Re:Snowden Sees Some Victories, from a Distance
by treetoppin on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @11:36AM
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Who gave the documents to the NYT? Obviously this is a failure on the part of the NYT, but given that Snowden talks about how security conscious he is then he should bear at least some of the responsibility for not controlling the release.
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Re:Snowden Sees Some Victories, from a Distance
by pdkl95 on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @12:17PM
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150518/13193831041/us-of...
And when other people leak far more relevant information? (by topic and by time)
Re:Snowden Sees Some Victories, from a Distance
by treetoppin on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @12:43PM
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I wasn't talking about whether other leaks have been more damaging, I was talking specifically about the lack of nuance contained in the Edward Snowden hero/villain dichotomy.
We can talk about the White House's absolutely shameful wrist slapping of Petraeus, or the leaks mentioned in the article you source, but that still doesn't address whether Snowden messed up when he facilitated the NYT in releasing unredacted information. Just because hypocrisy exists doesnt mean that anytime we critique someone we have to also bring out a laundry list of other people who messed up even worse.