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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: 2) by mendax on Thursday September 15 2016, @06:55AM
... Edward Snowden will be pardoned. After all, he's embarrassed the U.S. government and intelligence community so much that there is no chance of a pardon unless some bizarre third-party candidate becomes president. Well, stranger things [donaldjtrump.com] have happened during this election.
And, of course, I could be wrong. By applying sufficient thrust pigs do fly.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Thursday September 15 2016, @08:29AM
The ACLU, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and a few celebrities are demanding exactly that (a pardon, not porcine aviation).
https://pardonsnowden.org/supporters [pardonsnowden.org]
(Score: 2) by Geotti on Thursday September 15 2016, @01:59PM
And for some reason I read that as
https://porcineaviation.org/supporters [porcineaviation.org]
(Score: 2) by mendax on Friday September 16 2016, @06:55AM
It'll never happen. If it does, strap on the porcine aviation thruster pack and launch me into orbit.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 15 2016, @03:16PM
Or at least squeal.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday September 15 2016, @08:37PM
" By applying sufficient thrust pigs do fly."
It's more "falling... with style" ;)
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