Der Spiegel: Snowden gave out information that could endanger the lives of NSA workers

[arely staircase]

"SPIEGEL has decided not to publish details it has seen about secret operations that could endanger the lives of NSA workers."

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/secret-documents-nsa-targeted-germany-and-eu-buildings-a-908609-3.html

So basically this guy is now betraying US agents in the field by giving their names to foreign entities. And he is cloaking all of this with concern for the privacy of American citizens. Wow, he just keeps on adding to his list of crimes. He has pretty much assured that he will spend the rest of his life in a federal supermax prison.

[GeorgeGist]

1. Not finding your quote in the article you linked to.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. It's Der Spiegel's opinion that some of the information they received

could endanger the lives of NSA workers, so they decided not to publish.

[arely staircase]

5. I applaud them for being responsible about that.

Clearly Snowden didn't care who he got killed.

[arely staircase]

3. First Page, 11th paragraph

Unimaginable Dimensions

SPIEGEL has decided not to publish details it has seen about secret operations that could endanger the lives of NSA workers. Nor is it publishing the related internal code words. However, this does not apply to information about the general surveillance of communications. They don't endanger any human lives -- they simply describe a system whose dimensions go beyond the imaginable. This kind of global debate is actually precisely what Snowden intended and what motivated his breach of secrecy. "The public needs to decide whether these policies are right or wrong," he says.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Soooo, bring the spies home out of dangers way.

[arely staircase]

6. So the US should be the first country in the history of the world to

unilaterally stop spying?

Brilliant.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Works for me.

[arely staircase]

10. That is a very interesting and unique opinion nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. So, if espionage is OK with you, why pursue Snowden for espionage?

[arely staircase]

12. Because he is committing it against the United States. nt

[Cali_Democrat]

8. "bring the spies home"

This is an interesting take. Is it your opinion that the United States should not engage in spying overseas?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. Yes.

[Cali_Democrat]

14. What about other countries that spy such as China, Russia, France, Israel, UK etc...

What should the US about that? Pull all spies from overseas and hope other countries do the same thing?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. Yes.

[Cali_Democrat]

16. What about counter intelligence?

Should the FBI still conduct counter intelligence, or should that be stopped as well?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. Are you actually worried about that happening?

[Pholus]

13. Perhaps you could render an opinion on the rest of the paragraph containing that quote too...

This kind of global debate is actually precisely what Snowden intended and what motivated his breach of secrecy. "The public needs to decide whether these policies are right or wrong," he says.

[arely staircase]

19. I don't think he had the right to start a "global debate" about US intel activities abroad

by releasing secret information that he stole. I think that makes him a traitor to his country. Releasing the FISA court document on domestic phone metadata is much easier to defend. But his little "global debate" is precisely why he needs to be brought to justice.

[hootinholler]

18. Way to obfuscate through cherry picking!

Awesome job!

[arely staircase]

20. but to the issue at hand

how do you feel about him endangering the lives of NSA employees?

[hootinholler]

23. I don't know that he did or didn't

Neither did you, but you have convicted him in your mind and are cherry picking stuff to attack him.

I prefer reality based outrage, isn't that enough for you?

[arely staircase]

24. so you believe der speigal's reporting in that regard is wrong?

Do you also dismiss the rest of the story, about the massive US spying? Or are you cherrypicking yourself.

[FarCenter]

21. Anything Der Spiegel has see is not likely secret any more, whether they published or not

[arely staircase]

22. oh I assume anything snowden stole and took to Russia

is no longer secret.