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You know what I don't get? Why is Edward Snowden, who exposed these crimes, being treated like a criminal?

• mLuby 6y ago
  He knowingly and clearly broke laws by stealing and disclosing classified information. I think he was ethically correct to do so, and his act qualified as civil disobedience, but that's why the US government is after him.
  • propogandist 6y ago
    Media is calling Snowden a "leaker" rather than whistleblower, because Trump has been considering pardoning him. The only thing the media cares about is 'orange man bad'. >Trump says he is considering pardon for leaker Edward Snowden https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-snowden/trump-says-hes-considering-pardon-for-leaker-edward-snowden-idUSKCN25B10Z https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-snowden/trum... discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24174265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24174265
    • triceratops 6y ago
      TIL: one headline constitutes "the media". Also: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congressional-report-slams-nsa-leaker-edward-snowden https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congressional-report-slams-...
    • Voliokis 6y ago
      Seems to me like you're the one that cares too much about "orange man bad". https://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/edward-snowden-the-n-s-a-leaker-comes-forward https://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/edward-snowden-t... https://phys.org/news/2016-07-wikileaks-nsa-leaker-edward-snowden.html https://phys.org/news/2016-07-wikileaks-nsa-leaker-edward-sn... https://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/23/us/edward-snowden/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/23/us/edward-snowden/index.h... https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2013/06/12/try-nsa-leaker-edward-snowden-for-treason-says-sen-john-cornyn/ https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2013/06/12/try-nsa-... https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/nsa-leaker-edward-snowden-fails-board-flight-moscow/story?id=19470645 https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/nsa-leaker-edward-snowden-fai... https://www.france24.com/en/20140807-snowden-russia-nsa-residence-permit https://www.france24.com/en/20140807-snowden-russia-nsa-resi... https://www.newsweek.com/edward-snowden-latest-nsa-leaker-wont-be-leaving-russia-germany-anytime-569266 https://www.newsweek.com/edward-snowden-latest-nsa-leaker-wo... Check the dates. Most of them are from before Trump, and the last one is long before Trump floated the idea of pardoning Snowden.
  • dependenttypes 6y ago
    You can't steal data unless if you delete the original along with any backups in the process.