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They started a year ago. I think it may have something to do with it also. He was previously in Japa
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#17
If he was training for SF it would have been the Q course. Prior to the Iraq/Afghanistan one couldn'
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#55
I've been saying since yesterday---adult onset epilepsy and some weird shit behavior.
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#135
Interesting. Is there emotional lability? How about depression or suicidal ideation?
MADem
Jun 2013
#137
Adult onset epilepsy is most often caused by substance abuse. This is not the only cause,
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#138
I think the plan is to release in dribs and drabs. Then you've got the book and the
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#143
Ha! I like to think I look downstream, but I didn't think of that angle at all...
MADem
Jun 2013
#145
Laura Poitras--a filmmaker is sharing a byline with Greenwald at the Guardian. Film
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#148
Rik Mayhall who died this week had epilepsy. So you two are pure class. In politics, Democratic
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2014
#189
I do not want to play Alex Jones here, but this whole bloody thing has been too neet a package......
wandy
Jun 2013
#19
Well, here's a bow for the top of the package--China gets the world headline they need....
MADem
Jun 2013
#28
Note that Snowden had a deadline for publication in mind -- fits with the propaganda coup theory
FarCenter
Jun 2013
#38
I am not turning into Alex Jones. As I read the article I had this stray thought about..........
wandy
Jun 2013
#45
It may be crazy, but the idea of frigging Rove w/a Fu Manchu is an hilarious image!
MADem
Jun 2013
#52
Defectors who "go over" quietly give secrets to the other side, don't draw attention to themselves
leveymg
Jun 2013
#29
They probably envy our surveillance system, as they denounce it, they copy it.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#110
Something is not right....there's no doubt on the face of it there's somethin sKrange
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#11
Well, if he ran to anywhere other than frigging CHINA, while the Chinese Premier was meeting with
MADem
Jun 2013
#72
No he didn't. That tactic came to the fore right after the Bolshevik Revolution, when Nixon was
MADem
Jun 2013
#152
I don't disagree re: Nixon's use of the tactic, however, I don't regard it as his "signature,"
MADem
Jun 2013
#177
Ah yes. Anyone that dares expose our government for violations of our Constitutional rights must
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#22
It's funny how much the authoritarian mind sets here and in China reflect each other.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#33
I believe that many here believe the SCOTUS should rule that our Unitarian Executive
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#59
Why are you getting snarky? Don't you think this entire matter should be thoroughly vetted?
MADem
Jun 2013
#62
I wouldn't be surprised if you murder innocent kittens and eat their hearts
emulatorloo
Jun 2013
#127
Not just because the unkind comments were directed at me, but I agree with your post
MADem
Jun 2013
#146
I should not have directed that comment at her. But some here appear happy to give up
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#151
He can get some protection by the further release of information or threatening to do so
FarCenter
Jun 2013
#24
He said in an interview that he knew exactly who and where all the intelligence agents are. That's
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#60
And he's been working there for under three months? Does he have a photographic memory?
MADem
Jun 2013
#65
No he downloaded alot of documents. Not that we know for sure, but that is his claim. That would be
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#67
Who's "attacking the messenger?" This guy has a resume--what, we shouldn't examine it?
MADem
Jun 2013
#50
Apparently, he didn't take any "cyber" classes at the junior college, per a recent thread.
MADem
Jun 2013
#181
You didn't mention that a handful of his neighbors said he wasn't a "very nice guy...".
LanternWaste
Jun 2013
#150
Why do I need to, since you've just done it? This is a conversation--you can contribute, or you
MADem
Jun 2013
#154
Actually, NPR played soundbites of his childhood neighbors, and they report pretty much the same.
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#160
He worked directly for NSA, then CIA, then NSA (in Japan) before getting to Booz.
MADem
Jun 2013
#162
The real crime of this story is the clear inepitude of companies contracted to do the dirty work.
snagglepuss
Jun 2013
#153
Oh, sure it does! People who tout the overarching, absolute importance of free speech
MADem
Jun 2013
#87
I wondered the VERY same thing--particularly since we have no extradition w/China, but we do with
MADem
Jun 2013
#95
I don't have answers. I have plenty of questions, and so what if my speculations are wrong?
MADem
Jun 2013
#111
Why would booz allen hire someone like him? did he lie on his resume, and if he did, wasn't there
still_one
Jun 2013
#89
Who you know; if his resume wouldn't pass muster for regular work, Booz might hire him as a favor
haele
Jun 2013
#124
Hey--if you disagree with the premise found in the first link, say so. But don't go name calling.
MADem
Jun 2013
#76
No it isn't. There are plenty of threads full of fulsome, unquestioning praise for this fearless
MADem
Jun 2013
#85
So are you saying the NY Times is incorrect when they say he was a high school dropout, and all the
still_one
Jun 2013
#91
You do know the media is finally asking some of the same questions, right? By all means,
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#165
Just an observation. My intent wasn't to help you out. Not to my taste, you see.
delrem
Jun 2013
#94
I don't think he's the devil incarnate. I just am entirely unclear on his motivations, and I think
MADem
Jun 2013
#100
Classic bush tactic, attack the reporter of the crime rather then the criminal.....
bowens43
Jun 2013
#109
The point is, he has no "documentation." His resume is relevant because he had a
MADem
Jun 2013
#130
Or, as has been suggested, we're currently seeing what he was hired (by whomever) for (nt)
Recursion
Jun 2013
#173
I don't think questioning a person's background, motives and veracity has anything
WilmywoodNCparalegal
Jun 2013
#128
He didn't have any military record, either--he washed out of training due to breaking
MADem
Jun 2013
#129
Hey, I provided a couple of links to start a conversation about them. No one is forcing
MADem
Jun 2013
#142
Community College Says NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Took No "Cyber-Related Classes"
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
#167