Since I knew that he was offering up the passwords, it seems implausible that no one at the city was aware that he was offering up the passwords.
So they asked him for the passwords, he hung up the phone, and they were supposed to know that he was "offering up the passwords"?
Later, after he was fired and had no reason to care about the minutia of the security policy, he still didn't give up the passwords. That was the illegal part.
Terry simple say "no" to diverging the passwords in that location, at that time, in that manner. In his contract, he had a duty to protect the passwords, and he was still an employee at that time.
And instead of explaining that he would be happy to give the password to an authorized person in an authorized context, he just hung up the phone? That was the worst possible way he could have handled that.
because as long as it is secret it is not illegal.
That's not true. There are procedures to report those crimes. I don't know of Snowden following them. If a federal judge rules that what he did was justified, then he will walk free.
They'll lock him up for the rest of his life- just like Bradley Manning. Why didn't Manning "confess he made the whole thing up"?
If you don't want to go to jail for releasing government secrets, then don't go to the DOD, apply for Top Secret clearance, and then voluntarily swear to follow their rules. The punishments for breaking those rules are clearly spelled out and you are reminded of them dozens of times before your clearance is approved.
That's irrelevant (and not true). Driving jobs are already starting to disappear. People who are currently driving for a living can either train for a skilled job, or accept an unskilled job that will almost certainly be a pay decrease.
Does Snowden really think that what he did was "dissent"? Dissent is defined as expressing an opinion. The people who participated in Occupy Wall Street dissented. They're all walking around as free men and women.
Snowden has been charged with giving classified information to a person without appropriate clearance and stealing government owned laptops. He did that stuff.
Committing a crime for what you feel are justified reasons means that you go to jail with your head held high and with people cheering for you. It doesn't mean that you get to walk free. I don't blame Snowden for running away. I wouldn't want to go to jail either. But his argument here is very weak.
If you drive a vehicle for a living, start training for another job ASAP. This is the tip of the iceberg. I honestly think that in 25 years zero humans will be paid to drive a vehicle.
I assume that a plane flying Mach 6 would turn a human pilot into chunky salsa with any kind of maneuvering. Generally, an aircraft can be a lot smaller and cheaper if you don't have to worry about keeping a person alive inside of it. Same thing with spacecraft.
What do federal interstates have to do with anything? The 55 mph limits were proposed by Nixon as a way to conserve gas during the first big oil crisis. The actual speed limits, enforcement, and ticket revenue are all handled at the state level- for interstates and every other road.
They didn't get in trouble for it, as it's a perfectly valid retail technique.
The insurance exchange requires answering a number of questions, like if you smoke and how many kids you have. Amazon can't handle that kind of decision tree (I'm sure they're capable of adding it, but their current store does not).
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Since I knew that he was offering up the passwords, it seems implausible that no one at the city was aware that he was offering up the passwords.
So they asked him for the passwords, he hung up the phone, and they were supposed to know that he was "offering up the passwords"?
Later, after he was fired and had no reason to care about the minutia of the security policy, he still didn't give up the passwords. That was the illegal part.
He was a self entitled neckbeard and dug his own grave.
The more I read into this, the more that's what it sounds like. Not a big mystery why so many people here are defending him.
Terry simple say "no" to diverging the passwords in that location, at that time, in that manner. In his contract, he had a duty to protect the passwords, and he was still an employee at that time.
And instead of explaining that he would be happy to give the password to an authorized person in an authorized context, he just hung up the phone? That was the worst possible way he could have handled that.
Terry Childs did not want to divulge the passwords to an entity that didn't have the right to said passwords.
So what's the "real" history here? How could the company not have the right to the passwords?
And movies used to cost a nickle. This ghost town couldn't move the price of warm piss.
You think that a Slashdot article is going to impact the price of bitcoins?
Seriously?
because as long as it is secret it is not illegal.
That's not true. There are procedures to report those crimes. I don't know of Snowden following them. If a federal judge rules that what he did was justified, then he will walk free.
The powers that be wrongly classified the information about the crime in order to cover it up.
That is certainly a valid reason to release classified information. If a Federal judge agrees with that, then Snowden will walk free.
They'll lock him up for the rest of his life- just like Bradley Manning. Why didn't Manning "confess he made the whole thing up"?
If you don't want to go to jail for releasing government secrets, then don't go to the DOD, apply for Top Secret clearance, and then voluntarily swear to follow their rules. The punishments for breaking those rules are clearly spelled out and you are reminded of them dozens of times before your clearance is approved.
That's irrelevant (and not true). Driving jobs are already starting to disappear. People who are currently driving for a living can either train for a skilled job, or accept an unskilled job that will almost certainly be a pay decrease.
Does Snowden really think that what he did was "dissent"? Dissent is defined as expressing an opinion. The people who participated in Occupy Wall Street dissented. They're all walking around as free men and women.
Snowden has been charged with giving classified information to a person without appropriate clearance and stealing government owned laptops. He did that stuff.
Committing a crime for what you feel are justified reasons means that you go to jail with your head held high and with people cheering for you. It doesn't mean that you get to walk free. I don't blame Snowden for running away. I wouldn't want to go to jail either. But his argument here is very weak.
If you drive a vehicle for a living, start training for another job ASAP. This is the tip of the iceberg. I honestly think that in 25 years zero humans will be paid to drive a vehicle.
US oil production has consistently increased throughout Obama's presidency, after decreasing throughout Bush's presidency.
There's nothing "desperate" about our energy situation. Gasoline is $3.20/gallon- a lot cheaper than in Canada.
It's convenient for us to buy Canadian oil because of the easy transport. If you don't want our money, many other countries will be happy to take it.
My post is one sentence long. Do you see the words "assault rifle" in it?
but few, if any, would argue that it documents a right to discharge their firearms in such a manner.
But a whole bunch of people spend a whole lot of time and money making sure that nutjobs have access to guns that fire 60 rounds per minute.
That guy exercised the *shit* out of his second amendment rights. It's too bad Thomas Jefferson isn't around to high five him.
I assume that a plane flying Mach 6 would turn a human pilot into chunky salsa with any kind of maneuvering. Generally, an aircraft can be a lot smaller and cheaper if you don't have to worry about keeping a person alive inside of it. Same thing with spacecraft.
Citation needed.
Last time I saw a US college campus, it was full of people from other countries.
What do federal interstates have to do with anything? The 55 mph limits were proposed by Nixon as a way to conserve gas during the first big oil crisis. The actual speed limits, enforcement, and ticket revenue are all handled at the state level- for interstates and every other road.
They didn't get in trouble for it, as it's a perfectly valid retail technique.
The insurance exchange requires answering a number of questions, like if you smoke and how many kids you have. Amazon can't handle that kind of decision tree (I'm sure they're capable of adding it, but their current store does not).
Your facts have no impact on the "waahh..the US sucks" faction here.
Prices and availability vary hugely for the same insurance plan for different people. Amazon has no way of handling that.
My Mitsubishi 73" DLP was a steal a few years ago. I paid $1400 when similar LCDs were well over 2 grand.
The previous post states that Chinese companies had already purchased "all the U.S. Megacorps (and everything else in the U.S.)".
The post specifically mentions "Megacorps", indicating large companies, the kind in the Fortune 500.