Gofirstclass
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Our government has been embarrassed several times in the recent past through the release of classified government documents. The most recent of these was done by Wikileaks. About a week ago they released almost 9,000 classified documents that someone within the government illegally delivered to Wikileaks. These documents outlined many ways the CIA and other government agencies are spying on US citizens.
One such method exposed in the documents was the CIA’s hacking of Samsung Smart TV’s (Of which I have one). Through a program the CIA dubbed “Weeping Angel” they have the ability to listen in on conversations in the TV owners home even through the TV is turned off.
So, what say you? Are Julian Assange, and Edward Snowden, patriots for releasing the documents for public view, or are they turncoats for releasing information that could be used by other countries, some our enemies, to learn how the CIA is doing its espionage?
Please express your thoughts, but please keep this discussion civil.
Here’s a link to an article about the recent Wikileaks articles….
http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/7/14841556/wikileaks-cia-hacking-documents-ios-android-samsung
One such method exposed in the documents was the CIA’s hacking of Samsung Smart TV’s (Of which I have one). Through a program the CIA dubbed “Weeping Angel” they have the ability to listen in on conversations in the TV owners home even through the TV is turned off.
So, what say you? Are Julian Assange, and Edward Snowden, patriots for releasing the documents for public view, or are they turncoats for releasing information that could be used by other countries, some our enemies, to learn how the CIA is doing its espionage?
Please express your thoughts, but please keep this discussion civil.
Here’s a link to an article about the recent Wikileaks articles….
http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/7/14841556/wikileaks-cia-hacking-documents-ios-android-samsung