[Gilbo_3]

If nothing else, a contractor with a security clearance will sign documents wherein he agrees not to disclose classified information to unauthorized persons under penalty of heavy fines and imprisonment.

so i reckon the info he released, that the agency[ies] has willfully broken the law of the Constitution, is "classified" and not to be shared beyond said agency ???

kinda like cops not snitchin on each other for pocketing dope and cash ??? for info laz, what kind of *secrecy* clause is in yer contract ???

[Lazamataz]

so i reckon the info he released, that the agency[ies] has willfully broken the law of the Constitution, is "classified" and not to be shared beyond said agency ???

Yes, and thus the moral dilemma.

kinda like cops not snitchin on each other for pocketing dope and cash ??? for info laz, what kind of *secrecy* clause is in yer contract ???

I am not to reveal passwords to databases or applications, methods of programmatic security, programmatic code or database design, the layout of the architecture (network or programmatic), nor details about the facility I work in or the campus on which it sits. I honor that promise and contract.

[Enterprise]

"so i reckon the info he released, that the agency[ies] has willfully broken the law of the Constitution, is "classified" and not to be shared beyond said agency ???"

If the NSA collected information from around the world, and didn't disseminate it to parties who needed it, then there would be no need for the NSA. But it would put our armed forces at a constant disadvantage.

My suspicion is that Snowden took compartmented information that was unrelated to the work he was performing and for which he did not have the "need to know." In addition to information regarding the domestic gathering of phone records, he may have taken information regarding foreign operations. And THAT is the type of thing that we should all lose sleep over.