squ1d wrote:SciFiFisher wrote: And as Swift has pointed out we know that his actions have led to the death of a number of people.
Could someone please direct me towards some evidence of this?
Unfortunately, much of the evidence is considered classified.
There is an article that quotes a number of sources. One such statement was:
[quote"This report confirms my greatest fears — Snowden's real acts of betrayal place America's military men and women at greater risk," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (who shares the same name as the current NSA director) said in a statement in January 2014. "Snowden's actions are likely to have lethal consequences for our troops in the field."][/quote]
The Article is more about what the government won't say due to almost everything being classified. But here is
the linkI cannot recall now but there were a number of people who testified to congress that the information Snowden and Manning released resulted in a number of people being killed outright or killed as a result of terrorists or others finding out information from the leaks. Other consequences would include terrorists acts that were now successful because the leaks gave the terrorists information about how we collected information. So, now they don't use cell phones. Or they shut down a website that they know was compromised. etc.
The most obvious ones are sources of information i.e. people who were willing to give us information. Or ones who aided us against the Taliban, Al Quida, or others. For those HUMINT sources the consequences are beyond devastating. We are talking about people who use drills as instruments of torture and death. And they don't mind using them on entire families to ensure that no one else is tempted to feed the U.S. or it's allies information.
I don't require lots of proof in this case to know that one of the consequences of Manning or Snowdens' actions are that people died directly or indirectly. Sadly, part of the reason for that is because I do have the background to appreciate the ramifications of those actions.
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