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You can say only true things but still mislead by selectively releasing information. That's why it is essential to try and understand the motivations behind th
by rblatz 4y ago
You can say only true things but still mislead by selectively releasing information. That's why it is essential to try and understand the motivations behind the leaked information.
- the_af 4y agoYes. On the other hand, the NSA illegally spying on Americans is bad. You don't need to know the motivations, it's just bad. You cannot build a robust democracy on top of such a shaky foundation. They can claim "Snowden was a KGB mole!" but if they hadn't been doing such nasty things, there wouldn't have been something so damaging for the mole (or a disgruntled ex employee, whatever) to disclose. There will always be dirty laundry to disclose of course -- nobody is 100% clean -- but this was major. This is classic "shooting the messenger".