I Agree That There Are Things That

The Courage We Need Is Not The Fortitude To Be Obedient In The Service Of An Unjust War, To Help Conceal Lies, To Do Our Job For A Boss Who Has Usurped Power And Is Acting As An Outlaw Government. It Is The Courage At Last To Face Honestly The Truth And Reality Of What We Are Doing In The World And Act Responsibly To Change It.

I See Edward Snowden As Someone Who Has Chosen, At Best, Exile From The Country He Loves-with A Serious Risk Of His Assassination By Agents Of His Government Or Life In Prison (in Solitary Confinement)-to Awaken Us To The Danger Of Our Loss Of Democracy To A Total-surveilla Nce State

Truth-telling To Congress And The Public Is Not Disloyal In America: It Is An Expression Of The Higher Loyalty Officials Owe To The Constitution, The Rule Of Law, And The Sovereign Public. It Is A Courageous, Patriotic, And Effective Way To Serve Our Country. The Time To Speak Out Is Now.

But It Is Important Always To Keep In Mind That The Danger Of Harming Humans Is Not Connected Only Or Even Mainly With Telling Secrets, There Can Be Great Danger In Keeping Secrets.

It Is A Tribute To The American People That Our Leaders Perceived That They Had To Lie To Us, It Is Not A Tribute To Us That We Were So Easily Misled.