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In reply to the discussion: NSA Staffer: Snowden Didn't Dupe Coworkers Out of Passwords [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)86. Well I got YELLED AT for calling him a possible Chinese spy
in the beginning of this Hootenanny. SO I could be a little bitter about this entire thing and apologize.
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Sounds like he wasn't the only one concerned about what was going on. But he was one ready to take
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#3
Why bother with that NSA appologist that repeats the same laughable things over and over?
DesMoinesDem
Dec 2013
#9
Greenwald sure thought he had the NSA by the short hairs when he trumpeted 'direct access'.
randome
Dec 2013
#15
Did you ever work for a phone company back in the old days when the lines were physically
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#120
So the NSA is blackmailing every employee of Google, Microsoft, Facebook, etc?
randome
Dec 2013
#132
The metadata being collected was fine with everyone until Snowden yelled 'Fire!'
randome
Dec 2013
#172
I agree he's no traitor, just a confused loner who has now painted himself into a corner.
randome
Dec 2013
#12
Just the fact that admin at NSA leaked files would be enough to produce an initial sense of betrayal
Hissyspit
Dec 2013
#20
Maybe if you read the excerpt you cited a few more times you will understand it.
DesMoinesDem
Dec 2013
#21
Okay, then, thanks for the info. Maybe that's exactly what happened to him, then.
randome
Dec 2013
#114
So can I. I think he broke the legs on the regular obstacle course, though, not "Special Forces."
MADem
Dec 2013
#126
The source in the article is unnamed, so there's no way "he or she" can be challenged.
MADem
Dec 2013
#100
Yes, I do. Usually a reporter--an investigative one, adhering to standard 'journalistic' practices--
MADem
Dec 2013
#122
If you believe that Forbes is a neutral arbiter of events of the day, I have a bridge to sell you,
MADem
Dec 2013
#163
No, the story is an anecdote by an unnamed person. A single, solitary unnamed person, gossiping
MADem
Dec 2013
#174
"But an NSA staffer"... lol... SnowGlen fans are stretching.................again
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#18
which part is unclear? That people are supposed to believe ONE " anonymous" source or that
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#25
FALSE Der Spiegel didn't GOT files from space aliens they got them from Snow Glen and specifically
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#34
You're right, I wont believe ONE anonymous source but Der Spiegel is good enough for me to
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#35
I disagree, you can whistle blow to authorities and not state sponsored news sources like Chinas
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#110
You're CORRECT, I agree not their fault but that's not RIGHT and that's were I draw the line...
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#111
Can you link to the exact part of any article where Der Spiegel says Snowden
riderinthestorm
Dec 2013
#46
"SPIEGEL has decided not to publish details it has seen...that could endanger the lives of NSA worke
ProSense
Dec 2013
#58
So you only have a hypothetical, nothing more. That's not any evidence at all. nt
riderinthestorm
Dec 2013
#93
You do realize that a German publication was quoted, there? Not "opinion"--fact. nt
MADem
Dec 2013
#176
Amazing how this shit mattered when it was Valerie Plame getting screwed by the Bush crew.
MADem
Dec 2013
#175
..that's true, you have a point... that guy couldah been Donald Duck too... I don't trust this
uponit7771
Dec 2013
#168
Like certain people automatically believed he duped people out of passwords,
Hissyspit
Dec 2013
#143
Dunno about 'tools'...maybe I would say 'sheeple unknowingly helping support Big Brother.'
Rex
Dec 2013
#60
It is AMAZING isn't it? The constant clanging for obedience to the rules that the 1% have created
HangOnKids
Dec 2013
#61
"Obviously facing a dead-end career. Attention seeking media whore." SARCASM.
GoneFishin
Dec 2013
#159
Well well. This is new. Someone is finding a different string to pull to unravel the official story.
Hekate
Dec 2013
#177
He duped them. Pwds were not given to him to steal the data. He lied and duped them.
stevenleser
Dec 2013
#190