Looking Back at the Snowden Revelations

Re:Looking Back at the Snowden Revelations by lucozade on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @11:27AM (#21071672)

Again, that would mean that he deliberately, explicitly and unnecessarily lied to Congress. That would pretty much require him to be an idiot. He is many things but that's not one of them.

I'm not suggesting that no-one can read them. I have no idea. I am saying that his testimony makes me very comfortable that Facebook is not because he has way more to lose from lying than from not in those circumstances.

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Re:Looking Back at the Snowden Revelations by crowtoe76 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @04:48PM (#21075263)

Your argument here is that you trust Mark Zuckerberg's statement because Mark Zuckerberg wouldn't lie, because if Mark Zuckerberg lied, he would get into lots of trouble, and therefore to avoid getting into lots of trouble, Mark Zuckerberg obviously tells the truth.

I have trouble with this logic. Also, I'm not quite clear - what are the consequences for lying to Congress?

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Re:Looking Back at the Snowden Revelations by BlueTemplar on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:27PM (#21072966)

Well, maybe that works for you, but I'm more comfortable not trusting anything coming from Facebook...

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