Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations

[dead0man]

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A new piece of sh**t for the usual suspects to worship.  My favorite part was where he said he was a "Self-proclaimed crusader for internet freedom." and then fled to one of the most repressive nations on earth.  Hilarious!

[dead0man]

"totalitarian hellhole"?  really?  You don't think that's a giant insult to people that actually live in a "totalitarian hellhole"?

and yes, Hong Kong is better than the mainland, but it's still under the control of the PRC which isn't really a place one would think a self proclaimed crusader of internet freedoms would flee to.

[dead0man]

Out of curiosity, are there circumstances under which somebody leaking information from secretive government agencies would not be a 'piece of sh**t' in your eyes?

Of course, Daniel Ellsberg, mentioned in the article, did it the right way.  He didn't run to China, he turned himself in, faced trial and won.  Because he was right.  Or at least more right than the govt was.

[dead0man]

Wow doesn't dead0man claim to be a libertarian? And he's actually siding with the NSA?

I'm not "siding" with anybody.  I'm making fun of somebody that claimed to be defending the internet from the evil government and then fled to safety to place with some of the most draconian internet laws on the planet.  Granted he fled to the largest duty free shop in the world without those restrictions, he's still went there to be protected by a govt that bans 98% of its population from looking at pornography.

[dead0man]

Wow doesn't dead0man claim to be a libertarian? And he's actually siding with the NSA?

I'm not "siding" with anybody.  I'm making fun of somebody that claimed to be defending the internet from the evil government and then fled to safety to place with some of the most draconian internet laws on the planet.  Granted he fled to the largest duty free shop in the world without those restrictions, he's still went there to be protected by a govt that bans 98% of its population from looking at pornography.

Uh, did you read Beet's post?

Yeah, and I wouldn't have started this thread if he had fled to Ecuador.  (though Ecuador isn't exactly the freest place on earth either)