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Update: DannyB adds: United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against Edward Snowden
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."
(Score: 4, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday September 17 2019, @05:17PM (4 children)
"Go back where you came from" is in the textbook definition of illegal discrimination. [thehill.com]
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday September 17 2019, @05:48PM (3 children)
*yawn*
If you don't love America, then you SHOULD go back where you came from. Note that your link is just an opinion piece which draws on something called "guidance" - as opposed to laws or regulations. And, note that strict adherence to that "guidance" stifles free speech. So, do you believe in free speech? No? Then, you won't mind voting for a new law that enables Trump to shut you up when you don't agree with him? What's that? Now you want your free speech? But you don't want to allow free speech for those you disagree with, like Trump? Interesting . . .
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 17 2019, @06:05PM
Gee, and here I thought America was strong enough to allow people who might not be completely in love with it to have a voice and presence. Something about the allowance of dissent.
By the way, does that mean that we can send Trump back to New York to fix all of the problems there before we allow him to set foot in the White House again?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by vux984 on Tuesday September 17 2019, @07:58PM
"If you don't love America, then you SHOULD go back where you came from."
What exactly does that mean if you are from America?
3 of the 4 congresswomen he's talking about are born in america. But trump is right, his government is a complete and total catastrophe. And he's among the most inept world leaders around.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday September 18 2019, @03:47AM
Ummm... is it actually love if you refrain to point to the mistakes made by the subject of your love and expect it/her/him to correct them for the future? Really?
E.g. you think doing so would be "good parenting" for one's kids?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford