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> Snowden's leaks were an unambiguous act of conscience.

You clearly haven't read the leaks. If you had, you would have quickly realized that the vast majority of the leaked documents are totally unrelated to spying on citizens.

It's crystal clear to anyone who looks at the evidence itself that Snowden was not having a crisis of conscience, but was instead committing espionage.

Everything in the above comment is propaganda by someone who wants you to not look at the evidence because it would instantly discredit their position. If you want to know what Snowden actually did - go look at a random sampling of the documents, and tell us what you see.


The Department of Justice is too busy enacting selective enforcement against SpaceX for a hiring practice that is prevalent throughout the defense industry[1]. They don't have time to prosecute gangs.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-justice-department...


I'm sure the DoJ can find the same reference as I could: "An employer may restrict hiring to U.S. citizen only if a law, regulation, executive order, or government contract requires the employer to do so." I doubt that they failed to consider this prior to bringing enforcement action.


I'm a bit surprised that SpaceX wouldn't be subject to ITAR. This article [0] from 2016 seems to say they are.

[0]: https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a23080/spacex...


So you're saying that both should be investigated and this is really a funding issue? Or you just don't like the whole civil rights thing?


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