Quote Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter View Post
You're stretching to defend the asshole. You said he didn't have a choice, we've pointed out he did, he had several. What Snowden did was right up there with Christopher Boyce even with the same allegedly altruistic motives.
Not stretching at all, I simply said I would believe his reasons for going the route he did was to ensure that it got out and not buried (remember, remember, 11th of September... Benghazi anyone?). That's all. I can understand his reluctance to use the "appropriate" channels.
Quote Originally Posted by MarkCO View Post
Unlikely, but possible. If he just HAD to make it public due to no response from multiple attempts up the chain of command, then that should have been part of the "outing". Trapped and no other choice is different than calling in an airstrike because Billy took your lunch money.
Or he feared using the appropriate channels out of fear that a) retribution would be swift and harsh, or b) it would be swept under the rug (or c) all of the above).