Posted on 08/04/2013 11:04:28 AM PDT by yoe
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) said on Sunday that he believes National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is a whistleblower, not a traitor.
"He may be doing things overseas that we would find problematic, that we would find dangerous," Amash said on Fox News Sunday. "But as far as Congress is concerned, sure he is a whistleblower. He told us what we need to know."
Amash explained that although members of the intelligence committees were informed of the details of the NSA's surveillance, most lawmakers were in the dark about the programs.
"Without his doing what he did, members of Congress would not really have known about it," the Republican lawmaker said.
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I really don't give a rats ass.
They have shown by word and deed that they don't give a damn about the 4th amendment. The agencies involved should be dismembered and many current employees should be rotting in jail.
Snowden is an ethically challenged individual who is closer to being a traitor than a whistleblower. But the whistleblower/traitor is difficult because he is blowing the whistle on a traitor.
Uh, try reading the article on the NSA and its surveillance capabilities (and more) in the July issue of "Wired", a mag primarily for tech geeks. Due to things NOT included (Snowden), it was surely written before Snowden made his "revelations". Does the article scare you? It darn well should.
When did that ever stop them?
Court orders would still be needed to sift through it.
FISA for example. (Rubberstamp.)
Good heavens - I don’t intend to be mean, but how uninformed ARE you?
Wiki (def): A web site developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content.
There are many such. Wikileaks has no organizational connection to Wikipedia, other than that essentially anyone, including Wikileaks members, can post info. on Wikipedia (and might well be challenged by other Wikipedia users as to source and veracity.)
Taken as a group, the Wikipedia “community” tilts moderately left, but confusing them with Wikileaks is, well... “uninformed” is the gentlest word I can think of.
Granted that what I myself know is exceeded by several orders of magnitude by what I do not know. :-)
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