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In reply to the discussion: Much of Snowden's resume is made up of exaggerations or outright lies. [View all]lanlady
(7,134 posts)145. I beg to differ
I work at Booz Allen. Intel is only one of part of our business. Most of what we do relates to IT, systems and database administration, organizational strategy, network security, cyber security, health care, all sorts of areas. The company is chock-a-block with talented, smart, dedicated people. We are not "out of control." Our customers love us because we do great work.
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Much of Snowden's resume is made up of exaggerations or outright lies. [View all]
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2013
OP
His character matters because he's making some serious assertions that aren't backed up
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#116
The division across DU on this issue does seem to be unusually clear, doesn't it?
sibelian
Jun 2013
#75
It's also possible the NSA is combing through your garbage. Hiding under your bed.
randome
Jun 2013
#154
This just raises the question of why Booz Allen hired him into a six-figure job
Sanity Claws
Jun 2013
#6
He already had the clearance, which was probably a key reason he got hired. n/t
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#118
No. Why did the CIA hire him. BAH can be forgiven for thinking the CIA did their job.
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#122
Yeah, I guess we should look more at finding the truth of massage therapist groping by Al Gore!...
cascadiance
Jun 2013
#38
Analogy fail. The "groping" had nothing to do with his credibility on climate chagne
yodermon
Jun 2013
#89
But it was CIA who gave him TS/SI clearance. Before that he was just a security GUARD
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#125
FBI still verify, but they are using contractors to do the verification more and more
HipChick
Jun 2013
#66
so if the CIA and the NSA are so incompetent, why do you trust them with your data?
Monkie
Jun 2013
#58
This speaks to a wider op in the CIA. A mole who's still there. maybe foreign but
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#127
I think he created documents to "prove" some of it & his background check is suspicious.
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#128
Problem is TS/SI clearances depend on character. His Army application? All lies.
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#138
And Switzerland has its own system of what? If your links have any meaning
A Simple Game
Jun 2013
#156
I used to work in defense and had top secret clearance also 20 yrs ago. I heard..
JackN415
Jun 2013
#23
Exactly. Many defense or homeland security contractors are very slack in hiring...
JackN415
Jun 2013
#19
So, you can't answer the question. And I'm not a dude so save the condescending crap.
forestpath
Jun 2013
#39
are you high? where do you get this crap? Booze-Allen is about as Reich-wing as they come since
Drew Richards
Jun 2013
#91
I'll bet any amount of money that his pole-dancing-stripper-ballerina girlfriend doesn't exist.
tridim
Jun 2013
#27
Oh, no. She's for realz!!! She posted 'scantily clad photographs' of herself.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#194
Ah, yes, the daring adventures of the one percent. Don't worry, they'll be fine...
freshwest
Jun 2013
#198
According to FBI counter terrorism agent Tim Clemente and others (who would know) they ARE.
KurtNYC
Jun 2013
#209
This an excellent piece, and helps to clear up why BAH hired Snowden. It's about
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#40
but he DID enlist, he WAS in the cia, he WAS in the nsa, he DID have the access.
Monkie
Jun 2013
#45
Any body language experts out there care to take a stab at how he looks on video?
randome
Jun 2013
#46
He doesn't have to since the Administration has not only copped but defended the practices.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2013
#79
he kind of reminds me of those guys in LA who talk about how they wrote huge movie scripts
JI7
Jun 2013
#49
Yet BoozAllen hired him. Revealing the utter incomptence of private spying companies is
snagglepuss
Jun 2013
#50
He could have said, "I'll answer that in a classified briefing Congressman." That would
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#85
Not at all. He would merely be saying that the information was classified and that
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#166
Of course there is. He could have said "Congressman, it's not a simple yes or no,
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#169
That's a pretty large leap to get to that answer. If I'm an intel guy and say
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#178
We're really just stuck on semantics here, Jeff. You say it *must* be answered as a yes/no
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#220
I doubt people had any idea of the scope of this program... and still don't.
SomethingFishy
Jun 2013
#152
Just be patient. They are sick and responding to a serious conflict between core beliefs and...
NoodleyAppendage
Jun 2013
#176
O boy... a padded resume that gets passed the meta data folks... Snowden didn't exaggerate
midnight
Jun 2013
#76
I've posted numerous times that I'm opposed to the program the way it's currently constituted
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2013
#110
The fact that he's lying on his resume doesn't mean he lied on his clearance paperwork. (nt)
jeff47
Jun 2013
#165
THEY CHECK THAT TOO!!! Background checkers will ask your neighbors how many times did you
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#216
Big Brother, Member of the W German Stasi, on par N Korea's Internal Security,
baldguy
Jun 2013
#139
And that's why it's fascism when Bush does it, but it's okay if Obama does it
Android3.14
Jun 2013
#147
who cares? It doesn't change the fact that Obama's administration is overseeing
bowens43
Jun 2013
#177
Well fer chrysake, do you *deny* that he held the jobs he did, that the info released was genuine?
delrem
Jun 2013
#187
I was agreeing with you, 99. The reference is from the movie "UP". When the dogs
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#224
No, Cali-Democrat, you're not a quisling. You're a whistleblower. We're all winners here!
freshwest
Jun 2013
#195
You analyzed it correctly. Rotten tomatoes indeed. Ratfucking Central Casting flopped a bit.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#200
I knew he was lying about everything once I heard he donated $250 to Ron Paul. n/t
hughee99
Jun 2013
#215