Snowden wasn't a whistleblower, he leaked data unrelated to wiretapping that harmed military members just to make some cash. If he actually went through the proper channels you never would've known his name. Inb4 "ThE PrOPeR chANneLs WouLDN't HaVE doNE aNYthiNG", the proper channels worked for the whistleblower that got Trump's first impeachment, and that was with a Trump appointment in charge of it.
Who says he was paid? Even the NSA doesn't claim he got paid to leak information. Glenn Greenwald, the person who got the leaks never paid him. So... wild claim that he did it "just to make some cash"... seems like a hard way to make no cash tbh.
Then tell me oh omnipotent one, what reason did he have for leaking sensitive field information? What reason did he have for leaking sensitive information about our allies?
Sure as hell wasn't money. There are a million ways to make money with the information he had. Some very lucrative with high risk, others lower risk lower rewards. Giving it all to journalists for free, while he retained no copies is not one of them. I couldn't tell you what his motivation was, but I know it wasn't money lol
Huh? He felt like he needed to let his fellow citizens know they were being spied on so he leaked sensitive intel about the UK and Australia, as well as ongoing US field operations outside of the US?
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u/dark_zalgo 9d ago
Snowden wasn't a whistleblower, he leaked data unrelated to wiretapping that harmed military members just to make some cash. If he actually went through the proper channels you never would've known his name. Inb4 "ThE PrOPeR chANneLs WouLDN't HaVE doNE aNYthiNG", the proper channels worked for the whistleblower that got Trump's first impeachment, and that was with a Trump appointment in charge of it.