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(Updated) Edward Snowden: "I'm Not Asking for a Pass. What I'm Asking for is a Fair Trial"

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday September 17 2019, @02:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the will-not-end-well dept.

Update: DannyB adds: United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against Edward Snowden

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/edward-snowden-nsa-cbs-this-morning-interview-today-2019-09-16/

When pressed on whether he considers what he did unlawful, Snowden refused to take a position but said "it's not hard to make the argument that I broke the law." He went on to say that the government continues to allege that his disclosures caused harm but, according to Snowden, has yet to show evidence of that harm.

"They never show evidence for it even though we're now more than 6 years on, it would be the easiest thing in the world to show. We've never heard that story," he said. "If they had some classified evidence that a hair on a single person's head was harmed, you know as well as I do, it would be on the front page of The New York Times by the end of the day."

Snowden also took issue with the common refrain that leaking classified documents violated the oath of secrecy he took upon entering the CIA. He said an oath of secrecy does not exist.

"One of the common misconceptions in one of the earlier attacks, that we heard in 2015, that we don't hear of so much anymore is that I violated this oath of secrecy. That does not exist. There is a secrecy agreement, but there is also an oath of service. An oath of service is to support and defend, not an agency, not even the president, it is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies – direct quote – foreign and domestic. And this begs the question, what happens when our obligations come into conflict."

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  • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 17 2019, @04:52PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 17 2019, @04:52PM (#895254)

    TDS is specifically used to describe the people who are ignoring reality because they are so clouded by their hatred of him. On example,

    Do you believe he said that the neo-Nazis are fine people? If so, you have TDS

    I'm not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally - but you had people in that group other than neo-nazis and white nationalists, okay? And the press has treated them absolutely unfairly. Now, in the other group also, you had some fine people, but you also had some troublemakers and you see them come with the black outfits and with the helmets and with the baseball bats - you had a lot of bad people in the other group too

    Good write-up if you are still afflicted
    https://www.scottadamssays.com/2019/04/30/the-fine-people-hoax-funnel/ [scottadamssays.com]

    TDS is over used and often used in the same way leftists will say "full stop" or "period" to end arguments. But there are valid cases out there of people distorting reality.

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  • (Score: 1) by catholocism on Tuesday September 17 2019, @07:56PM

    by catholocism (8422) on Tuesday September 17 2019, @07:56PM (#895343)

    wait "...the black outfits and with the helmets and with the baseball bats - you had a lot of bad people in the other group too" Was he talking about the cops? Cause that's how they were rolling.