<div dir="ltr"><div>Snowden would have been hushed up, possibly permanently, and Tom would still be calling me "paranoid" for thinking the government might be listening in on our communications. Well, I guess he still is. Anyway, Snowden did what he had to do, and I for one am thankful he did. <br><br></div>Paul<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 8:22 PM, lfalen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com" target="_blank">lfalen@turbonet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I would agree with both Tom and Paul to some extent. I agree with Tom that Snowden went about it in the wrong way. He should have blown the whistle on any illegal activity by doing do here not running off to Hong Kong and Russia. He also went over the line and divulged what should have remained classified. I agree with Paul on protecting legitimate whistle blowers.</div><div>Roger<br><br><br><br><br></div><div style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left-color:rgb(119,119,119);border-left-width:3px;border-left-style:solid"><span class="">-----Original Message-----<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] KTVB and the NSA<br></span><div><div class="h5">From: "Tom Hansen" <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br>To: "Paul Rumelhart" <<a href="mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com" target="_blank">paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: 10/16/14 03:59:08<br><br>
<div>So. We have found a topic (of many) of which we disagree.</div>
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<div>There is a difference between "whistle blowing" and selling (or giving away) classified defense information.</div>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div>
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<br>On Oct 15, 2014, at 6:34 PM, Paul Rumelhart <<a href="http://index.html?_n%5Bp%5D%5Bmain%5D=win.main.tree&_n%5Bp%5D%5Bcontent%5D=mail.compose&to=paul.rumelhart@gmail.com" target="_blank">paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br> </div>
<blockquote type="cite">What does our government do about it? Try to get Snowden and beef up restrictions on whistle blowers.</blockquote>
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