QOTD: An important lawman
by digby
This strikes me as important but I guess your mileage may vary:
“We can certainly argue about the way in which Snowden did what he did, but I think that he actually performed a public service by raising the debate that we engaged in and by the changes that we made.”
That quote is from former Attorney General Eric Holder.
*In fairness he did say he thought what Snowden did was illegal and harmful but felt that the public service aspect of his revelations mitigated that enough that a judge should take it into account in any sentencing. The funny thing is that the law won’t allow that evidence to be considered. But otherwise great idea …