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To: trebb
I guess the Founders were also guilty of treason then.

Oh, the founding fathers of USA were most definitely guilty of treason against their lawful government, each and every one of them liable to hang had they failed. The Only reason they got away with it was that they succeeded, thus fulfilling the old epigram:

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
--Sir John Harington, Of Treason--Epigrams (bk. IV, ep. V)

If a government gets out of control, it is the DUTY of the People to resist it. Like the guy or hate him - he points out a government that oversteps.

Indeed. Whether Snowden is a hero or a traitor has no bearing on the (il)legitimacy of the NSA program he revealed.
23 posted on 06/13/2013 9:09:25 AM PDT by MirrorField (Just an opinion from atheist, minarchist and small-l libertarian.)
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To: MirrorField
Indeed. Whether Snowden is a hero or a traitor has no bearing on the (il)legitimacy of the NSA program he revealed.

I agree with everything you said, BUT it is a program that the powers that be are using against the People and he merely corroborated what most of us already knew. Just because it's a law, doesn't make it legal. If it's illegal, then we really should know and the guy did us a favor. The same folks who claim it needed to remain secret because it "protects" us are those who ignored ample information and allowed the Boston bomber(s) free rein to do their damage.

27 posted on 06/13/2013 2:04:31 PM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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