Snowden’s real crime: Humiliating the state
FROM —https://www.salon.com/2013/06/19/snowdens_real_crime_humiliating_the_state/ Here's the reason the NSA leaker will never be forgiven or forgotten: He stood up to power and embarrassed it. By Falguni A. Sheth https://www.salon.com/writer/falguni_a_sheth/ As Edward Snowden’s name is bandied about — with a debate emerging over whether he is a hero or a criminal, whistle-blower or traitor — the words of philosopher Walter Benjamin, who wrote about the relationship between law and violence, come to mind. In his 1921 [...]