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(116,464 posts) Fri Aug 9, 2013, 04:34 PM Aug 2013

Obama: ‘I Don’t Think Mr. Snowden Was A Patriot’ [View all]

Obama: ‘I Don’t Think Mr. Snowden Was A Patriot’

President Barack Obama said Friday that he didn't believe Edward Snowden, who leaked classified information about National Security Agency data collection programs to several news publications, was a "patriot."

The president said in a press conference that he had signed executive orders offering whistleblower protection to the intelligence community, so there there were "other avenues" available to someone like Snowden "whose conscience was stirred and thought they needed to question government actions."

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Obama: ‘I Don’t Think Mr. Snowden Was A Patriot’ [View all] ProSense Aug 2013 OP

Ditto, Mr. President. Wait Wut Aug 2013 #1

I agree...same sentiment. Tikki Aug 2013 #10

I am almost 60 and I think exposing wrongdoing has always been patriotic. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #20

Exactly! It's highly patriotic of a person mindwalker_i Aug 2013 #76

Meh. The 'Patriot' Act isn't either n/t leftstreet Aug 2013 #2

It's important to remember that the acts title is a NeoCon acronym HereSince1628 Aug 2013 #6

Wasn't it passed unanimously, and continues to pass both parties usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #89

According to press accounts, my senator was the only one that bothered to read it. HereSince1628 Aug 2013 #105

right usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #106

Snowden Robbins Aug 2013 #3

Two words... Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #8

weak nt arely staircase Aug 2013 #12

No, the point. The way he has exposed this has guaranteed that Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #21

yeah he's brilliant arely staircase Aug 2013 #27

! Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #32

Why do you think he wound up in Russia, instead of one of the other nations he applied to MNBrewer Aug 2013 #49

I don't think he deserves asylum anywhere arely staircase Aug 2013 #57

I'm sure you believe all of that, and so what? MNBrewer Aug 2013 #60

I have quite a bit more sympathy for Manning arely staircase Aug 2013 #86

Why would anyone care about your sympathy? Marr Aug 2013 #82

oh I definitely think he sucks arely staircase Aug 2013 #83

I know. The critics really have a bizarre level of hatred for this man. Marr Aug 2013 #85

nah, disgust for traitors isn't bizarre nt arely staircase Aug 2013 #87

It is similar with others who spoke truth to power usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #95

I do usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #91

Ouch, the irony is rich usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #90

that one is so lame treestar Aug 2013 #34

FYI: the totalitarians forbid whistleblower protection for Intel workers usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #98

That's such an absurd position to take. Marr Aug 2013 #81

Life behind bars, torture, murder, is the US usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #88

He's not. He cut and ran rather than stand up for his "beliefs" CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #4

You are the first Democrat I have ever seen using the republican term, cut and run. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #22

Insinuating that a long term DUer is a Republican is an argument failure. MADem Aug 2013 #47

Not insinuating anything. Just an observation. I have never heard a Dem use that term before. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #52

I don't buy that. It's like the "When did you stop beating your wife?" question. MADem Aug 2013 #59

Perhaps in your mind it is but I intended nothing of the kind.Good evening.nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #66

Well, your "observation" stunk like an insult--and I don't think I am the only one who noticed. MADem Aug 2013 #67

I can confirm. Amonester Aug 2013 #75

Reading a novel and having a glass of wine. Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #78

Bourgeois! :) Amonester Aug 2013 #80

I think of Mean Jean Schmidt in red, white, & blue as soon as I hear that detestible phrase DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #58

That was my first thought also. It was a visceral reaction, hearing that phrase again. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #62

Do you want put a ban on the phrase CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #64

If I were queen of the world I would. But I am not so have at it. Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #65

Seriously? CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #63

snowden's a ron paul lovin' libertarian who hates Social Security and Cha Aug 2013 #72

Again? Seriously? bowens43 Aug 2013 #5

So a sitting President's opinion on leaks is JoePhilly Aug 2013 #7

I don't know about that. Skidmore Aug 2013 #9

She physically cannot stop. It is like she cannot say "I might of been wrong" n-t Logical Aug 2013 #11

Apparently, neither can you. Skidmore Aug 2013 #13

What was I wrong about? n-t Logical Aug 2013 #14

No, ProSense Aug 2013 #19

lol treestar Aug 2013 #35

Certainly not a "patriot" to the surveillance state, rule by secrecy and decimation of the 4th... dkf Aug 2013 #15

pass a law to allow it, voila, it is suddenly legal. where did we see this before? nt msongs Aug 2013 #16

I agree with the president.nt sufrommich Aug 2013 #17

Edward Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of news that Tyranny is coming! usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #18

Too bad your meme is based on a common misconception. millennialmax Aug 2013 #23

I think it works for most usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #28

i like the paul revere in a coon skin hat arely staircase Aug 2013 #29

Shhhh!!!! zappaman Aug 2013 #30

even the pro-snowden people think it is embarrassing arely staircase Aug 2013 #37

Thanks for that link, millennialmax! sheshe2 Aug 2013 #51

he can see russia! arely staircase Aug 2013 #36

And not from a jail cell usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #70

No doubt arely staircase Aug 2013 #71

And that he was able to escape the clutches of the US pirates will inspire more usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #73

how ironic nt arely staircase Aug 2013 #74

Yup Bobbie Jo Aug 2013 #110

K & R Scurrilous Aug 2013 #24

And he is somewhat lousy as a President. So? Safetykitten Aug 2013 #25

and you have over three more years of butthurt arely staircase Aug 2013 #33

. Egnever Aug 2013 #93

I don't think anyone should be using the word patriot Life Long Dem Aug 2013 #26

Amen! treestar Aug 2013 #31

I agree with the president, patriot and Snowden are on two opposite ends. If Snowden was Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #38

People Who Just May Be Violating Their Oaths Of Office They Swore To, Should... WillyT Aug 2013 #39

"And I am NOT just talking about the President." ProSense Aug 2013 #43

And He's One Of Many In Official Washington To Do So... WillyT Aug 2013 #44

I agree with the President Progressive dog Aug 2013 #40

He's no George Herbert Walker Bush. Octafish Aug 2013 #41

let me guess. you think Bush I was in on the Kennedy assasination arely staircase Aug 2013 #42

Don't know why else he would laugh about it. Octafish Aug 2013 #45

he couldn't possibly be chuckling because he thinks the CTs are laughable? arely staircase Aug 2013 #46

Not exactly. Poppy reported his suspicions to the FBI only AFTER JFK was dead. Octafish Aug 2013 #50

I have seen them before. arely staircase Aug 2013 #54

What do you make of the Poppy Bush-George deMohrenschildt connection? Octafish Aug 2013 #107

don't know about him arely staircase Aug 2013 #108

Here's something every Democrat and person who cares about democracy should see... Octafish Aug 2013 #114

Here's a patriot. MADem Aug 2013 #48

This is a true patriot, the other not in my book so Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #55

I'm not "proving" anything. I'm just posting a picture of an icon I admire. MADem Aug 2013 #61

Nice photo. n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #56

yep arely staircase Aug 2013 #69

Edward Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of news that Tyranny is coming! usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #84

Wouldn't Paul Revere be the NSA? JaneyVee Aug 2013 #92

No. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #96

Wasn't he warning of a foreign invasion? JaneyVee Aug 2013 #97

Ah, no. They were the legal authorities. You should read up on the period. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #100

Which Paul Revere event are you referring to? JaneyVee Aug 2013 #101

Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of Apri usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #102

The British are coming? JaneyVee Aug 2013 #103

Wrong, as everyone was British then, he said the RED COATS are coming. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #104

What, no etching? nt MADem Aug 2013 #99

I love you. Perfect post. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #53

Lol.. the first comment under the TPM statement from PBO.. Cha Aug 2013 #68

Thanks for the link, Cha. Amonester Aug 2013 #77

Or care.. is my guess, Amonester Cha Aug 2013 #79

the MVP list of human rights nt arely staircase Aug 2013 #94

I don't think he is a whistleblower. Rex Aug 2013 #109

So he thinks Snowden is what? rug Aug 2013 #111

Not a "patriot." n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #112

That's what he thinks he's not. What does he think he is? rug Aug 2013 #113

DU rec...nt SidDithers Aug 2013 #115

K & R Scurrilous Aug 2013 #116