I hope you have or will read the article. The implication is that Snowden's design may have been to use the details released to his press contacts as a cover for his actual acts of espionage that involved a vastly greater trove of information that deeply damaging to national security. This information has noting to do with domestic spying and is only useful for America's enemies. If this is the case, then Snowden's supporters have been duped.
We haven’t been duped. Snowden did a lot of good waking people up. The other stuff? I’m sure countries know each other’s secrets with or without Snowden.
>> If this is the case, then Snowden’s supporters have been duped. <<
I guess there’s nothing new under the Sun. Lenin and company had a term for such dupes:
Useful idiots.
I took the time to read the entire article. The fact that he took the Tier 3 data is extremely troubling. The fact that he shared that knowledge with a reporter for the SCMP is damning. The only countries who would profit from that particular Tier 3 data are China and Russia.
Jeff:
You don’t post very often but, at what point does an American become a traitor when he reveals details of a government acting in direct contravention to the constitution?
How does one get that information to his fellow Americans without providing overwhelming evidence?
Said evidence is illegitimate under the constitution. So what is the big deal in exposing it?
Sure he exposed methodology and that will prove useful to enemies and competitors but, what other choice is there?