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Edward Snowden is asking the US president to pardon him based on the morality of his action.
Well, here is a completely opposite view from the other side, so to speak:
http://observer.com/2016/09/were-losing-the-war-against-terrorism/
"Since 9/11, NSA has been the backbone of the Western intelligence alliance against terrorism. Its signals intelligence is responsible for the strong majority of successful counterterrorism operations in the West. More than three-quarters of the time, NSA or one of its close partner Anglosphere spy partners like Britain's GCHQ, develops a lead on a terror cell which is passed to the FBI and others for action which crushes that cell before it kills. If NSA loses the ability to do this, innocent people in many countries will die.
Unfortunately, there's mounting evidence that NSA's edge over the terrorists is waning. It's impossible not to notice that jihadist emphasis on communications security and encryption, which is now gaining ground, began in 2013. That, of course, is when Edward Snowden, an NSA IT contractor, stole something like 1.7 million classified documents from his employer, shared them with outsiders, then defected to Moscow."
"However, our precious edge in the SpyWar is waning fast. We are no longer winning. We're about to hear a great deal of unwarranted praise of Ed Snowden thanks to the hagiographic movie about him by Oliver Stone that's to be released this week. Don't be fooled. Snowden is no hero. In truth, he and his journalist helpers have aided terrorists in important ways. Snowden and his co-conspirators have blood on their hands—and perhaps much more blood soon thanks to their aid to the genocidal maniacs of ISIS."
(Score: 5, Informative) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Thursday September 15 2016, @03:30PM
Islamic Jihadi Immigrants 2
US Far-Right Terrorists 5
All "Islamic Jihadi" Terrorist including Americans 9
Armed Toddlers 21
Lightning 31
Lawnmowers 69
Being Hit By A Bus 264
Falling Out Of Bed 737
Being Shot By Another American 11,737
SAVE US, NSA!
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 15 2016, @03:45PM
Citation needed.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Thursday September 15 2016, @06:25PM
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14322269_10153993404713380_4334703221756919234_n.jpg?oh=5f12ad68953324fc4e8ba3aadeab6381&oe=587A4D26 [fbcdn.net]
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday September 15 2016, @03:56PM
Congrats, I'm too scared to go to sleep now.
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by DavePolaschek on Thursday September 15 2016, @05:51PM
I initially read that as "Falling out of a 737" and wondered how I had missed THAT news story.
(Score: 2) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Thursday September 15 2016, @06:22PM
Interesting that the next item is 11,737.
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 16 2016, @12:11PM
Remember that 73.7% of statistics you read on the internet are made up.
(Score: 2) by srobert on Thursday September 15 2016, @11:03PM
I think somewhere between lightning and lawmowers is being stung to death by bees. Seems like we should wage war on bees and wasps before jihadis if we want to save more lives.
(Score: 2) by Fluffeh on Thursday September 15 2016, @11:50PM
Arguably, we are already wiping them out through our use of pesticides and the like. I don't think it will be too long before we REALLY start to feel the impact of their vastly diminishing numbers.