Talk:Edward Snowden: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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:This is a heated debate with grave implications, and being a BLP, a very delicate matter for editors. While I now agree that an editor's employment with the USG wouldn't automatically constitute a COI, I do think it valid to request full disclosure of this connection. It would mean edits have greater scrutiny, no more and no less - but that shouldn't hinder one's ability to edit. Personally, I always expect my edits will be heavily scrutinized at some point or another, so I edit according to the guidelines and with this in mind. Frankly, we should encourage more scrutiny of edits to WP no matter what POV we think the editor holds - especially at a page as controversial as this. To call this a witch hunt is a bit much. I will disclose: I am not employed by *anyone*, and have no affiliation whatsoever with the subject or any groups that advocate for him. '''<span style="text-shadow:7px 7px 8px #B8B8B8;">[[User:Petrarchan47|<font color="#BABACF">petrarchan47</font>]][[User talk:Petrarchan47|<font color="deeppink">t</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Petrarchan47|<font color="orangered">c</font>]]</span>''' 00:41, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

::"Members of the government have openly spoken about wanting to kill him, have him hanged..." is a gross misrepresentation of the US government's position. ''Buzzfeed'' reported that there is a lot of anger in the intelligence community who feel that Snowden has betrayed them and made it more difficult to do their jobs and gave as examples the fantasies of a few that Snowden be dealt with with extreme prejudice. There is zero evidence that the US government would ever authorize any of these employees to try to bring one of these fantasies to reality. If you do not mean "to insinuate that any other members/employees of the government hold such attitudes" then why are you hyping to the heavens the musing of a few rogues whose views do not reflect the government's views?--[[User:Bdell555|Brian Dell]] ([[User talk:Bdell555|talk]]) 08:10, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

::[[Image:Stop hand nuvola.svg|50px|left|alt=|link=]] {{u|Petrarchan47}}, it is time to drop this cowardly and disruptive witch hunt once and for all. --[[User:DrFleischman|Dr. Fleischman]] ([[User talk:DrFleischman|talk]]) 22:02, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

== "disclosures" vs "leaks" ==