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He could have limited the scope of his leaks, or stayed in the US to face trial and persecution. Either would be more admirable than what he has done.
by caskance 11y ago
He could have limited the scope of his leaks, or stayed in the US to face trial and persecution. Either would be more admirable than what he has done.
- facetube 11y agoHe coordinated with the New York Times and The Washington Post and The Guardian specifically to review, redact, and limit the scope of his leaks. The releases from the press were redacted. To argue that he did not limit the scope of his leaks with intent is to deny reality.
- caskance 11y agoFrom the press to the public, yes, but insufficiently. From him to the press, which is where the barrier of classifiedity was actually breached, there was no discretion at all.
- facetube 11y agoAnd intentionally so – this allowed the press to review the information in context and present the information as accurately as possible to the public. The NSA abandoned the rule of law a long time ago when it chose to spy on Americans' phone calls and then lie to Congress about doing so; it should come as no surprise that people are willing to break the law in return to expose those facts.
- caskance 11y agoNobody's surprised here. I know why he did what he did. I just disagree.
- fineman 11y agoWhy would anyone be retarded enough to intentionally stick around to be subjected to what they've proved isn't justice?
- caskance 11y agoThe same reason he was retarded enough to give up his career and home to leak classified information to the press.
- fineman 11y agoThe leak helped, how would letting himself go through the shit that Chelsea Manning is going through, help?
- caskance 11y agohttp://lmgtfy.com/?q=martyr http://lmgtfy.com/?q=martyr
- fineman 11y agoNo, I have no need for Snowden to go to prison before I'll listen to what he has to say. You just want him to suffer for some authoritarian reason. If you think someone needs to be tortured to atone for some sin, be my guest.
- caskance 11y agoHoly assumptions, batman. Nobody needs it. Some want it, but I don't. You asked how it would help and I answered.