I really don't know what the correct course of action should be.
I don't disagree that the debate he started was useful. However, I am not sure that we should seek to empower every community-college-dropout who somehow got a job as an intelligence contractor to make such calls on his own.
Replies to: "I'd feel more sympathy for him if he hadn't fled the country."
- NYTimes on Snowden Jan. 1 [LINK]
- jimbasil - 8:45am 1/2/14
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- Here's a pretty decent counterargument. [LINK]
- ND_in_ATL - 6:04pm 1/4/14
- This article has not much cred - - jimbasil - 10:55am 1/6/14
- Agree that part of the article is unfortunate - ND_in_ATL - 12:09pm 1/6/14
- If by Manning - - jimbasil - 12:40pm 1/6/14
- Agree that part of the article is unfortunate - ND_in_ATL - 12:09pm 1/6/14
- This article has not much cred - - jimbasil - 10:55am 1/6/14
- The whole thing is deeply concerning. - iairishcheeks - 1:27am 1/3/14
- How should he have gone about it? - ND_in_ATL - 5:16pm 1/4/14
- Not sure, but I am quite certain it could have been done better. - iairishcheeks - 2:11am 1/5/14
- How should he have gone about it? - ND_in_ATL - 5:16pm 1/4/14
- Snowden is a HERO. Will the next whistle-blower please stand up? [NT] - ZibbyFire - 7:55pm 1/2/14
- IMO, Snowden doesn't deserve amnesty. He sold out his own country to China and the Russians......... - NDinTN - 5:06pm 1/2/14
- How is it you have this information about Snowden giving China and Russia NSA secrets? - jimbasil - 5:48pm 1/2/14
- Don't you think Snowden had to pay a price to China and Russia for asylum in their countries? Both.. - NDinTN - 4:39pm 1/3/14
- I think it's a lot less Robert Ludlum than you guys make it out to be. - jimbasil - 5:43pm 1/3/14
- Facts really bother you, don't they? You have your mind made up there's no... - iairishcheeks - 1:33am 1/3/14
- You'll help me out with the facts, I'm sure of it. [NT] - jimbasil - 1:56pm 1/3/14
- Don't you think Snowden had to pay a price to China and Russia for asylum in their countries? Both.. - NDinTN - 4:39pm 1/3/14
- How is it you have this information about Snowden giving China and Russia NSA secrets? - jimbasil - 5:48pm 1/2/14
- I have mixed feelings on this, but one thing I am sure of.... - BaronVonZemo - 1:10pm 1/2/14
- I agree [NT] - ND_in_ATL - 5:15pm 1/4/14
- I'd feel more sympathy for him if he hadn't fled the country. - Iggle - 3:22pm 1/2/14
- If he didn't flee, he would have been given the Bradley Manning treatment - ND_in_ATL - 6:21pm 1/4/14
- ! [NT] - jimbasil - 6:43pm 1/2/14
- Ah, if he was a Graduate of an agreed to University it'd be okay with you. - jimbasil - 3:36pm 1/2/14
- Now hold on Jim. Obama went to Harvard & private schools his whole life too....... - BaronVonZemo - 5:28pm 1/2/14
- Another who didn't get it. - jimbasil - 6:05pm 1/2/14
- Oh, I got it. I just noticed that your list was a bit...shall we say...one sided. Regarding the - BaronVonZemo - 6:14pm 1/2/14
- If he were a traitor he would have disclosed the secrets to another country - jimbasil - 6:23pm 1/2/14
- Oh, I got it. I just noticed that your list was a bit...shall we say...one sided. Regarding the - BaronVonZemo - 6:14pm 1/2/14
- Another who didn't get it. - jimbasil - 6:05pm 1/2/14
- Now hold on Jim. Obama went to Harvard & private schools his whole life too....... - BaronVonZemo - 5:26pm 1/2/14
- Yes. In other words, I wouldn't support you doing it. - Iggle - 4:27pm 1/2/14
- Yeah, we can't take you at your word then... - jimbasil - 4:32pm 1/2/14
- You are such an incredible tard. - Iggle - 4:45pm 1/2/14
- You could have left the conversation at - jimbasil - 5:02pm 1/2/14
- And you still don't get the point. - Iggle - 5:33pm 1/2/14
- Really? You just wrote that and you believe that? - jimbasil - 5:56pm 1/2/14
- Iggle's point about deterrence of future leaks seems valid regardless of anyone's opinion of Snowden - BaronVonZemo - 6:24pm 1/2/14
- He's not talking about deterrence - jimbasil - 6:32pm 1/2/14
- Read the post , dumbass. - Iggle - 6:39pm 1/2/14
- You mean this one or the one where you misspelled capisce? - jimbasil - 6:44pm 1/2/14
- Either/or. Well, maybe both, in your case. And try to sound out the words. - Iggle - 7:18pm 1/2/14
- You mean this one or the one where you misspelled capisce? - jimbasil - 6:44pm 1/2/14
- Read the post , dumbass. - Iggle - 6:39pm 1/2/14
- He's not talking about deterrence - jimbasil - 6:32pm 1/2/14
- Iggle's point about deterrence of future leaks seems valid regardless of anyone's opinion of Snowden - BaronVonZemo - 6:24pm 1/2/14
- Really? You just wrote that and you believe that? - jimbasil - 5:56pm 1/2/14
- Delete [NT] - Iggle - 5:31pm 1/2/14
- Delete [NT] - Iggle - 5:31pm 1/2/14
- And you still don't get the point. - Iggle - 5:33pm 1/2/14
- You could have left the conversation at - jimbasil - 5:02pm 1/2/14
- You are such an incredible tard. - Iggle - 4:45pm 1/2/14
- Yeah, we can't take you at your word then... - jimbasil - 4:32pm 1/2/14
- Now hold on Jim. Obama went to Harvard & private schools his whole life too....... - BaronVonZemo - 5:28pm 1/2/14
- Putin would give him temporary asylum just as a dig to the US and Obama - jimbasil - 1:24pm 1/2/14
- Here's a pretty decent counterargument. [LINK]
- ND_in_ATL - 6:04pm 1/4/14