Edward Snowden In 2009: Leakers Should Be 'Shot In The Balls'

[Summer Hathaway]

75. "Snowden's personal info is being released ...

... in a manner calculated to make him look like a person with no moral compass."

You've totally lost me there. Snowden made himself 'the story' by his own actions, and his current behavior speaks for itself. And based on those actions and behavior, his 'moral compass' seems to be rather lacking.

By making sweeping allegations without evidence to support them, Snowden invited scrutiny. And whatever facts about his past emerge as a result thereof are not a matter of calculation, but a matter of natural curiosity about who he is as a way of assessing his credibility.

"I care about whether there are proper safeguards in place to keep our government from obtaining our personal information without a well scrutinized warrant. The answer to that question should be what we all want to know."

I don't disagree. The problem here is that it's been stated over and over, since this whole debacle started, that the proper safeguards are in place to prevent unnecessary access to whatever personal information the gov't currently holds - and the response from the Snowdenites has been consistent: "Oh, sure, they're saying that, but they're lying."

Again I must say that I savor the irony of those here who steadfastly refuse to believe anything they are told that is contrary to what they want to believe, while concurrently swallowing every word Snowden has said without demanding the proof of his words - or even thinking that proof might be even remotely relevant to the case at hand.