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It would weaken the incentives against leaking national-security information. Of course, that assumes one cares about national security; if one doesn't, then t
by zeveb 10y ago
It would weaken the incentives against leaking national-security information. Of course, that assumes one cares about national security; if one doesn't, then that's irrelevant.
Given that the U.S. — whatever its faults and flaws — is the only guarantor of international order, though, a weakened U.S. is sure to lead to more international conflict.
- zmanian 10y agoThe US govt has already weakened these incentives because of the decision not to prosecute Petraeus. The US govt should not have strong incentives against revealing widespread human rights abuse like full-take surveillance of entire countries.
- abfan1127 10y agonational security? guarantor of international order? Half of the world's conflicts are due to US intervention. Hell, we're giving weapons and training to both sides in some of them. Maybe we could use weaker "national security"...