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To: Riskmgmt who wrote (101486)6/24/2013 8:10:20 AM
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While there are parallels between the two, Ellsberg was a rather accomplished person, and he stood trial for what he did. Snowden is an undereducated IT security tech, and he seems to go to great lengths to avoid having his actions examined in court.

The broader questions are - does the government have a right to have secrets? To conduct intelligence operations? Do we really want the NSA and the CIA be the proverbial "open book"? Do we really want to see any IT tech making US policy? Personally, I think there is not a line - but a broad gray area - where whistleblowing ends, and betrayal begins. Are we willing to forgive the Rosenbergs for "idealistically" serving Joseph Stalin and giving him our nuclear bomb secrets?

Clearly, Snowden revelations indicate that our government has been engaging in policies of very questionable legality. In this sense, he may have done us all a favor. But he also may have broken the law. Members of the public - like us - are fully entitled to have opinions, but - as imperfect as our legal system is - there is probably no better way to settle this paradox than having the courts decide it.
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