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Snowmen did two things: 1. Exposed the tools and techniques of domestic surveillance. 2. Exposed the tools and techniques of foreign surveillance. The idea of
by tosser-004 11y ago
Snowmen did two things:
1. Exposed the tools and techniques of domestic surveillance.
2. Exposed the tools and techniques of foreign surveillance.
The idea of not prosecuting Snowden seems to focus on the commendable exposure of the full extent of the domestic program.
I just don't see how one can ignore his exposure of the perfectly legal foreign intelligence gathering.
- marssaxman 11y agoJust because it's legal doesn't mean it's right.
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- fixermark 11y agoI don't think many people dispute whether espionage in general is a practical moral good (or at least neutrality)... In the sense that we live in a world where foreign governments keep secrets that can be dangerous to the survival of other governments. I mean, in an ideal world we wouldn't have spies... But we also wouldn't have police or military.
- rhino369 11y agoAnd people with security clearance shouldn't get to individually determine what is right by their own moral code.
- zethraeus 11y agothat seems arbitrary and at odds with the modern considerations of superior orders
- rhino369 11y agoI don't see why it's arbitrary. It's not at odds with the dismissal of the Nuremburg defense because it was a violation of the international law. I do have to admit that is sort of a cop out since international law at the time was more moral than real law. Another huge distinction is that nobody was charged at Nuremburg for not exposing the crimes, they were charged with aiding them. If Snowden had a moral issue spying on people, he could quit. Also at Nuremburg, we were just punishing the losers of a war.