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Are you holding Snowden responsible for the New York Times' failure to properly redact documents?

• treetoppin 11y ago
  Who gave the documents to the NYT? Obviously this is a failure on the part of the NYT, but given that Snowden talks about how security conscious he is then he should bear at least some of the responsibility for not controlling the release.
  • pdkl95 11y ago
    https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150518/13193831041/us-officials-leak-info-about-isis-raid-more-sensitive-than-anything-snowden-ever-leaked.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150518/13193831041/us-of... And when other people leak far more relevant information? (by topic and by time)
    • treetoppin 11y ago
      I wasn't talking about whether other leaks have been more damaging, I was talking specifically about the lack of nuance contained in the Edward Snowden hero/villain dichotomy. We can talk about the White House's absolutely shameful wrist slapping of Petraeus, or the leaks mentioned in the article you source, but that still doesn't address whether Snowden messed up when he facilitated the NYT in releasing unredacted information. Just because hypocrisy exists doesnt mean that anytime we critique someone we have to also bring out a laundry list of other people who messed up even worse.