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As much as you despise government spy agencies they are a necessary evil and we are all spying on each other including allies. It would be foolish not to if our adversaries are doing it. And believe it or not the information our intelligence operatives get is vital to the nation's security and has saved countless lives. One has only to look at WWII to see what breakthroughs were made by the allies against the Nazis that helped us win the war.
Bashing the west for spying is naive if you know the extent of subterfuge the Chinese and Russians are engaging in.
As a former member of the military with a security clearance I am aghast at what Snowden did. His intentions may have been noble but he played right into the hands of Russia and China and put agents of the west in grave danger.
I have nothing against spying as long as it is not done on our own people.I am sure the Chinese and the Russians feel the same way about their government spying,cool as long as it is done on the enemies and bad when they do it on the people.
But lets not fool ourselves here about thinking these people are noble.The lie for a living.Lying is what they do.They lied to the people and wiped their **** covered ass with the 4th amendment.Their spying on the people is a way much larger offense that what these known liars are alleging Snowden did. Everything those people say should be suspect, especially when they were caught lying about spying on the people. You wouldn't trust a known junkie to watch your house for the weekend because that junkie may steal everything in your home to buy drugs. You wouldn't trust a convicted child rapist to watch your kids because that convicted child rapist might rape your kids. You wouldn't let some one who is vehicle accident prone drive a prized sports car because that sports car might get wrecked..But yet you are going to take the word of dirtbags who lie their ass off .