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> The info was already out there when they were going after him.

This was of course not known at the time. The only thing that was known is that a single individual was responsible for the greatest breach of classified secrets in the nation's history, and that individual was still at large.

> was protecting national security

So yes, it was.



The federal government was found violating the constitution, and yet he's the bad guy.

Nonsense.


> The federal government was found violating the constitution

This was of course not known at the time.


Sure, but it took multi court cases and years to prove that "legally".


How does that change or affect the point I'm making?

> This was of course not known at the time. The only thing that was known is that a single individual was responsible for the greatest breach of classified secrets in the nation's history, and that individual was still at large.




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