Good Afternoon!
Eric Snowden is garbage. I hope he rots in Russia.
He doesn't speak for me. He doesn't speak for the American people.
He is no civil libertarian.
He is a common run of the mill garden variety turn coat.
What Eric Snowden disclosed had certain strategic value that he compromised.
Who determined what was of strategic value?
Eric Snowden? What the hell is an Eric Snowden?
Some mid level putz palming USB plugs and sneaking data out of government secure installations? Where did he jam them? Up his ass. like a drug dealer?
Working for the United States government is not a "go as you please and do as you please basis".
It's a job predicated upon trust. He violated that trust. He violated the terms of his employment.
If Eric has any theories he wants to share with somebody on civil rights and governments obligation to protect it's citizens let's hope he hones up on his Russian and cleans up Putin world.
If you think the NSA is a threat to you and that the Eric Snowdens of the world are protecting you, you are incredibly wrong.
The appeals court had nothing whatever to do with Eric Snowden.
What Eric Snowden did was ultimately what he accused the government of doing. Eric disclosed personal and private information.
The US government did not.
Listening in to the vast array of electromagnetic radiation that bathes the entire planet is what the Congress funds the NSA to do. It is legal. It is mandated by law. It will not stop.
The NSA isn't the KGB. The NSA is part of the Department of Defense. Last I heard neither the Congress or the NSA is my enemy.
Eric is a traitor and he is a debasement of the tens of thousands of people who serve this country with dedication.
Spying against the rest of the world is not against any law I know of.
It is the mandate of the Congress.
It's a really really nasty world out there.
Eric Snowden doesn't make it any safer.