Let me ask you this. What clandestine operations would we have if every individual working for them decided to be a Snowden?
And that’s the only question that needs to be asked if we indeed need these agencies.
This guy didn’t got to a Senator, a Congressman, the President, a Judge, a police agency of any sort.
He spilled it to our enemies.
This guy either did it with evil intent, or he is one of the most naive individuals ever to exist.
Ohhhh LOL!
And what representative wouldn’t vote to renew FISA, Patriot Act and PA II?
Hell, they aren’t willing to stand up to an out of control Fed.
Here's a better question: do we need those clandestine operations — namely the ones which bring a conflict of conscience to those who honor the Constitution?
To put the question in different terms: would you hold it against me if I said one big reason for me letting my enlistment terminate was because it was obvious that the Army had no intention of as-an-organization honoring the oath of enlistment/office? (To be specific, they had no intention of seeing that the Natural Born Citizen requirement was upheld — the Constitution places the President as Commander-in-Chief, but it also places restrictions on who can qualify to be President… logically, if one is barred from being President then he cannot be Commander-in-Chief. In that case, since in the military authority flows through the chain of command, there would be no authority at all unless it was pursuant obligations of the Constitution itself: that is, Art 4, Sec 4.)
A good explanation of that is here.
And that’s the only question that needs to be asked if we indeed need these agencies.
This guy didn’t got to a Senator, a Congressman, the President, a Judge, a police agency of any sort.
And given the reactions of each of those entities to the NSA's domestic espionage it seems like that was a good call.
Do you honestly believe that he would have been safe in the country if he had gone to one of those?
He spilled it to our enemies.
This guy either did it with evil intent, or he is one of the most naive individuals ever to exist.
Sometimes you have to go live with your enemies in order to stay alive. (Re: David and the Philistines.)
“This guy didn’t go to a Senator, a Congressman, the President, a Judge, a police agency of any sort.
He spilled it to our enemies.”
Exactly right.