I was one of those awful people for 33 years, and like our Marines, I’ve served in every clime and place, from Vietnam to Panama to Iran for the Agency. My daughter deployed to Afghanistan three times. We’re getting rather tired of being called criminals.
No, you were not. No, you are not.
I understand your frustration and thank you and your daughter for your service. The lack of respect and downright abuse heaped on law enforcement, the military and the intelligence community that supports, them has grown alarmingly. Our society is growing more ignorant and paranoid by the day.
Of course, they jump on the bandwagon of sensationalists like Snowden who have books to sell and their own political agenda. Snowden was obsessed with personal privacy, and was paranoid that his sexual activities might come under scrutinty. For personnal and political reasons, as well as financial gain, he has alarmed millions of people by misrepresenting programs that knowledgeable people are not allowed to discuss, even to correct those misconceptions. Snowden is a traitor, yet those praising him do not even stop to wonder why he chose to flee to Russia.