tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post4649310032063039473..comments2024-03-07T05:11:03.645-05:00Comments on Paul Davis On Crime: A Thief And A Creep: NSA Leaker Snowden Stole Password From NSA CoworkerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post-74116405444737814362014-02-13T18:56:54.032-05:002014-02-13T18:56:54.032-05:00I should add that for many years, part of my secur...I should add that for many years, part of my security duties included investigating IG "Hot Line" complaints in a Defense Department command in Philadelphia. Paul Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593938088512203541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post-73420277016918168482014-02-13T18:52:40.372-05:002014-02-13T18:52:40.372-05:00R.T.,
I agree.
For more than 37 years I worked ...R.T.,<br /><br />I agree. <br /><br />For more than 37 years I worked in the security field and like many others, I signed an agreement to not reveal classified information and material. Although I am now a published writer, I would never go back on my signed agreement. <br /><br />I received a Top Secret clearance and was assigned to protect classified material when I was only 17 in 1970 while serving in the Radio Communications Division on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk during the Vietnam War. <br /><br />I went on to do security work as a Defense Department civilian employee and I retired in 2007. <br /><br />I know that if Snowden had true issues, there are many ways to redress them, such as the "Hot Line" complaint route to the Inspector General's (IG) office. By law, as your know, the IG has to investigate the complaint. <br /><br />Also, by traveling to China and Russia, two dictatorships and adversaries to the U.S, and revealing U.S. secrets, Snowden proved he is, in my view, a thief, a spy and a traitor. Paul Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593938088512203541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post-53336744423397856942014-02-13T18:51:15.335-05:002014-02-13T18:51:15.335-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paul Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593938088512203541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post-66108764470973752892014-02-13T18:13:31.343-05:002014-02-13T18:13:31.343-05:00Too many commentators (Judge Napolitano among them...Too many commentators (Judge Napolitano among them) have praised Snowden as a hero. Oh, how wrong they are in their assessment. Breaking the law is not heroic. At least when I was a CT in the Navy, and when I was later and LDO in the JAG Corps, I had a very clear understanding about what it meant to have a security clearance: Thou shalt not reveal secrets. Period. I never read a caveat that allow for revelation for noble causes. In the absence of evidence that would prove otherwise, I remain convinced that Snowden is no better than Johnny Walker, the infamous NAVSECGRU warrant officer who quite possibly nearly destroyed the country.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com