Re:Snowden: Hack of an NSA server is not unprecedented, publ...
by 2close4comfort on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @09:28AM
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I would only add that the NSA has politicized themselves in exchange for the expansion of their powers. Now as a political entity it seems they have a much lower standard of ethics and now it is about maintaining power.
Society only functions properly when people act ethically. We have laws in place for punishing those who harm others in various ways (financially, physically, etc.), as a means to discourage bad behaviour. In theory there's supposed to be international law, but sadly no-one seems to pay much attention to it.