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arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
16. yes
Wed Jun 12, 2013, 05:01 PM
Jun 2013

he wants them to protect them:

“My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate. I have been given no reason to doubt your system."
http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-hong-kong-snowden-fight-extradition-20130612,0,7064935.story

he is giving them info:

Edward Snowden Reportedly Showed Hong Kong Newspaper Documents Revealing US Hacking Attacks On China

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has told a Hong Kong newspaper that the U.S. government has been hacking Hong Kong and Chinese networks for at least four years.

The comments were made as part of the South China Morning Post's exclusive interview with Snowden — his first since revealing himself on Sunday.

Snowden reportedly showed reporter Lana Lam documents that showed the NSA had been hacking computers in Hong Kong and on the mainland since 2009. He estimated there were hundreds of targets in Hong Kong and mainland China, including the Chinese University of Hong Kong. None of the documents revealed any information about Chinese military systems, Snowden said.

“We hack network backbones – like huge internet routers, basically – that give us access to the communications of hundreds of thousands of computers without having to hack every single one,” Snowden told Lam.

- more -

http://www.businessinsider.com/snowden-us-has-been-hacking-china-2013-6

Seems like if that was his goal, he could have made a whole let less noise about it. nt napoleon_in_rags Jun 2013 #1
Sold?? MineralMan Jun 2013 #2
"sold" is accurate arely staircase Jun 2013 #6
"He wants them to protect him and he is giving them info." Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #10
yes arely staircase Jun 2013 #16
"reportedly showed reporter" marions ghost Jun 2013 #43
it's in the "egg on your face" thread grasswire Jun 2013 #7
The claim is here Recursion Jun 2013 #3
Prove to me he is not still_one Jun 2013 #4
This is America and the rule of law applies to all equally. grasswire Jun 2013 #8
so he will be returning and submitting to US law and its rules of evidence? arely staircase Jun 2013 #19
they'll bring him home grasswire Jun 2013 #22
So you believe Snowden without any evidence but discount the newspaper report. randome Jun 2013 #23
!!! grasswire Jun 2013 #25
I'm not a judge or jury. I can 'convict' anyone I want at DU. So can you. randome Jun 2013 #29
And they have Floyd_Gondolli Jun 2013 #31
I heard grand jury's can bring charges to a ham sandwich still_one Jun 2013 #35
so you think he should come back to the US then? arely staircase Jun 2013 #36
I have no opinion on what he should do. grasswire Jun 2013 #38
if he is to get due process, a jury, etc. that is what he must do. arely staircase Jun 2013 #40
then you do not understand this situation at all grasswire Jun 2013 #42
Hey, gotta do what's gotta be done to put this sucker to bed. Autumn Jun 2013 #5
Very sad. Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #12
This is make or break in my eyes. Autumn Jun 2013 #13
Snowden is a Chinese spy - Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #9
None of the documents revealed any information about Chinese military systems, Snowden said. dkf Jun 2013 #14
Yup, I noticed that as well - Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #15
...and I thought McCarthyism was a thing of the past grasswire Jun 2013 #24
The pro-spying crowd is ratcheting up the propaganda... reformist2 Jun 2013 #11
Well I suppose they could be lying here cstanleytech Jun 2013 #17
A real spy would have done this on the sly... kentuck Jun 2013 #18
This is how a REAL spy does it - Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #20
He went to Hong Kong several months ago. How do you know pnwmom Jun 2013 #33
We don't know, do we? kentuck Jun 2013 #37
No. There's a game being played here. Ellsberg wrote DevonRex Jun 2013 #34
He didn't sell any secrets. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #21
we don't even have evidence of that. grasswire Jun 2013 #26
That kind of cuts both ways--this guy has been making a lot of claims. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #27
I saw an article earlier that mentioned more specific details about what we were doing. It mentioned okaawhatever Jun 2013 #28
Evidence and independent thought aren't welcome here anymore DesMoinesDem Jun 2013 #30
He's, at the very least, giving it to them freely, pnwmom Jun 2013 #32
If he was in this for the money... grasswire Jun 2013 #39
Where would he have stashed the fortune now that you can't hide money pnwmom Jun 2013 #45
actually he at least wants them to let him stay arely staircase Jun 2013 #44
Whoever said that seems to be taking talking points from Fox "News" and newsmax. limpyhobbler Jun 2013 #41
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