[Vendome]

Well, the points you bring up are excellent examples of violating natural law.

I believe a government, who perpetually spies upon Americans and violate even more natural rights like the 1st, 2nd, particularly the 4th and 5th, the 14th and 10th are amoral acts commited not, by some inanimate object but, by people who act above the law, subverting it, and “consuming” your rights along the way.

Was there a more elegant way for Snowden to object and bring this to the light for fellow Americans to see?

I don’t think so.

I also believe it went to level of conspiracy, which compounds it.

You and I are from similar backgrounds in our respective careers.

I get your view and take on this but, the alternative to a Snowden probably doesn’t exist.

The government hasn’t the right to pursue criminals while violating our rights and at its basic level and the mindset of this administration that is what we are dealing with.

The sedition act was a gross violation of our rights, as was the internment of Japanese Americans.

So too the Tuskegee experiments amd many others.

[Lazamataz]

I think we mostly agree. That's why I like you, you are a thinker. My bar is set a little higher than Snowden's, so if I had encountered that particular information first, my response would have been to quit my job, and the United States, in disgust.

I would have taken the information to my grave.

However, Powers That Be: DO NOT let me see evidence of murder or injury, relocation or imprisonment of people in a manner that violates their Natural Rights or the Rights enumerated in the BOR. Just do us both a favor.