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Re:The Ashley Madison Database Was Leaked by rhino369 on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @01:32PM (#10087093)
>he enlisted reputable journalists to process the documents and make decisions about what was safe to release and what wasn't.

That's really only the bare minimum. He also exposed a bunch of obviously legal programs that just made the US look bad to allies or outted intelligence programs designed to attack future potential enemies. He did this because he believed those actions were morally wrong.

I don't see how that is different from outting cheaters on a website. Both are punishing people for violations of your moral code.

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Re:The Ashley Madison Database Was Leaked by digler999 on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @02:25PM (#10087435)
> Both are punishing people for violations of your moral code.

The difference is that exposing someone having extramarital sex doesn't violate the US Constitution and the rights of 300M of its citizens.

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Re:The Ashley Madison Database Was Leaked by rhino369 on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @04:46PM (#10088360)
Most of what Snowden exposed doesn't violate the constitution or the rights of any US citizen.
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Re:The Ashley Madison Database Was Leaked by digler999 on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @05:12PM (#10088535)
most ? even one abrogation is a serious issue!
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