Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: WilliamIII

what info has Snowden revealed...

that was not already widely suspected.?


45 posted on 12/22/2013 11:19:35 PM PST by RockyTx
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: RockyTx

“what info has Snowden revealed...

that was not already widely suspected.?”

Oh probably all the nifty code words but not much else. All the countries do this stuff and they all know pretty much what the other guys are doing. There’s a reason that the pentagon doesn’t use Chinese routers for their networks and I would imagine that the same is true for most of the first world nations (third world nations really don’t have much of a choice).

The real damage Snowden did was not so much revealing secret spying methods but revealing just how good we were at it. The damage will be huge economically and you are already seeing it. Cisco sales have tanked world wide, Boeing lost an F-16 fighter contract in Brazil, the list goes on. I would imagine that every nation out there is making plans to move away from American products. The loss will be possibly in the trillions of dollars by the time all is said and done.


57 posted on 12/22/2013 11:46:23 PM PST by trapped_in_LA
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson