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In reply to the discussion: So, the big lie Snowden told is an important one [View all]OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Despite the contentions of both the Snowden Fanboys and some of those who've exercised a bit of due diligence, I don't believe that Snowden's all that bright. He's been promoted as a wunderkind, first by Greenwald, then by the media echo-chamber, then by the gullible... until it's become accepted truth. But there's really no evidence of it.
By all appearances he was a network admin for a DoD contractor. Not to diminish the avocation but, frankly, those are a dime-a-dozen.
And it would appear that what he's "revealed", though classified, is likely orientation material - maybe a bit of other low-level chaff sloughed from elsewhere, but prolly not. It's entirely possible that he thought he had his mitts on super-spy intel without understanding the first thing about it. That's evidenced by the fact that nothing he's released has been earth-shattering and that some of what he's released contradicts his fantasies about his work-related abilities.
Someone else sorta alluded to it: A guard outside a Top Secret meeting room doesn't know what's going on inside just because he sees who comes and goes. He may think he's on the inside track, but he's still nothing but a grunt with a badge.