SNOWDEN RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS "SAM ADAMS INTEGRITY" AWARD...

This week whistleblower Snowden was honored with the Integrity Award from the Sam Adams Associates (SAA), saying.

Edward Snowden has been named recipient of this year’s award for truth telling given by Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence, the group announced today.Most of the Sam Adams Associates are former senior national security officials who, with the other members, understand fully the need to keep legitimate secrets. Each of the U.S. members took a solemn oath “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

The Sam Adams Award is given annually by the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence. It is given to an intelligence professional who has taken a stand for integrity and ethics. SAA is a group of retired CIA officers, and the the award is named after Samuel A. Adams, a CIA whistleblower during the Vietnam War. The award is , in the form of a "corner-brightener candlestick". Many recipients have been whistleblowers.

I believe that Eric Snowden is a true American patriot.
Exposing the the illegal actions of our government took a huge amount of bravery and self sacrifice.

I believe that Eric Snowden is a true American patriot.
Exposing the the illegal actions of our government took a huge amount of bravery and self sacrifice. Originally Posted by The2Dogs

What about Bradley Manning? You think he/she is a hero too?

Guess Sam Adams will have to change the name of their beer if it is just for traitors.

Guess Sam Adams will have to change the name of their beer if it is just for traitors. Originally Posted by i'va biggen

Wrong again...LOL

You are trending desperate whiffy.

You are trending desperate whiffy. Originally Posted by i'va biggen

What about Bradley Manning? You think he/she is a hero too?

Originally Posted by WTF

Yes. Absolutely.

Wrong again...LOL

Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDB

+1 Good video clip!

Bradley Manning was exposing military secrets, was not a civilian, and not working fora civilian organization. In that context was or is John Kerry a traitor?

So maybe Eric Snowden is a traitor, but it would be a traitor to a government that is corrupt and not within the laws of our Constitution.

So, WTF, do you agree with the government spying on it's own citizens in violation of the law?

What should happen when our government refuses to abide by the laws of our Constitution?
Should those that know about it keep their mouths shut and just let it happen. Is that the way you think women should respond to being raped?

Bradley Manning was exposing military secrets, was not a civilian, and not working fora civilian organization. In that context was or is John Kerry a traitor?

So maybe Eric Snowden is a traitor, but it would be a traitor to a government that is corrupt and not within the laws of our Constitution.

So, WTF, do you agree with the government spying on it's own citizens in violation of the law?

What should happen when our government refuses to abide by the laws of our Constitution?
Should those that know about it keep their mouths shut and just let it happen. Is that the way you think women should respond to being raped? Originally Posted by The2Dogs

So if the military is exposed for lying , the person doing so is wrong but if the NSA is exposed for lying by a citizen working for them it is ok for that citizen to do so? Is that the logic?

Sounds to me more like when a person exposes something a Republican administration will be embarrassed by you defend it but when a Democrat President is embarrassed by it you holler ''Buy that man a Sam Adams''.

Or using your analogy the girl is letting all fuck her and only points out the black man as the one who raped her.

So I say save your faux outrage. Nobody on the left is buying that bullshit. At least COG is consistent on this one.

There is a right way and a wrong way to do things.

Snowden did it the wrong way.

He is either a criminal, or a naive duffus, not realizing the harm he could do to his Country by doing what he did.

This is an interesting observation; how do you know he did it the "wrong" way...you imply there is a right way..........in the case of state secrets, what would that be, how would you ever know ?

Why do you think the Whistleblower laws exist ? Because citizens know that without such protection, these kinds of illegal and excessive actions would remain hidden and never be revealed!

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Snowden did it the wrong way.

... Originally Posted by Jackie S

Person leaking government secrets= whistle blower
Person leaking a corporations secrets=' traitor.

The fallacy is that if our government is violating the law, fails to enforce existing laws, and ignores the crimes of those within the government; why would you have the expectation of protection under a "Whistle blower" law?

How hard is it for any of you to understand that our government is corrupt, broken, and out of control.
Who was he supposed to go to to blow the whistle, somebody in the government?
Do you really think you would have ever heard the name of Eric Snowden had he "gone through the proper channels"?

I wonder how many others have tried to expose the violations of our rights as a whistle blower?
I guess there are some people that if you pay them enough, will keep their mouths shut and continue to make bank. Ah, the American dream.