NSA leaker Edward Snowden: U.S. targets China with hackers

Re:NSA leaker Edward Snowden: U.S. targets China with hackers by tome on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @04:28PM (#5870516)

Well, I supported Snowden till now. What was the point of saying this? Firstly, it's obvious. Secondly, it's not in the national interest of US citizens to have this openly talked about.

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Re:NSA leaker Edward Snowden: U.S. targets China with hackers by jstedfast on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @05:22PM (#5870833)

if it was so obvious, why did it turn you against him? did your delicate sensibilities get hurt or something?

I honestly don't understand how this could have change your opinion on him based on something you not only acknowledge is true, but also as "obvious".

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Re:NSA leaker Edward Snowden: U.S. targets China with hackers by tome on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @05:37PM (#5870924)

Because it changes my impression of what he's in this game for. My first impression was that he wanted to make the US government look bad in the eyes of US citizens, so the citizens could fix the problem. Now my impression is that he wants to make the US look bad in terms of its foreign policy, which is something entirely different.

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Re:NSA leaker Edward Snowden: U.S. targets China with hackers by tdirect on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @08:00PM (#5871527)

I think this differs very little from the other revelations.

This does make the government look bad in the eyes of US citizens--why are we crying foul at China when we are doing exactly the same thing, and may even be the more aggressive party?

If we are conducting this sort of warfare, the citizenry needs to know. It's probably a better issue to face publicly than to let it slowly morph into a new cold war espionage situation with China.

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