I think this is too simplistic a narrative, and erroneously lumps-in Snowden in the same terms, but Assange has no regard for freedoms or for individual rights/liberties as we Americans envision them. He published stolen material without regard for its source or ownership (gov't/corporate). Snowden, if memory serves me, tried within his …
I think this is too simplistic a narrative, and erroneously lumps-in Snowden in the same terms, but Assange has no regard for freedoms or for individual rights/liberties as we Americans envision them. He published stolen material without regard for its source or ownership (gov't/corporate). Snowden, if memory serves me, tried within his chain of command to highlight injustices perpetrated by our government against our people, which was a morally contemptible violation of law. He ultimately went alone, and was *careful* to redact the documents to some degree. He may certainly have broken laws wrt handling classified data, etc, but his intent was one of justice, aka - righting of wrongs within the context of American civil liberty and legal codes. I don't remember drawing any conclusions about Manning, so I can't comment on *her*.
I think this is too simplistic a narrative, and erroneously lumps-in Snowden in the same terms, but Assange has no regard for freedoms or for individual rights/liberties as we Americans envision them. He published stolen material without regard for its source or ownership (gov't/corporate). Snowden, if memory serves me, tried within his chain of command to highlight injustices perpetrated by our government against our people, which was a morally contemptible violation of law. He ultimately went alone, and was *careful* to redact the documents to some degree. He may certainly have broken laws wrt handling classified data, etc, but his intent was one of justice, aka - righting of wrongs within the context of American civil liberty and legal codes. I don't remember drawing any conclusions about Manning, so I can't comment on *her*.