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If the government wanted anyone outside of natsec or the IC to care about this, they shouldn't have operated a massive unconstitutional dragnet. That would chan
by exolymph 6y ago
If the government wanted anyone outside of natsec or the IC to care about this, they shouldn't have operated a massive unconstitutional dragnet. That would change the tenor of discussion, I promise.
- fandroid 6y agoThe IC does their job keeping us safe precisely so we don't have to concern ourselves with things such as: * Which servers in China we are hacking * Foreign surveillance * Joint CIA/NSA programs Damage is ongoing. Relationship with foreign leaders, for instance, has suffered irreparable damage. Snowden's very existence as a propaganda mouthpiece does align with Putin's long term active measures. His greatest value is in undermining internal confidence in our institutions that protect our freedom.