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brush

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18. Yep! And whatever part Greenwald played in . . .
Sat Jul 6, 2013, 10:53 PM
Jul 2013

him turning over the info in the first place coupled with the fleeing. I don't think his hands are completely clean in the whole thing.

If Snowden had only... [View all] SHRED Jul 2013 OP
he needed the powers of the Matrix. Rex Jul 2013 #1
Sorry, Georgie Porgie was never elected. Cleita Jul 2013 #8
Good point, that is true and I doubt he was elected in 2004 either. Rex Jul 2013 #10
Well, of course. Our intelligence should never have been turned over to a private Cleita Jul 2013 #13
As a taxpayer we demand better! Rex Jul 2013 #16
Good luck at getting rid of the Patriot Act considering our Dems signed on to it in spite Cleita Jul 2013 #17
The whole thing is about a distraction that leads to a distraction Rex Jul 2013 #21
They won! The saddest words today.n/t Cleita Jul 2013 #22
I knew they were true words growing up watching Ronald Wilson Reagan Rex Jul 2013 #23
Yep! And whatever part Greenwald played in . . . brush Jul 2013 #18
It is the thing both parties do NOT want to discuss. Rex Jul 2013 #20
Kind of difficult when the perjuring Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #32
Yes. Benton D Struckcheon Jul 2013 #2
Spying on the governments of other nations is one thing Fumesucker Jul 2013 #12
Given what happened to Bimmey and Drake nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #3
Stayed and 'faced the justice system' like Manning? eom Purveyor Jul 2013 #4
+100 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #7
He would have had to have visited us all individually ... dawg Jul 2013 #5
He could have remained anonymous. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #25
But the data would still have gotten into foreign hands. dawg Jul 2013 #26
He had relevant info he wants to dump, he could have dumped it. Anonymously. At once. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #27
There is no more "anonymously". dawg Jul 2013 #28
He had to go to a news org. that would publish it and that turned Cleita Jul 2013 #6
It would have been nearly impossible trying to remain anonymous and a lot easier zeeland Jul 2013 #14
I'm not disagreeing that you could be right. Cleita Jul 2013 #19
The advantage of his remaining is that he can be more easily silenced. Savannahmann Jul 2013 #9
well put...thank you SHRED Jul 2013 #11
Our children are already suffering. zeeland Jul 2013 #24
Chaos theory. Savannahmann Jul 2013 #31
Exactly! brush Jul 2013 #15
No...we use international cooperation to get around US laws protecting citizens. dkf Jul 2013 #29
He'd be in Gitmo being waterboarded... 99Forever Jul 2013 #30
Some things that Snowden said are contradicted by some of the documents he released. Galraedia Jul 2013 #33
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