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It would make sense, though, in a twisted way - it would send the message "Nothing you did has had any consequence whatsoever, and to show you how little we car
by krylon 10y ago
It would make sense, though, in a twisted way - it would send the message "Nothing you did has had any consequence whatsoever, and to show you how little we care, we are not even sending you to jail for it".
(I consider that highly unlikely, though.)
- omegaham 10y agoI think that they'd prefer to send the message of "Nothing you did has any consequence whatsoever, but you're still an exile for life." It could deter future whistleblowers from following his example. As ineffective as the outrage has been, the NSA and US government definitely would have preferred that the issue never came up to begin with.