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This balanced kind of approach would have made sense for Aaron Schwarz, who did some minor things wrong that got blown out of proportion. But I don't think Sno
by jeffdavis 10y ago
This balanced kind of approach would have made sense for Aaron Schwarz, who did some minor things wrong that got blown out of proportion.
But I don't think Snowden thinks he did anything wrong. He wasn't even reckless -- he allowed veteran reporters to handle the punblication to mitigate unintended consequences and act as a check on his own beliefs.
So accepting punishment and allowing the US government to have the last word doesn't make sense to me.
- jlgaddis 10y agoSnowden has admitted he did wrong -- violating policy as well as breaking the law.
- themartorana 10y agoBy admitting he broke the law he doesn't let the counter-argument get stuck there. He'll do anything to force the debate to the information leaked and to keep it from talking points.
- staunch 10y agoHe violated policy and broke the law, but that doesn't mean he's done wrong.
- jlgaddis 10y agoRight, the former is what I meant. Whether something is "wrong" or not depends upon one's beliefs, of course. I should have been more clear.
- DoofusOfDeath 10y agoWhen you say he admitted doing "wrong", did he admit to actually making a moral transgression, or to just breaking the law? Because if you're equating breaking the law per se with a moral transgression, I think you'll need to hunker down for a pretty tough debate.
- jlgaddis 10y agoYeah, sorry. He admitted to violating policy and the law. Whether what he did was "wrong" or not depends upon one's own beliefs.