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Re:CIA planned rendition operation to kidnap Edward Snowden by KingMob on Sunday January 31, 2016 @02:29PM (#11007606)
Don't mistake legality for morality. By a lot of people's estimations, they're exactly reversed in this situation with Snowden breaking secrecy laws by exposing "legal" surveillance.

Plus, it's not even clear the government is acting legally here. An excellent case can be made that mass surveillance violates the Fourth Amendment, and if the CIA planned anything other than bringing Snowden back to a public trial in the USA, that would be a violation of the Sixth Amendment.

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Re:CIA planned rendition operation to kidnap Edward Snowden by br_smartass on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:06AM (#11039595)
It's awkward to even have to compose a reply to that answer! Some people reaaaally need to affirm to themselves that everything is fine whatever happens, for some reason. Small minds.
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