Dialogue with Hair on Fire members

[dtom67]

26. don't care about snowden....

Sorry, I think I said that already.
But if you MUST make this about supporting( or smearing ) some one, then I wish to throw my support behind FUTURE whistleblowers. As such, I am compelled to think about more than the CNN/FOX/BLABLA news talking points and consider that whistleblowing is important. No one, not even a soldier ( see Nuremburg trials) is obligated too carry out immoral orders. And keeping silent while your government shreds the Constitution is as immoral as it gets.
Its ok to hate snowden, but the next whistleblower might say something you want to hear. And if it appears that future whistleblowers will get the "Full Manning" treatment, then everyone will be afraid to speak out against the government.
As far as leaks about foreign Spying goes, look at the situation. We have a handfull of whistleblowers in prison. We have a Media that talks about snowden, but not the spying, so much. Sooner or later, he will be captured, tortured and imprisoned for life. OF COURSE he will be expected to leak some secrets in exchange for asylum. I'm sure the prospect of standing naked in a jail cell for a year before trial does not appeal to him. So, he leaks something a potential savior might wanna hear. Fear maks people do funny things......