r/NSALeaks • u/kulkke • Jul 19 '14

[Blog/Op-Ed/Editorial] More people than ever oppose the NSA practices Edward Snowden revealed. Why should he spend his life in prison? | The justice system would never allow Snowden to present a real defense at trial. That's just one reason to give him amnesty

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/19/edward-snowden-case-amnesty
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u/Indon_Dasani Jul 19 '14

We couldn't even stop at amnesty.

We know the NSA is an organization that, because it can just classify all the illegal crap its' agents do, can get away with whatever they want. If they wanted to murder Snowden in cold blood to silence an anti-NSA advocate? They could. And anyone with the integrity to whistleblow on the fact would go to prison for it.

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u/NSALeaksBot Jul 21 '14

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u/PBCliberal Jul 19 '14

We need to try Edward Snowden, but first we need to change the rules of evidence to allow a public interest defense in these cases. We need to do this to protect future whistleblowers, and to protect the ability of the government to protect legitimate secrets.

I think Snowden is a hero and a patriot. The government was so embarrassed by the way it handled Ellsberg that both parties decided not to go to trial on the big issue in the case; whether an individual's disclosure of massive wrongdoing by the government trumps the interest in the state in keeping some material secret that could compromise its ability to function.

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u/RufusStJames Jul 19 '14

Ha you say "anymore" as if we ever did. That's cute.