Econoline wrote:To start with, while it's true that the conduct Snowden exposed was not "corrupt or illegal" there is a real question as to whether it was unconstitutional (under the 4th Amendment)--and there appears to be no other way to get this question the public discussion it deserves.
There is a real question whether the conduct that Snowden exposed was unconstitutional. Which means that there is a real question whether that conduct was illegal.
Everything that is unconstitutional is illegal.
The Constitution is the supreme Law of the Land. All other purported laws necessarily bow before it.
Reason is valuable only when it performs against the wordless physical background of the universe.