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Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations.
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RE: Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations.
June 9, 2013 at 7:48 pm
(June 9, 2013 at 6:26 pm)Minimalist Wrote: All he has done is force an open debate.

That in itself is fine. The only other debate on this stuff was in the aftermath of 9-11.

I suspect the result of that debate will be that the majority is fine with it.

Even I'm not sure which side of the equation I'll come down on.

The problem is bio and nuclear terrorism. What is it worth to prevent a nuke or a plague?

We can have that debate as a nation, and we should. However, when these programs and intentions to create such programs are secret, we cannot.
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RE: Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations. - by Jackalope - June 9, 2013 at 7:48 pm

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