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In reply to the discussion: David Miranda's detention had no basis in law, says former lord chancellor [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)You realize Snowden was a whistleblower, right? It's not really theft, as you call it. It's easy to label it as such so as to dismiss it and make Snowden the bad guy, and as you would like, GG as well. Although I don't see what GG has to do with it as he's reporting what was given to him, so the animosity towards him is completely unfounded. We should all be grateful he is bold enough to publish what the NSA has been doing.
The fact remains that without Snowden's actions we would have no idea of the extent of the NSA's spying on US citizens and of their transgressions and secrecy. Add to that the fact that the spying is outsourced, so how confidential is it really, and it's a big mess, and would never have been curtailed at all if he hadn't not released this information.
You should be thankful for him if you value democracy at all. Remember, we're supposed to be governed by the consent of the people, so we should know what's going on and we should not be being spied on and having all our communications data stored for future perusal by the govt or private contractors on a whim or for nefarious reasons. There is no reason at all for this to be going on. It needs to stop and Snowden's release got people worried about it and talking about it. Finally.