Not sure why Snowden & friends are releasing this, as it is the traditional purpose of spying [and the one that virtually everybody but the people who actually do the spying think of].
"According to reports in the Argentine media, Britain was concerned that Argentina could launch another attempt to reclaim the Falkland Islands"
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-32172669
(Score: 5, Insightful) by janrinok on Monday April 06 2015, @02:06PM
Snowden has released some interesting information regarding how governments have abused their powers and conducted operations against their own people, often in contravention of extant laws. That was information that was of interest because it shouldn't have happened.
But this claim, that one of 2 countries that have already been to war against each other should conduct intelligence operations against the other in order to protect itself from a further escalation into another war - is exactly what one would expect to happen isn't it? And rather that go to war again, one country is taking steps to improve its defences because of the intelligence collected, is precisely what I would expect a reasonable government to do. As TFA acknowledges 'Not sure why Snowden [... is] releasing this' and 'it is the traditional purpose of spying'.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday April 06 2015, @02:13PM
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