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Why does it puzzle you? What aim did leaking the NSA's hacking of China serve the civil liberties of Americans back home? edit: or to reveal that the NSA liste
by brown9-2 13y ago
Why does it puzzle you? What aim did leaking the NSA's hacking of China serve the civil liberties of Americans back home?
edit: or to reveal that the NSA listened to Medvedev's phone calls at the G8?
- bluehex 13y agoPeople have a right to know what their government does in their name. It serves the civil liberties of the people by giving them truth about how their govt. is acting, and giving them the opportunity to speak out about it.
- bluehex 13y agoPeople have a right to know what their government does in their name. It serves the civil liberties of the people by giving them truth about how their govt. is acting, and giving them the opportunity to speak out about it.
- bluehex 13y agoPeople have a right to know what their government does in their name. It serves the civil liberties of the people by giving them truth about how their govt. is acting, and giving them the opportunity to speak out about it.
- peeters 13y agoYou're attacking a strawman. The quote was not >His exposing of classified NSA activity suggests that his true motive throughout has been to injure the national security of the United States, not to advance Internet freedom and free speech it was: >His failures to criticize these regimes suggests that his true motive throughout has been to injure the national security of the United States, not to advance Internet freedom and free speech Maybe Snowden's intention was to hurt the U.S.; I couldn't say. But it certainly doesn't follow logically from Snowden not admonishing other countries.