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> sold out his country You mean his government.

• Spooky23 4y ago
  No, I mean his country. Civil disobedience or w/e against a surveillance state culminating in fleeing to Moscow says all you need to know about Snowden’s commitment to freedom and opposition to surveillance.
  • nhchris 4y ago
    It tells me he's willing to risk his life and freedom, and take a big hit to his standard of living and lose a cushy job, and contact with most of his friends and family, to inform the American people of the crimes their government is committing against them. You said he "sold" his country out, but you got it backwards. He didn't get paid for his whistleblowing, but did get paid to help break the constitution before that. It's those still working for the NSA that are selling you out.
  • joxel 4y ago
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    • dang 4y ago
      Personal attacks will get you banned here, so please don't post like this, no matter how wrong someone else is or you feel they are. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: it looks like you've been doing this repeatedly - e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34659122 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34659122. I don't want to ban you, so if you'd please review the rules and fix this going forward, we'd appreciate it