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In reply to the discussion: Snowden Defends Questioning Putin: I Want To Hold Him Accountable, Too [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)62. He's more of a Forrest Gump getting his strings pulled by nefarious people...
First by his friends, and now by Putin...All his heavily coached and filtered interviews and public statements have not been able to mask the fact that he is of average intelligence at best...
Years from now the real story will probably come out about how some of Snowden's "friends" approached him and said he'd be a famous hero and manipulated him into lifting the files and going public (because he's tailor-made for the role -- right age, camera-friendly looks, clean background, and smart but not too smart)...So Snowden is the one with his bacon in the fire while his "friends" sit back in the shadows and reap the benefit of the revelations...
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Snowden Defends Questioning Putin: I Want To Hold Him Accountable, Too [View all]
ProSense
Apr 2014
OP
No better way to hold him accountable than by participating in his yearly PR circus!
Democracyinkind
Apr 2014
#1
I hope you're not suggesting that torture is a legitimate form of being held accountable.
totodeinhere
Apr 2014
#10
Now Snowden needs to be accountable for his actions. He has lied and deceived.
Thinkingabout
Apr 2014
#16
Rubbish. Snowden has the NSA docs detailing what's known about Russian surveillance.
BenzoDia
Apr 2014
#20
Absolutely. The NSA would have intel on another country's surveillance programs.
BenzoDia
Apr 2014
#44
Yes, he obviously had access to the intelligence capabilities of other countries.
BenzoDia
Apr 2014
#50
R#8 for, bwah-HAH let's see how accountable Pooty will be when SNOWjob is in a dungeon n/t
UTUSN
Apr 2014
#24
He's more of a Forrest Gump getting his strings pulled by nefarious people...
Blue_Tires
Apr 2014
#62
You post a lot about Snowden. It's clear where you stand regarding him and that's fine. But...
ChisolmTrailDem
Apr 2014
#53