Comment by acqq
12 years ago
Exactly, Obama in 2007:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAQlsS9diBs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6fnfVJzZT4
"This Administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand." (...) "That means no more illegal wire-tapping of American citizens. No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. No more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. No more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are. And it is not what is necessary to defeat the terrorists."
This should be quoted much more often.
Regarding "work within the framework to modify the framework" Snowden decided not to work within it and we still don't know what will happen to him.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130726/01200123954/obama-...
> Regarding "work within the framework to modify the framework" Snowden decided not to work within it and we still don't know what will happen to him.
What we do know is that he got shit done. His voice has been heard, people are talking now, he has had an impact.
Opting to work outside the framework is often not safe, particularly when the framework includes provisions for harming those who opt to work outside of it, but sometimes that is the only effective option.