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That's an excellent point. Using the "only a sys admin" example was pretty weak. I just chose it quickly as one example of his trustworthiness level from the
by snowden_report 7y ago
That's an excellent point. Using the "only a sys admin" example was pretty weak. I just chose it quickly as one example of his trustworthiness level from the report. A better example would be that Mr. Snowden claims he began collecting files after James Clapper's testimony, but in fact he began 8 months earlier (third point in the Executive Summary, page iii).
My main takeaway form the report is that Mr. Snowden was misleading/dishonest about elements of his past and motivations. Read the report for other examples of his misrepresentations, mainly that he never reported his suspected abuse of government programs via established internal process and he took and shared material on much more than the programs he was concerned about.
The discussion of the programs themselves is certainly much bigger. I view these programs as the nuclear weapons of our age. It was inevitable that they would be created (with similar capabilities in the hands of other governments and corporations), and there is always the risk of misuse. While the US Government is not the ideal owner of these tools, I generally trust the USG more than other countries and corporations.
The problem with intelligence agencies is that you rarely hear of their successes, and almost always hear of their failures.
- boomboomsubban 7y ago> A better example would be that Mr. Snowden claims he began collecting files after James Clapper's testimony, but in fact he began 8 months earlier (third point in the Executive Summary, page iii). His claim was that testimony was the "breaking point" on the decision to leak, not download files, and soon after he agreed to publicly be named the source. >mainly that he never reported his suspected abuse of government programs via established internal process and he took and shared material on much more than the programs he was concerned about. It's his word vs theirs on whether he raised the issue before deciding to leak. And he knew there was a ton of unrelated data in what he leaked, that was why he privately gave it to reporters and didn't publicly post it.
- jascii 7y agoAs far as I know, none of the documents leaked by Mr Snowden have been found untrustworthy or fabricated. Digging in his past for inconsistencies and speculating about his motivation seem little more then a weak attempt at character assassination. What exactly are your goals in this discussion?
- snowden_report 7y agoMy first goal is to offer the under represented report for discussion, and encourage a better public understanding of the context and consequences. My second goal is to offer opposing information to his account of events, which I though relevant in a post about hist autobiography.
- hanselot 7y ago> Mr. Snowden claims he began collecting files after James Clapper's testimony, but in fact he began 8 months earlier (third point in the Executive Summary, page iii). I don't think I've ever heard a normal human refer to him as "Mr Snowden", and just for interest, what reason could you possibly have had to memorize this specifically cherrypicked reference? Are you an Amazon FC Ambassador when you aren't attempting to defend your agency?