The whistleblower Edward Snowden spoke of the revelations made by Rui Pinto in Football Leaks it is us Luanda Leaks. Through a video, which will not be shown in court, the American reflected on the clash between the public interest and national laws in the sharing of confidential information, having no doubt that Rui Pinto’s revelations were important for the society.
“I believe that in the case of Rui Pinto there is no doubt that the stories revealed here aroused public interest and I hope you agree with me,” said Edward Snowden, a former CIA systems administrator who denounced a cybersurveillance scheme carried out by the US government .
In this reflection, Snowden considers that an act of denunciation must be judged from the point of view of the public interest. That is, even if the revelations may come from a less lawful starting point, the important thing is the discoveries that this information can bring to the public sphere.
“The individual and their circumstances, although material and relevant in some contexts, are not the most important factor. This is because it is of less interest to the public and, in my opinion, to the law, how a fact was acquired than whether that fact is true and necessary for public knowledge to do justice”, claims Snowden.
Following this line of thought, the whistleblower says that even a crime, in some cases, “can be an act of public service”.
“The end result of any act of denunciation is found in its consequences. It’s not a question of how we came across the case, but how far it took us”, he adds.
The testimony in video form that Edward Snowden recorded for the trial of hacker Rui Pinto will not be shown in the courtroom, contrary to what was intended by the hacker. The panel of judges who are prosecuting Rui Pinto, accused of 90 crimes, allowed this video to be added to the process as documentary evidence, but not its exhibition in the courtroom, as they considered it unnecessary.
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