Snowden’s actions may have been wrong. The people he worked for were just as wrong if not more. His punishment should match theirs. That includes Bush and Obama.
Because of this thread I went back and got a refresher on why my friends had so much of an issue with him.
The primary reason beyond being scummy was that he omitted a lot of information on those programs. Being that those programs were classified, nobody can interject and explain why he was creating a completely fake version of what these programs actually are and do. The point being that, there were protections for rights in place for these programs, and were mostly used on foreign actors and properly masking US citizens.
It's a misdirection from programs that are at the throat of the US citizen, and nobody in the know is actually allowed to explain why.
I have yet to meet someone working in intelligence 9-5 who isn't better versed on rights and civil liberties than anyone in every other sector of government combined. I also have yet to meet one who votes democrat.
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