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Often I think we take these oaths without full knowledge of what is happening. Would Snowden have taken an oath of loyalty if he knew everything the NSA was doi
by Taek 10y ago
Often I think we take these oaths without full knowledge of what is happening. Would Snowden have taken an oath of loyalty if he knew everything the NSA was doing? Highly unlikely, that's exactly why he broke it.
I think that people are often too slow to break ties with their 'team' when immoral behavior is at play.
- arca_vorago 10y agoSnowden never took an oath of loyalty. He did swear an oath to of enlistment, which is to the constitution, but that's one of the few things that makes America actually exceptional vs many other countries. Now, when you get a security clearance, you sign what is basically an NDA with the gov. To be clear, the oath to the constitution outweighs an NDA every time, due to the nature that the constutiton is the supreme law of the land.