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A decade after Snowden exposed NSA’s mass surveillance in cooperation with the British GCHQ, only about 1 percent of the documents have been published, but three major facts can finally be revealed thanks to a doctoral thesis in applied cryptography by Jacob Appelbaum.

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[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He didn't get what he wanted so decided to brake the law. Does sound like Trump.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What matters to me is the morality of a rule (unreasonable searches, accepting loss), not the fact that a rule was broken.

[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are not in charge of deciding the morality of law. We have courts that decide such matters. What you're really saying is that your feelings about a law is more important than the law itself.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_unjust_law_is_no_law_at_all

This guy: "Psshhhhh whatever, if it's not a Robocop-like fanaticism for the law, then it's feelings. I am very rational."

[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

@explodicle yeah, @Rapidcreek's argument here hasn't really flown since before Nuremburg.

[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com -3 points 1 year ago

We are a nation of laws or we are not.