[majelix]

> So, once you put on that uniform you have to keep your mouth shut even if you witness the worst atrocities imaginable.

Absolutely not. But you don't have to shout every secret you have access to (relevant or not) from the loudest possible podium either.

[gizzlon]

Agreed, but since he did expose some pretty nasty stuff, maybe we should cut him some slack and focus on the real villains?

It's now, according to the actions of these justice systems, worse to expose secrets about crimes than to commit actual crimes. The simplest way of interpreting this is that these crimes are not viewed as crimes at all. But blowing the whistle is.

(edited for clarity)

[jasonlotito]

> Agreed, but since he did expose some pretty nasty stuff, maybe we should cut him some slack and focus on the real villains?

Maybe that's why he only got 35 years. More importantly, what unconstitutional thing did he release?

But really, that argument is basically saying that collateral damage is acceptable. Innocents can be destroyed if you kill just one guilty party.

> worse to expose secrets about crimes than to commit actual crimes.

Well no, he committed actual crimes that lead to actual suffering and death by intelligence agents.