When Edward Snowden revealed that the federal government, in direct defiance of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, was unlawfully and unconstitutionally spying on all Americans who use telephones, text messaging or emails to communicate with other persons, he opened a Pandora’s box of allegations and recriminations. The allegations he unleashed are that Americans have a government that assaults our personal freedoms, operates in secrecy and violates the Constitution and the values upon which it is based. The recriminations are that safety is a greater good than liberty, and Snowden interfered with the ability of the government to keep us safe by exposing its secrets, and so he should be silenced and punished.
In the course of this debate, you have heard the argument that we all need to sacrifice some liberty in order to assure our safety, that liberty and safety are in equipoise, and when they clash, it is the government that should balance one against the other and decide which shall prevail. This is, of course, an argument the government loves, as it presupposes that the government has the moral, legal and constitutional power to make this satanic bargain.
It doesn’t.
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i'm very thankful snowden is trying to continue to expose the truth about our tyrannical government. not sure how else he could have done this without disappearing or just killed outright. there are some whistleblowers that have met their fate in this way. i'm sure he knew this.
ReplyDeletewe have had many people in our history who have risked everything to get the truth out to the citizens. this is really nothing new, but it sure is tyranny on steroids.
I don't want to give up my privacy, liberty or freedoms for a sense of security. we have been warned by many very good leaders in history about this.
it is, in fact, illegal to do what our government has done. that's the bottom line...
Restore the constitution. "We the people" must remove every politician that is trying to destroy it, starting with the president. Without it we are "We the slaves to the government".
ReplyDeleteSnowden committed treason and should be put to death.
ReplyDelete5:27 what government agency do you work for?
ReplyDeleteSo has Obama 5:27, so what would you have us do about that?
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