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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: 3, Informative) by Aiwendil on Thursday September 15 2016, @08:05AM
Full Definition of terrorism
: the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion
terrorist play \-ər-ist\ adjective or noun
terroristic play \ˌter-ər-ˈis-tik\ adjective
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Full Definition of terror
1
: a state of intense fear
2
a : one that inspires fear : scourge
b : a frightening aspect
c : a cause of anxiety : worry
d : an appalling person or thing; especially : brat
3
: reign of terror
4
: violent or destructive acts (as bombing) committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands
terrorless play \-ləs\ adjective
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Soo, if the reports that we are losing against terrorist causes you fear, anxiety or worry please remember who wrote the report.
(I've mentioned before that the misuse of the word "terrorism" for the sake of terrorism is a pet peeve of mine - also, please remember that the us and uk english definitions pf "terror" and "terrorism" are different)
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday September 15 2016, @02:05PM
also, please remember that the us and uk english definitions pf "terror" and "terrorism" are different)
Legally, or in the vernacular? Please explain.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"