I was just thinking about the Entire whistleblower or 'whatever' you want to call it mess!
For some reason I have always had a great deal of sympathy/empathy, hey! feelings for Bradley Manning.
Ed Snowden, I just don't know yet .. but am leaning to 'no sympathy whatsoever' .. due to .... .. his making public OUR plans or (again god knows what) he has given to China .. regarding our cyberwars..with whoever & ... wherever, .. etc... so him doing that, IF he did do that, tends to make my teeth crunch... I don't know for sure if he has done that .. .but if he has .....my feelings will firm up into ....prosecute him to the fullest degree and NO! .. I don't mean 'death penalty' .......just let him rot in prison .... and this is why I feel this way .. TWO reasons really, one is that personally I would rather use the computer programs/hacking etc.. . whatever you call it to bungle up plans for nuclear weapons anywhere in the world .. rather than drones, planes or most definitely our military .... . The other reason, I'm ticked off at him right now .. is
Bradley Manning is at a critical time in his trial and I feel that the judges (military or not) could have shown some possible sympathy for him ...as, imo, he deserves it .... I don't mean letting him off completely ... but something reasonable, please. However, NOW, I'm afraid that the judges will be most aware of this guy Ed Snowden .. and will slam the book at Bradley to make an example out of him ..........I could be wrong and hope that I am .......(heck, I don't know if any of them feel sympathy for him, it's my instinct that says so) ........anyway, now I feel the propensity towards that has been smashed to the floor! .... all due to Snowden....
This is what I think and feel...