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Re:Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Sena... by anigbrowl on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @06:10PM (#6055072)
Well, it's certainly up to him to decide for himself, but I think third parties are quite free to form their own opinions about his credibility or integrity (which I rate at something like 6/10, in case you were wondering).
Re:Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Sena... by chc on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @06:20PM (#6055120)
Yes, certainly! I just think it's irrational to discredit his factual claims on the basis that he is unwilling to stand trial. The truth of the statements "Snowden is telling the truth about our spy programs" and "Snowden is accurately assessing the potential for our justice system to offer him a favorable outcome" are not closely related.
Re:Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Sena... by anigbrowl on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @08:20PM (#6055525)
I don't see it as a measurement of Snowden's honesty or integrity particularly. It could be that his judgment about the degree and nature of data collection is wrong. I try to avoid making guesses about people's motivations because there's really no way to measure that objectively and it's far too easy to project your own views onto the actions of someone else.