You make good points, and we’re in basic agreement about them, however the actions of Assange and Snowden fall into the category of “those ships have sailed”, and the rightness or wrongness of what they did can be debated forever and a day, however what they exposed was in fact criminal behavior (the NSA and other agencies betraying the Constitution in the case of Snowden), and purloined emails from Hillary Clinton and the ‘RAT DNC in the case of Assange.
I’m not at all advocating carelessness in the handling of classified data, however that ship has also sailed, and the bottom line is that Assange and Snowden did us a favor in exposing the criminal actions of those who are supposed to obey the law.
The other ‘contributor’ to this discussion stated immediately that ‘Assange was a criminal’ and I’d like to see someone provide proof of his criminal conviction, ditto for Snowden. Those two individuals have been *accused* of wrong doing, but if the ‘Rule of Law’ is to be the highest standard, then they need to be proven in a court of law.
UNLESS however, that court system has been corrupted and compromised by subversion, which we saw on full display in the case or Loretta Lynch, James Comey, and their ‘RAT masters they were covering for. That alone proves that the ‘Rule of Law’ is on life support, and those ‘RAT traitors are busy putting a pillowcase over it’s head.
“the rightness or wrongness of what they did can be debated forever and a day, however what they exposed was in fact criminal behavior”
I think we can demonstrate through reasoned argument that what they did was morally right, at least insofar as they exposed criminal behavior. I am still uneasy about what might have been inadvertently exposed.
“the bottom line is that Assange and Snowden did us a favor in exposing the criminal actions of those who are supposed to obey the law.”
I just hope they haven’t and won’t do significant harm.
“if the ‘Rule of Law’ is to be the highest standard, then they need to be proven in a court of law.”
Before they are punished, yes, but not before we can draw conclusions about what they freely admit to having done.
“UNLESS however, that court system has been corrupted and compromised by subversion, which we saw on full display in the case or Loretta Lynch, James Comey, and their ‘RAT masters”
Yes, that must be taken into account.
“That alone proves that the ‘Rule of Law’ is on life support, and those ‘RAT traitors are busy putting a pillowcase over its head.”
The “trial” of Slick Willy Clintstone in the Senate demonstrated that, for all who had eyes to see.