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alcibiades_mystery

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12. Meh...these are very minor crimes, I think, in the big scheme of things

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Tue Jul 2, 2013, 12:47 AM

Jul 2013

Snowden enabled some bad guys to improve their trade craft, but that's about it. Very little of this will be remembered in two years time.

Guy didn't know anything the Chinese didn't know already. If he did, he'd still be in Hong Kong, instead of sitting at Terminal Nyet.

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Snowden and the Chinese [View all] arely staircase Jul 2013 OP

seriously? none of the snowden defenders want to weigh in arely staircase Jul 2013 #1

The Chinese have a history of stealing American military secrets alp227 Jul 2013 #16

my favorite excuse is - oh, like the Chinese don't know we are spying on them, as if arely staircase Jul 2013 #19

Kind of seems like the definition of treason. MH1 Jul 2013 #2

his fanbase tries to act like that part just didn't happen arely staircase Jul 2013 #3

this is where they say "IT'S NOT ABOUT SNOWDEN" JI7 Jul 2013 #7

today it is Spartacus nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #9

I have to say Skittles Jul 2013 #27

how so? nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #32

and you have a great sense of humor!!!! Skittles Jul 2013 #34

thanks arely staircase Jul 2013 #35

really? nobody will own "no"? arely staircase Jul 2013 #4

I'll own it. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #10

. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #5

Greenwald is lying to you, usGovOwesUs3Trillion. n/t Whisp Jul 2013 #6

Don't you love how Palinesque that Paul Revere quote is? nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #11

yeh, noticed. Whisp Jul 2013 #15

We will disagree on almost every aspect of this thread. But I agree with you on this. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #17

This has been a long time coming for the US. We think we own the world. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #8

Whatever happens to us we almost certainly deserve it? arely staircase Jul 2013 #13

Americans enjoy prosperity at the cost of the rest of the world. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #14

Seriously, don't you understand that China hacks us constantly and even DevonRex Jul 2013 #23

Oh sweet Devon, it's you who's being played... Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #24

PLA Unit 61398--their job is to collect a lot more than "metadata"....on US. Look 'em up. nt MADem Jul 2013 #26

I repeat: I choose not to justify our misdeeds by saying others are doing the same. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #28

Good thing you ain't "The Decider" then, isn't it? nt MADem Jul 2013 #30

I'd rather watch this country crumble than turn into an evil empire. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #36

Well, fortunately your hyperbolic imaginings will not come to pass. You won't have to do either. nt MADem Jul 2013 #37

the histrionics are hilarious nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #41

Meh...these are very minor crimes, I think, in the big scheme of things alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #12

we get it Enrique Jul 2013 #18

and big bad meanie Obama won't let him use his passport to fly around the world committing espionage arely staircase Jul 2013 #20

snort flamingdem Jul 2013 #25

... Cha Jul 2013 #31

STOP IT ENRIQUE Skittles Jul 2013 #29

"Regardless of your thoughts on the rightness of his actions in leaking the NSA, ".... limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #21

Well then just say that, and I guess you did. arely staircase Jul 2013 #22

No, the punishment would be too harsh, in my opinion. nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #33

Snowden shared classified information with everyone, that's what public info is about. napoleon_in_rags Jul 2013 #38

I didn't chose China he did. arely staircase Jul 2013 #39

I'd compose a lengthy response... napoleon_in_rags Jul 2013 #40