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Probably, that he did the right thing at the right time.
by ok123456 10mo ago
Probably, that he did the right thing at the right time.
- ginush 10mo agoI hope he's still not deluding himself into thinking he did anything positive.
- hopelite 10mo agoThat's rather harsh. Exposing illegal, objectively treasonous activities by the government is not exactly not something positive, regardless of whether the regime has only gotten worse and more totalitarian and tightened its noose even more around the neck of humanity. By objective measures, having the courage he did to do what he did was courageous, albeit possibly foolish, since his understanding of the USA did not actually match the reality of what the USA long has been, because he has been drinking the Kool-Aid too. Ironically, the system depended on and somewhat still depends on the very kind of belief in the system that Snowden had, even if he just believed it far more and actually took it serious.
- ginush 10mo agoHe sought revenge after not getting a desired job promotion. There was nothing noble about his intentions, just narcissistic fury with what he, in his narrow world view, saw as unfairness towards himself. I find it amazing how many people have been taken in by the bullshit narrative he concocted about human rights and privacy. So gullible. He helped our adversaries on an immense scale, and even went to live under the protection of one of them. Some patriot he is, gladly embracing the Russian regime.
- BLKNSLVR 10mo ago> even went to live under the protection of one of them. Some patriot he is, gladly embracing the Russian regime. You know that's not true? His passport was cancelled while he was mid-flight and no country would touch him, and he was essentially trapped in an airport until Russia offered asylum. The US effectively sent him to Russia.
- monerozcash 10mo agoThe funniest thing is that he'd probably be in US prison by now had they not cancelled his passport.
- lern_too_spel 10mo agoHe went to China and leaked surveillance targets to the Chinese government. Some of these documents are in the very article we are now discussing.
- lateralux 10mo agoaccount created 2 hours ago pathetic
- sunaookami 10mo agoAccount created 40 minutes ago, are you sure you are not an NSA employee?
- psunavy03 10mo agoNo, he violated a trust given to him, he deserves to be in jail, and if he had an ounce of moral character he'd come back and face trial like a man. Unlike the movies there aren't secret death squads out to get him, just a courtroom where he can face the consequences of his actions like an adult. Instead, he's hiding out playing the victim in a country that's actively genociding Ukrainians to a degree beyond anything the Trump or Netanyahu administrations can be accused of. Even if you believe the law is unjust, MLK Jr still had the balls to go to jail for what he believed.
- throawayonthe 10mo agolololol sure more seriously, the difference is he's not doing protest via civil disobedience like MLK Jr, he's a whistleblower working for an organization like the NSA, the only moral thing you can do is realize your error and bail tf out
- alex1138 10mo agoYou forget the security-state apparatus has secret courts and secret laws It may not be a fair trial. He's always stated his willingness to undergo a fair one
- psunavy03 10mo agoThat's not how any of that works. Criminal trials are public record and there are no such things as secret laws.
- timschmidt 10mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court#Secret_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intellig...
- vunderba 10mo agoWhy are you assuming he'd get a public trial at all? In the current state of unchecked authoritarianism, he'd just as soon be disappeared to a "Homan Square". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homan_Square_facility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homan_Square_facility