re: Edward Snowden requests asylum from Russia. Have you changed your mind?

While i see what you are saying, that is a very dangerous attitude to have.

If you feel like they are infringing on your rights, make your voice known. Don't sit silently and let them do things you do not think are right and in the best interest of the future of the country.

I forget what my opinion was last week. But I think he is a dick.

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My concern, and the reason I think he's probably a traitor, is that he absconded from his job with lots of information on his computer and memory sticks. No one really knows the extent, yet, of what he took when he went and started talking to the media. And he took this info with him to China, and now presumably, Russia. And hopes to go to Ecuador - a close ally of Venezuela. I'd bet everyone of those countries already has, or will soon hae, copies of all the info he took with him. That goes way beyond whistle=blowing.

Maybe he doesn't have anything of interest to those countries, nothing beyond the domestic surveillance stuff. But he'd have been stupid to run without info that would give him leverage, and I don't think he's stupid.

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I pretty much agree with everyone over the past few pages but particularly your points about the information he took on his computer and memory stick. You don't copy your hard drive before leaving the CIA unless you have ulterior motives

I never bought into this guys motives or the moral outrage over his actions. The same people that initially supported this guys actions were the one who applauded whenever the neighborhood Pedo was arrested . . . How the frick did you think the police magically figured out that the Church Deacon was downloading child pornography? Pretty sure there's someone assigned just to monitor the TD Poli Board alone. I always assumed this type of thing was going on and having it confirmed didn't change my thoughts or opinions

He has done more harm than good and has placed untold numbers of innocent people at risk by running around the world with CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. Espionage is a dirty business and not only are government workers and officials at risk but so are their family, friends, and associates.

I hope him and his smug satisfaction rots

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So, today Edward Snowdon requests asylum from Russia. Don't yet know if they will grant it. Does this change anyone's mind from their previous opinion?

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No.

I don't think anyone really has a problem with him telling about our domestic surveillance activities. It's the other stuff I have an issue with. Every country spies, we know this. But we don't need our NSA contractors taking info about how we do it to the Chinese and the Russians. That's what, in my mind, makes him a traitor to his country. Russia will bleed him of everything he knows.

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But we don't need our NSA contractors taking info about how we do it to the Chinese and the Russians

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You are assuming a lot here. Everything he's done, to date, has been in an effort to improve this country for the lives of it's citizens.

He has betrayed our government. Not our country. Those two can be mutually exclusive.

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I don't think anyone could call Russia our ally

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I think a lot of countries are saying that about the U.S. because of the current administrations ineptitude and recent actions.

I just wonder how much thought he put into the long term consequences of his actions?

Do you guys think he'll ever have a decent nights sleep again? I'm pretty sure every country in the world is keeping close tabs on his every move. This doesn't include those that operate in the "gray area" and won't hesitate to use him for their own personal gain

It's a smart move by him to hangout in Russia. I do think he goes down as traitor because the media and gov shall paint him as such.

Yea china and Russia are really the only options. Every other country is going to turn someone over or the gov is going to ignore them and get you except wih china or Russia