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applegrove

(118,499 posts) Tue Sep 17, 2019, 03:41 PM Sep 2019

U.S. Sues Edward Snowden Over Book

U.S. Sues Edward Snowden Over Book

September 17, 2019 at 1:54 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 14 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/17/u-s-sues-edward-snowden-over-book/

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“The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden on Tuesday for failing to submit his book to the government for clearance,” CNBC reports.

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U.S. Sues Edward Snowden Over Book (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2019 OP

Like or hate Snowden - all he did is expose what our government was doing to us...illegally walkingman Sep 2019 #1

You want your government to be stronger than the criminals or bad actors applegrove Sep 2019 #2

I want my government to follow the law regardless of how important they might think walkingman Sep 2019 #3

You don't think snowdon potentially releasing more secrets, this time lawful applegrove Sep 2019 #4

No, I do think his book should be vetted. However that is not justification for illegal activity by walkingman Sep 2019 #5

Okay. We agree. applegrove Sep 2019 #6

walkingman

(7,583 posts)

1. Like or hate Snowden - all he did is expose what our government was doing to us...illegally

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 03:43 PM

Sep 2019

applegrove

(118,499 posts)

2. You want your government to be stronger than the criminals or bad actors

Reply to walkingman (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 03:46 PM

Sep 2019

and dictators they deal with. There has to be some secrecy. And some access to our internet. Let's not be thrilled Snowdon may be spilling more secrets, these ones perhaps not illegal actions the government takes, in this world we live in.

walkingman

(7,583 posts)

3. I want my government to follow the law regardless of how important they might think

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 04:00 PM

Sep 2019

their actions. No one should be above the law for any reason. If something is that important then change the law to allow it. What was being done by the NSA was clearly and without a doubt unconstitutional and should have never happened.

I think the bigger issue is what checks and balances do we have to make sure this doesn't happen again and how do we protect whistleblowers in the future.

applegrove

(118,499 posts)

4. You don't think snowdon potentially releasing more secrets, this time lawful

Reply to walkingman (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 04:30 PM

Sep 2019

ones, needs to be stopped and vetted for? Every other book written by former intelligence people is. Should no rules apply to snowdon?

walkingman

(7,583 posts)

5. No, I do think his book should be vetted. However that is not justification for illegal activity by

Reply to applegrove (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 05:14 PM

Sep 2019

our government. They do not have carte blanche to do as they please without oversight as seems to be the case these days. If we don't demand that then our intelligence services will lose their credibility and with all of the recent lies and misinformation that has come out it is becoming a very big issue.

applegrove

(118,499 posts)

6. Okay. We agree.

Reply to walkingman (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 05:25 PM

Sep 2019

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