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In reply to the discussion: This Snowden guy has a few cracks in his resume. [View all]Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)180. Do we know if he still got his certs, though?
He could have a natural ability and passed his certification tests without completing a course.
I'm not disavowing his background. I'm just pointing out that the stick-to-itivness required for four or six or eight years in college is no longer required.
Know your shit, get your certs and then earn bank.
Personally, I'd rather pay someone like that big bucks than job and personal-income-destroying paper pushers on Wall Street.
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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