to allow everyone who ordered such to avoid any sort of prosecution for war crimes committed. And to persecute (and prosecute) anyone who tries to let the public know about these things. Despite supposed 'better protections' for "whistleblowers", the administration has found ways to legally go after anyone and everyone who dares to try and let some sunlight in on the sleazy underbelly of what our government gets up to. So I'm not shocked that some people say 'screw it', and go outside the law.

Some folks are willing to spend decades trying to work within 'the law', others don't have that patience to see 'legal' torture, 'legal' murder go on for more decades, and decide to go around it. And I'm not heartbroken about it.

You know who deserves to be spending far more decades in jail than Snowden or Assange? George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Condaleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, and the rest of the war criminals that the President decided we shouldn't bother to even investigate for the war crimes they committed. And their cellmates should be the guys trampling all over the Constitutional rights of hundreds of millions of Americans in the name of 'security from terror'.

But instead, we're told to suck it up, be good little citizens, let them take away our Constitutional rights, let them start whatever wars they want, kill whoever they please, and, oh, by the way, be mad at the people who dared to uncover the vileness being done because they uncovered it 'illegally'.

When everyone from the President on down is more than happy to ignore war crimes, I'm not going to lose a lot of sleep over Snowden.

The fish rots from the head. Get a President who actually is willing to jail the rich and powerful who commit crimes and I'll maybe start worrying about small fry like Snowden.