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The man who claims to be the source of the National Security Agency leak has an ally in Iceland’s Parliament, according to a statement from an Icelandic lawmaker and a media freedom organization.
Edward Snowden, who revealed his identity as the source of the story through The Guardian, is reported to be staying in Hong Kong and seeking asylum outside the United States, possibly in Iceland, according to The Guardian.
It will be easy to take him into custody in Iceland, which has a NATO airbase.
Way back in the day, I had access to lots of classified info. I was reminded on several occasions that sloppy handling could result in a 10 year stay in Leavenworth. Deliberately compromising classified information is a serious crime. This guy is no hero.
Yea, sure.
Define "sloppy handling".
Anyone that actually worked around this stuff knows you are full of it.
Generally, only intentional dislosure is prosecuted, and even that depends on a variety of factors. The punishment could range from nothing, all the way to prison.
A person who unintentionally violated a security practice is generally (again, depends on factors) all but immune from any prosecution or even getting in trouble at a non-judicial punishment (if military); the basis is that it is better to tell so the gov can fix (like supercede a compromised crypto key), than for the person to be tempted to hide the breach and gov security is compromised.
I have never attended any training that stated punishments for compromising security, nor have I ever heard the term "sloppy handling" used.
Good luck to him. He injected reality into a government fantasy and that is always a boon.
Iceland is wet and cold but the people are warm and supportive of each other. Not to mention ballsy enough to arrest and try for fraud a World Bank thief.
Maybe PRISM will be put to an end now since it's been exposed which means the Constitutionality of the program can be challenged in court. Finally!
Did you guys know that many people who request their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) releases from the NSA are denied because it's said that providing such information will expose covert intelligence gathering technology and methods? With PRISM now in the public domain that excuse may no longer be valid. So yeah, now innocent Americans may be able to find out why the NSA is spying on them which in my mind is a very good thing and more in keeping with the ideals of our founding fathers.
I doubt it. Clapper declassified some parts.
Clapper made it sound very benign. Lots of use of "foreign intelligence" and "foreign target" to give the impression they are not intercepting US citizen data.
Tech companies saying the NSA does not have "direct" access.
So Clapper, the same guy that said in March they were not collecting data on Americans, is saying PRISM is so benign that it doesn't even work Trust him, he's from the government and he's here to help.
Now this goes against Obama's latest speech which said the "global" war on terror is over and we're going to focus on the homegrown terror being caused by deranged US citizens.
Total guess on my part here:
NSA is running a proxy server intercepting all client to server communication.
Man in the middle scenario. SSL is now broke.
Tech companies saying no "direct" access is correct.
But the BS is that the NSA is only looking at "foreign" anything.
Room 641A setup now looks benign to what they are doing today.
So phone and internet are covered now.
What's left is for them to set up listening devices all over America so they can "intercept" foreign terrorists talking about blowing up stuff and killing Americans face to face.
Who knows..maybe that's in place already.
Edward Snowden is a national hero and should be immediately issued a full, free, and absolute pardon for any crimes he has committed or may have committed related to blowing the whistle on secret NSA surveillance programs.
Way back in the day, I had access to lots of classified info. I was reminded on several occasions that sloppy handling could result in a 10 year stay in Leavenworth. Deliberately compromising classified information is a serious crime. This guy is no hero.
You are correct, however divulging classified information that shows illegal, unconstitutional and obviously unethical practices supersedes the classified restriction.
This is a woeful breach of 4th amendment rights, which needs to be brought to light. Labeling something classified to avoid any and all scrutiny and legal challenges is right from the playbook of fascism.
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hold on. He may be a whistleblower or a glory hound. How many times did he partake in violating others privacy before he had a crisis of guilt? The only thing anyone knows is that he claims to be the snitch. For all we know he did to get a movie or a book deal.
hold on. He may be a whistleblower or a glory hound. How many times did he partake in violating others privacy before he had a crisis of guilt? The only thing anyone knows is that he claims to be the snitch. For all we know he did to get a movie or a book deal.
or maybe he values the constitution.
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Trust him, he's from the government and he's here to help.
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