A rights advocate said, “This is like the CIA putting out a statement saying that going forward they’ll only waterboard people with dignity and respect.”
  • rbesfe@lemmy.ca
    0·
    10 months ago

    I mean, if they’re going to do it either way I’d rather a spy agency have this attitude than not. Silver linings and all that.

    And before you smash those reactionary fingers on the screen/keyboard, I should be clear that Ed Snowden is a national hero and the NSA should, in an idealistic sense, be abolished. Will it? No.