On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:03:59 +0000, Nad R wrote:

Privacy is history. What makes the governments of the world think they
should have privacy when no law exist for the privacy concerns of it's
citizens. The so called theory of : The governments job to is protect
the people? Or is it to help government officials to hide from their
crimes.

I will support the governments privacy concerns when I can also legally
encode my own communications in which is next to impossible to listen in
on. I do not buy the argument "For the protection of its citizens". 9/11
communication interceptions never helped it's citizens.

As for the soldier, he did break the law in which he was hired for and
deserves his prison time. However, he should be treated humanely, what
ever that is. Is he a martyr, perhaps, the jury is still out.

I think it may be a crime to support illegal government activity.
Soldiers have a legal and moral right to blow a whistle.