The story of Edward Snowden is too complicated to choose
just one side and run with it. Snowden is not a saint but I don’t feel as
though he is a vicious criminal and our country should blacklist him. There are
many opinions on why what Snowden did was so wrong, leaking the NSA information
many people felt was putting "Americans
at risk" and constitute a "giant violation of the law.", but
with opinions like these also comes opinions from the opposite side of the
spectrum like Peter King comparing it to the jobs of reporters, should they be
prosecuted for the “leaked” information they publish? He then goes on to raise
the biggest question, "I
think on something of this magnitude, there is an obligation both moral but
also legal…”, yes what Snowden did was technically illegal, but was It the
right thing to do?
In my opinion I believe that Snowden had the correct
intentions to an extent, I don’t believe he is an innocent citizen because at
the end of the day there are laws that make it very obvious that Snowden did
cross a line. Though I don’t agree with Ralph Peters rant about Snowden
receiving the death penalty but I do believe legally, there should be a
consequence. Though I do have a little compassion for Snowden, what he did was
treason and he knew what he was getting himself into before he ever spoke a word
of the NSA secrets. As Snowden entered a career with the NSA, there are surely
contracts that swore him to secrecy of some extent, also
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