“Snowden’s whistle blowing did not jeopardize lives and missions, “
Really? You can say that with any confidence whatsoever? At best it is a series of trade-offs.”
Yes I can actually Please name the jeopardized lives and missions. As Mr. Snowden spoke only in generalities that the whole damn U.S. population was being data mined, who was being put in jeopardy? Hmmmmm?
>>Yes I can actually<<
Well, Snowden is currently in Hong Kong (presumably), a part of Communist China, and is no doubt being pursued by our government.
Who’s to say that China doesn’t get him first, and squeeze him for every bit of knowledge he has regarding NSA operations, now that he’s outed himself?
So, no, you can’t, actually....
Releasing information on how our intelligence gathering works risks endangering everyone against those who would do us harm. As an absolute, that is flatly true. The issue is how much, and how much is a reasonable trade off against the potential for us not knowing to do us harm.
Completely ignoring either side of the equation is reckless. This whole thread is about the perception that Bolton is disregarding domestic danger by an over-emphasis on terrorist and foreign danger...which he may well be...but that doesn’t mean disregarding damage to our intelligence collecting is of no consequence either.