Whistleblower: Snowden - Page 2

Lol, yes, I remember those day's well too.

 

I wonder if people flooded the system if they couldn't crash it.
Try using a hot button word everytime you use an electronic device, everyone, all at the same time.

I'm sure burn it all down at least gets a glance....LOL
 

we are completely safe.  Boehner himself said he feels there is sufficient House oversight to  secure the privacy of the citizens.  Oversight by gutless, spinelss, paid for con-men we call politicians.  We should all fee much safer :)

 Besides either or, the government and the media has to persecute Ed Snowden or else it will open up a floodgate of whistle-blowers and every secret since 2001 will be exposed.

The media WILL judge him to be a traitor. Count on it.

Notice how Benghazi all of a sudden isn't in the news.

Manning trial this month:
The court-martial opened on June 3, 2013, at Fort Meade, Maryland, before Colonel Denise Lind. The government intends to call over 140 witnesses, up to one third of whom will give evidence in secret.
(Wikipedia)

Not a traitor, at least not in my book.

Not a hero, either--I believe the honor of that title to be much more restrictive in applicability than is currently popular.

I do consider him to be a patriot, however, in every sense of the word, and I consider Manning to be likewise.  Both individuals have demonstrated more courage and more commitment to the principles this country was founded upon than 99% of the people who hold any political office in the US, and allegedly represent the populace.

As for his future, Iceland would be a good place to start over.  It's unlikely he can ever return to the US safely--regardless of how many illegal immigrants flow through the gates unnoticed, you can bet that Snowden will be a coveted prize to the airport personnel who tag him out if he tries to enter through that portal.

IMO, he is neither a hero, nor a traitor.  If it can be agreed that what is transpiring behind closed doors is a plausible threat to the people, than he is simply performing his civic duty, one which we should all take more seriously, often involving that nasty word "sacrifice".  Treason; that is laughable.  Our allegiance is to our country, which is to say to each other and our agreed-upon Constitution.  The moment the policies and procedures of our government officials and agencies comes into question (with reasonable and substantiated evidence of course), is the same moment that word treason should be directed the other way.  There is an infinitesimally fine line between maintaining the secrecy needed to protect our country, while also maintaining the checks and balances required to the same end.  It is sociological fact that although indispensable to modern society, the major liability with bureaucracy is that it feeds and serves itself; this is part and parcel why many conservatives seek to limit government's voracious appetite for power and control.  At what point do these decisions that are being made free from subjugation to the people become pervasive enough, frequent enough, and precedent-setting enough that the process itself becomes a threat to our ideas (though they may differ) of self-sovereignty?  I can't answer that for anyone but myself.  These are the types of questions I believe we should have in mind when analyzing this situation, and others like it;  Snowden's actions should be considered in this context.