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The most fundamental part of his job was to uphold the US constitution. After numerous attempts to stop the constitutional violations of the NSA from within, h
by cwkoss 7y ago
The most fundamental part of his job was to uphold the US constitution. After numerous attempts to stop the constitutional violations of the NSA from within, he chose to uphold the constitution rather than the orders of unelected power hungry spooks.
Frankly, hundreds if not thousands of people within the NSA deserve to be charged with treason. I would be shocked if this actually happened, though.
- chii 7y agoUpholding the constitution is not a citizen's job. It is the supreme court's. You can invoke your constitutional rights as a citizen,but you don't get to enforce it on behalf of somebody else, nor do you as an individual, decide what action constitutes a violation.
- cwkoss 7y agoUpholding the constitution is absolutely the job of public servants, which is why our country makes them take an oath. Not sure why you think otherwise. CIA, NSA, Senators, all take this oath: “I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3331 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3331
- geggam 7y agoDont forget the 20 million + veterans in the US who have also taken that oath.
- lern_too_spel 7y ago> After numerous attempts to stop the constitutional violations of the NSA from within When did Snowden try to stop phone metadata collection from within?