06-04-2013, 12:27 PM
(06-04-2013, 11:28 AM)Cynical Ninja Wrote:Holy shit, you said something non liberal and I agree with. How the hell did that happen?(06-04-2013, 10:42 AM)username Wrote: If he'd been more selective in what he leaked and was actually attempting to blow the whistle, I'd be more sympathetic but he handed over tons of data willy-nilly. Hardly a hero.
Three quarters of a million documents in all he couldn't possibly have read all of them before leaking them. The leaking of relevant documents chroniciling wrongdoing by US forces abroad you can perhaps understand even though there were other ways to expose this information. But the secret tactical and strategic stuff that could have endangered soldiers lives? That's at best grossly irresponsible and worst completely treacherous.