In similar fashion, today I read:
"House Speaker John Boehner today called NSA leaker Edward Snowden a “traitor” who put Americans at risk by releasing classified information to the media.
“He’s a traitor,” the highest ranking Republican in the House of Representatives said in an extensive interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos. “The disclosure of this information puts Americans at risk. It shows our adversaries what our capabilities are. And it’s a giant violation of the law.”
Boehner endorsed President Obama’s characterization of two programs, which allow the NSA to gather information about phone calls made in the U.S. as well as information on foreign suspects collected from major internet companies, as critical to the government’s ability to fight terrorism. He said that there are “clear safeguards” built into the programs to protect Americans."
I am reminded of a man who released the Pentagon Papers in the 1960's, informing us that four U. S. Presidents had lied to the American People for decades, after he met a Gandhian woman who told him that his oath to man was meaningless and that only Truth Only/ God has meaning. We need a world full of those who do not make oaths to less than Truth Only/ God, throwing out oaths to man's coercions.
This openness is the path to peace on earth.
Gene Chapman,
Tolstoyan-Gandhian Libertarian for Texas Governor
(Endorsed by Dr. Noam Chomsky)
ChapmanForTexasGovernor2014.com
gkchapman2012@hotmail.com
