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if the NSA position is "you dont have to hide anything if you are innocent" why the DoS are pursuing the wistleblower who expose goverment secrets? wait, I thin
by altmind 8y ago
if the NSA position is "you dont have to hide anything if you are innocent" why the DoS are pursuing the wistleblower who expose goverment secrets? wait, I think it works only one way.
- metildaa 8y agoSomething to this effect is accurate. Assange aired war crimes commited by my country to the world that were purposefully and fraudulently classified. Rather than own up to the crimes commited, the politicans at the time chose to shoot the messenger and created an international incident.
- King-Aaron 8y agoThe key word in that phrase is "you".
- mehrdadn 8y ago> if the NSA position is "you dont have to hide anything if you are innocent" Source? Former NSA director has disputed this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV2HDM86XgI&t=1h21s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV2HDM86XgI&t=1h21s
- matt4077 8y agoI don't think the NSA has actually ever made that argument. There is, after all, a lot of law governing privacy. And the NSA's capabilities and required procedures are also specified in minute detail. Even though these rules are far from adequate, their mere existence already shows a shared assumption that privacy is a legitimate interest. Arguing against the very idea of privacy would mean trying to prove far more than they could ever want, and doing so against essentially everyone else.