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In reply to the discussion: General Correction: Snowden did not choose to be in Russia. [View all]Tarheel_Dem
(31,207 posts)78. Ding! Ding! Ding!
She offered a wiki entry, from 2005, that spoke to RT's "availability" in US households. Somehow, she managed to conflate that with viewership. If that number were true, they'd beat out all of cable news combined.
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Shouldn't that be followed by "AFAIK"? You don't know if it was accident or not.
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2014
#1
As has been pointed out, Snowie went missing a few days before he "surfaced" in Russia.
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2014
#4
Well there's somebody who appears to be 100% convinced that Snowden was a Russian spy
Number23
Apr 2014
#84
And who's in a better position to know Snowden's professional status than Vlad the Impaler?
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2014
#120
Wouldn't a more likely translation be that he was saying that Snowden, working for the
karynnj
Apr 2014
#128
That's entirely possible. But given the nature of what I've read about Snowden's position with the
Number23
Apr 2014
#150
See my edit. Nothing I've read about Snowden's NSA position has ever even come close to equalling
Number23
Apr 2014
#154
Not sure if you were aware, but Edward Snowden was in the (mostly subcontracted) employ of the NSA.
DisgustipatedinCA
Apr 2014
#143
I am so sick of people falling for the character assasination of Edward Snowden& propaganda that's
Rockyj
Apr 2014
#141
No, it shouldn't. It is a fact which apparently is known to the OP. The US Govt forced Snowden
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#44
I, and many others, have been waiting for a link since she made that ludicrous claim.
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2014
#72
You are conflating the amount of people who have the channel on their cable box with the amount who
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#89
Because he is a traitor and then wanted to stop him from moving to someplace else?
theboss
Apr 2014
#127
A traitor? Could you post some confirmation of that claim? A link to a conviction
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#129
So he's not a traitor, that was just 'poo flinging'. Thank you, that clears things up.
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#138
The facts of this certainly ruined Republican Rep Rogers when he tried to push the lie that Snowden
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#48
Yeah, think of all the terrorist attacks that he has enabled since the leaks
progressoid
Apr 2014
#134
Dude - don't you know that Snowden being a Russian spy is the ONE AND ONLY conspiracy
djean111
Apr 2014
#7
Of course it's crazy, which is why the only morons who have tried, and failed, to spread that lie
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#52
Uh, no, I already said he's not the only one. The far right almost unanimously want to believe.
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#62
How about he 'might be a US Spy that the US managed to force into Russia so he could
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#174
So that friendly meeting at the Russian consulate in Hong Kong never happened?
Blue_Tires
Apr 2014
#12
To be honest, I'd have expected him to already be where he wanted to defect to
Blue_Tires
Apr 2014
#24
Let them stick to their little bullshit meme.. snowden fans need something to cling to
Cha
Apr 2014
#17
Don't you love the "he didn't have a choice!!!111!11!" routine? Of course he had a choice.
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#19
"He's certainly not in a good position to criticize the Russian government..."
ProSense
Apr 2014
#23
Has a veteran ever wound up in Russia because he feared losing Internet access?
BeyondGeography
Apr 2014
#85
Heroes generally do tear their own lives apart for the benefit of others. I'm not sure we here in
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#69
Yes, this country, imho, doesn't deserve people like him or Greenwald or anyone else who has
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#146
How do you know he didn't plan that path from the beginning? If he had, it wouldn't
pnwmom
Apr 2014
#38
Because OP knows the facts don't back up their memes. No one forced Snowden to do anything up
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#90
Strictly speaking, a passport is not required for international travel:
struggle4progress
Apr 2014
#56
Hong Kong had refused to turn him over to the US but made no offer to allow him to remain in Hong
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#66
You're not making any sense. There's simply no right to travel under the protection of the US
struggle4progress
Apr 2014
#70
He was not fleeing 'justice' he was fleeing INJUSTICE. See the US record on the
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#76
He was not fleeing 'justice' he was fleeing INJUSTICE. See the US record on the
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#76
He's made multiple mistakes, many of which seem to flow from his libertarian tendencies,
struggle4progress
Apr 2014
#87
Perhaps, but one thing for certain if that was so he would have gone to the country that he wanted
lostincalifornia
Apr 2014
#57
Simple solution. Give him back his passport and let him go where he pleases.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2014
#68
The US has not seized his passport: presumably he is still in possession of those papers. The US has
struggle4progress
Apr 2014
#74
There are five to ten decisions he chose to make that got him where he is. All choices.
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#92
Some level of domestic spying was known, was it not? I take it you knew about FISA before this?
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#124
FISA has been on the books since Carter. And we don't know one way or the other
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#202
There are nine including two by you and one by Jack Riddler. Guess you were wrong. nt
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#199
If Ecuador wants him and he wants to go, their embassy could issue him travel documents.
tarheelsunc
Apr 2014
#106
When Putin is done with him he will be sent to a country willing to take him.
NCTraveler
Apr 2014
#132
If you do a search you will find there are flights from Hawaii to Ecuador, there was not any need
Thinkingabout
Apr 2014
#156
Simple, Snowden has put himself where he is, his choice, he may not have thought
Thinkingabout
Apr 2014
#178