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LMFAO. Russia and democracy. LMFAO
Probably a smart move on his part - after the fact.
He will have more freedom there then he would have in the Federal Pen here.
No banging blondes & drinking Vodka in the Fed Pen here.
What I wonder if he had saved any money before hand.
And if he transferred it offshore.
Or if the US Government have seized his bank accounts.
The Shop
If they're breaking laws in doing what they're doing and there is a longer but legal method to
achieve the same task then that is what they should do.
When you analyze data/online activity/mobile activity it can be time consuming.
What they have done is,just got all the data ect... into their own hands by harvesting it.
They have created a system that helps them access the data quicker & easier.
Rather then go digging for stuff legally without doing stuff that is deemed unconstitutional by some.
Basically they found an easier way....
That leads me to,most (probably all) of those agents/contractors/employees/analysts are paid a flat salary
and not by the hour.The stuff they do can be time consuming and lead to long work days & weeks -that is part of their job.
Perhaps less hours they spend working? Cheaper contracts with contractors? I don't know..
As for him leaking stuff,he could have went about it in a much different way.
As for the Government contracting non-trustworthy guys like him,well that is a problem all of it's own.
I wonder how many they have working for them that have malicious intent or even abuse these systems?
I'm sorry but the government WILL (in fact have already) misuse any data toward their own end. It's inevitable. They can't help themselves - power corrupts. People like Snowden have sacrificed everything to bring this out in the open. He's risking his life, he's destroyed his career, and completely ruined any chance of ever returning to his home country. All to protect the constitution.
Aside from that I think he'll be doing well if he gets anywhere near South America. It's not exactly beyond the realms of possibility for America to send up a couple of fighter jets with an order to change course. Better to have stayed in Russia.
There are more than a few of us, in here, that've worked in this type of environment.
You're already seeing these aspects of the Argument coming to light. Believe it or not, Carly Fiorina is turning out to be one of (if not THE) champions of "reasonable discussion" on this matter.
The other thing: I can't even imagine being foolish enough to fall for the "He's giving Vital Intel away!" Argument. People ought a do their homework. Hell, you may as well persecute Leo DiCaprio for his role in "Body of Lies". There's plenty of legit "Operational Intel" give-aways in that flick. Great movie, btw.
I'm jus' sayin'...
Controlling and storing information is power and no government can resist misusing that power. They will do simply because they can. It can't be helped. Individual people that sometimes represent the interest of many, will have things pulled from their records and used against them. Said something a little too hasty on a chat room 10 yrs ago? You can forget that job. An important member of a pressure group or political party they don't like? You'll suddenly be black balled from any decent employment leading up to or after your political career. I know it sounds farcical but it can so easily happen. It already does happen to a certain extent.
To dismiss Snowden as an attention whore is utterly ridiculous in the extreme. His life has been destroyed for bringing this to our attention. Any government exposed for taking part in this type of activity (Britain is up to its eyeballs too) quite frankly deserves the heat and backlash. Of course I accept that authorities will always snoop and store information on targeted people (terrorists etc) – which I'm sure we'll all agree is everyone's interest. But to store information on ALL of us is setting a dangerous precedent that's completely unnecessary and absolutely isn't in our interests.
Pit Row
Dred Scott, anyone?
I'm not havin' any of this blind-faith. I'm more of a Ben Franklin kinda guy.
http://m.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1268209/snowden-sought-booz-allen-job-gather-evidence-nsa-surveillance
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday bluntly rejected U.S. demands to extradite National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who has apparently stopped in Moscow while trying to evade U.S. justice, saying that Snowden hasn't crossed the Russian border. Read the rest at this link.
http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2173778-russia-rejects-us-demand-snow…
I really hope his crazy ass doesn't start WWIII or lead to tensions that could start something big ,such as a conflict.
God Save the Queen.
(And their music, too!)
Here's the difference between you and I:
I'm aware of the World I live in.
A World where y'all can tell me Who's winning on Idol; but, no-one can tell me wether or not the last NDAA is "Constitutional" or NOT ...also... the folks in DC have stepped WAY OUTSIDE the Lines on this one...
Just as they've done...
Before.
So, you go on about your day and keep tellin' us how you've seen it all and we live in a world of laws and those laws mean things; and, I'll go on and tell ya...those laws you'e SO proud of?
Uh, no.
We're not havin' it & shit's gonna change.
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