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You're completely misrepresenting this. He didn't give them any documents, he didn't tell them all the computers, he only _showed_ them a sample of them. They
by Miner49er 7y ago
You're completely misrepresenting this.
He didn't give them any documents, he didn't tell them all the computers, he only _showed_ them a sample of them. They were also only civilian computers.
I think civilians all over the world had a right to know that they were being spied on by the U.S. government. What difference does it make if a person is a U.S. citizen or a Hong Kong citizen? Human rights are human rights.
- lern_too_spel 7y agoWhy did he even take those documents? They showed mainland Chinese targets that would have access to classified Chinese information. Of course the US would want to hack those.
- meowface 7y agoEvery other government, including the Chinese, are spying on US civilians as well. And in this case, it seems like the Chinese civilians were the kinds of civilians any other country would be spying on as well. I haven't seen a convincing argument for Snowden or others as to why he took documents unrelated to domestic spying. If he had only whistleblew the domestic stuff, I bet a lot more politicians would be open to pardoning him.
- DiogenesKynikos 7y agoIf a Russian citizen published documents proving that the Russian government was extensively spying on Americans, I doubt you would condemn the leaker. I wouldn't.
- meowface 7y agoIf I were Russian, I probably would. As an American, I'd be indifferent to both the leaker and the spying activity.