@Swopa been charged with criminal conduct, they are, under rules, fair game. So I think @emptywheel's extrapolation is perfectly fair. ...
@Swopa It is? All it involves is what the guidance would be. We know what it would be. @henryfarrell
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@emptywheel@henryfarrell You "know" it enough to say it's a possibility (even a strong one), but to assume it as fact is circular reasoning -
@emptywheel@henryfarrell Similarly, the Russians/Chinese govts. aren't sweethearts, but wrong to assume as fact Snowden has given docs -
@Swopa I ALSO, btw, have zero doubt Rus/China have paid others to get similar docs for them, bc security at NSA so piss poor.@henryfarrell -
@Swopa to amplify@emptywheel, anti-Snowdenistas explicitly assume malign motivation - that he is a “traitor” out to hurt the US. -
@Swopa@emptywheel no need to make assumptions about motivations here - we know them - to keep “customers” in USG happy with relevant info. -
@Swopa@emptywheel Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear. The point@emptywheel has made is that _this does not flout_ legal guidelines. -
@Swopa@emptywheel As notorious NSA-hater Ben Wittes notes, guidelines allow them to do this. There is _no disagreement_ on this ... -
@Swopa@emptywheel between people who like or dislike NSA. I explicitly do not think that the NSA is full of malign people ... - 5 more replies
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