| Why do you get the sentiment that:
1) he wants to destroy american spy agencies?
2) only american spy agencies If we presume his call against the current mass surveilance programs equates with the destruction of the NSA(which I can't really agree with), then ypu would also conclude he dislikes the burgeoning mass surveilance from other countties, e.g. France, the UK and others listed in the article. He didn't mention Russia explicitly, but I cannot fault his political tact considering his situation. I don't think your interpretation of his words is very charitable. Their underlyimng message is a poaitive one - people reject something they aren't comfortable with and using many avenues(political, technological, social) they enact change to combat it. In our age where voters are largely disenfranchised, this is a positive demonatration of the power we hold as a society. There is a discussion to be had about the authority spy agencies should have. Perhaps eventually a reasonable surveillance program with checks and balances may be enacted, which people are content with. We wouldn't even have this conversation, however, if not for people like Snowden. The US government preached total secrecy in the name of "national security", and basically said "trust us, you don't need to know". Thanks to Snowden, we are, with some hope, on yhe road to such a conversation. That's what I "get" from him. |