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Apples and oranges. In the house lives would be saved.
Snowden very likely got people killed.
How? I personally don't mind the government getting that information WITH A WARRANT. I also wouldn't have minded if this was discussed in Congress and the powers were granted. I wouldn't have agreed with it but at least there's a recourse to overturn that decision in the future. To say Snowden got people killed is asanine.
He should not have revealed any activities we do outside of the USA. If any whistle blowing was needed it was regarding unconstitutional activities done to US Citizens within the USA.
How? I personally don't mind the government getting that information WITH A WARRANT. I also wouldn't have minded if this was discussed in Congress and the powers were granted. I wouldn't have agreed with it but at least there's a recourse to overturn that decision in the future. To say Snowden got people killed is asanine.
Jesselyn Radack was the ethics attorney for the Justice Department. Her first hand experience is about as factual and telling as is possible. You should read the entire interview. Here is an excerpt.
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Would National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden be better off had he gone through official channels to expose his employer's questionable domestic surveillance practices? No way, says his lawyer, Jesselyn Radack of ExposeFacts.org. And she should know: The national security and human rights attorney has represented numerous other government whistleblowers and even acted as one herself.
Q: Some of your clients went through what channels seemed to be official at the time.
A: Thomas Drake went through every conceivable internal channel about a number of surveillance programs. He went to his boss. He went to the NSA general counsel. He went to the House and Senate intelligence committees. And not only did they fail to redress his concern, they turned around and prosecuted him for espionage. So for all the people out there shouting that Edward Snowden should have gone through the proper channels, first o f all, there are not that many channels for national security whistleblowers. They are excluded from most avenues. But second of all, Tom Drake, Bill Binney, Kirk Wiebe, and Ed Loomis did go through the proper channels. And all of them fell under criminal investigation for having done so.
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