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 havent and wont 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.
Agreed.