<div dir="ltr"><div>What if you had stumbled upon proof that your government was doing something completely unconstitutional and that the corruption went all the way up your chain of command? What would your duty have been, then?<br><br>"I, personally, feel quite comfortable and secure in the current environment here in the Nifty Fifty (USA)."<div class=""><div id=":vv" class="" tabindex="0"><img class="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div>I can't wait to throw that quote back in your face when we have a sitting President you don't like and the government starts pressuring a group you *do* care about.<br><br></div>Paul<br><div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Sunil <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" target="_blank">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">Naive claptrap. <br><br>Sunil<br><br><hr>From: <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a><br>Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:57:34 -0700<span class=""><br>To: <a href="mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com" target="_blank">paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a><br>CC: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>; <a href="mailto:kmmos1@frontier.com" target="_blank">kmmos1@frontier.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] KTVB and the NSA<br><br></span><div><div class="h5"><div>So. We have found a topic (of many) of which we disagree.</div><div><br></div><div>There is a difference between "whistle blowing" and selling (or giving away) classified defense information.</div><div><br></div><div>If I had, while in the Army, disclosed such classified defense information as had Snowden, I wouldn't see freedom until the next ice age . . . and rightfully so.</div><div><br></div><div>If Mr. Snowden truly wanted to shed light on the evil acts of government agencies, he should return to the states and confront "the beast" instead of hiding in Russia, a country not well known for the privacy of its citizens (of ALL places).</div><div><br></div><div>I, personally, feel quite comfortable and secure in the current environment here in the Nifty Fifty (USA).<br><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div></div><div><br>On Oct 15, 2014, at 6:34 PM, Paul Rumelhart <<a href="mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com" target="_blank">paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote>What does our government do about it? Try to get Snowden and beef up restrictions on whistle blowers.</blockquote><br></div></div><span class="">=======================================================
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