But Acma did not agree and found they were broadcast in good faith "to enable debate about a contemporary political matter".
The pair live in Hawaii and through their foundations have set about financing a series of citizen journalism and community-based projects that share common themes about informing communities and enabling debate.
He made his choice based on basic theories of civil disobedience: that those who control the law have become corrupt, that the law in this case (by concealing the actions of government officials in building this massive spying apparatus in secret) is a tool of injustice, and that he felt compelled to act in violation of it in order to expose these official bad acts and enable debate and reform.
DE students overwhelmingly believed technologically-mediated lectures and tutorials, including those involving online discussions, did not produce interactions that enabled debate, clarification, and learning experiences on par with internal education, despite the equal cost of their degree.
The study will contribute considerable information to enable debate about societal context, culture and injury impact of traffic crashes.
By contrast, the public interest defence plays a major role in guaranteeing the security of responsible journalism in the US, where it enables public debate of health issues and criticism of giant corporations.
Here the task is less to refine the technical basis of decision-making, than to construct a process that enables proper debate and discussion to occur.
Such a structure enables the debating chamber to span over 30 metres (100 ft) without any supporting columns.
"One thing I'm certain of, this debate will make us stronger," he pronounced, while still seeking to imprison for decades the whistleblower who enabled that debate.
"At its best the campaign has enabled genuine debate and discussion in our homes, workplaces and communities about the future of the economy and the kind of country we want to live in," he said.
