Despite an appeals court decision on illegality, because of the way that Congress revamped what was previously Section 215's language, and ended some of the previous programs, it has not been officially taken that what they did was illegal - that is, named as culpable certain groups or individuals that broke stated laws.
As a result, under common law and procedures of the courts/congress, technically the only one who has broken a law was Snowden.
I'm not arguing right or wrong, I am just say that you are technically wrong under legal statute.
My comment was more a reflection on how messed up a system is if this is how it works. Morally the law is unjust therefore it can't be right and I'm with MLK on this one:
"One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws."
Despite an appeals court decision on illegality, because of the way that Congress revamped what was previously Section 215's language, and ended some of the previous programs, it has not been officially taken that what they did was illegal - that is, named as culpable certain groups or individuals that broke stated laws.
As a result, under common law and procedures of the courts/congress, technically the only one who has broken a law was Snowden.
I'm not arguing right or wrong, I am just say that you are technically wrong under legal statute.