Re:Snowden a 'traitor': Andreessen
by crusso on Thursday June 05, 2014 @02:08PM
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Some of Snowden's claims (and some of Greenwald's) strain credibility
Maybe, but he's so far been a much more reliable information source than his opponents. Lacking real efforts of transparency from the NSA, I think that it's prudent to give Snowden wide latitude.
Of course Snowden wasn't a traitor.
Snowden was faced with a staggering ethical dilemma. There was no "right answer" to what he should have done because the system was/is fundamentally broken.
Re:Snowden a 'traitor': Andreessen
by tptacek on Thursday June 05, 2014 @02:12PM
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Dividing the world into "Snowden's allies" and "Snowden's opponents" harms your ability to learn what really happened. I am not one of Snowden's allies, but I also don't attend the secret meetings of the "Hang Snowden For Treason" society.
Maybe, but he's so far been a much more reliable information source than his opponents. Lacking real efforts of transparency from the NSA, I think that it's prudent to give Snowden wide latitude.
Of course Snowden wasn't a traitor.
Snowden was faced with a staggering ethical dilemma. There was no "right answer" to what he should have done because the system was/is fundamentally broken.