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kentuck

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56. propaganda war

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 12:53 PM

Jun 2013

Russians think the Chinese got something they did not and Chinese think the Russia might have gotten something they did not???? Americans think both of them got something. It's like liar's poker....

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‘Chinese government managed to drain contents of four laptops Snowden brought to Hong Kong’ [View all] kpete Jun 2013 OP

How? jsr Jun 2013 #1

Gee Wally, how do u think? Narkos Jun 2013 #2

Through NSA's back door. You think? Downwinder Jun 2013 #5

Wow, that was clever Narkos Jun 2013 #7

The two sources should have names cthulu2016 Jun 2013 #3

+1! The OP is nothing but propaganda. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #19

You don't know that for sure flamingdem Jun 2013 #22

Hah! RobertEarl Jun 2013 #4

This lends credence to the theory that Snowden is actually a US agent Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #6

I wish you were right. flamingdem Jun 2013 #13

A US agent? pnwmom Jun 2013 #31

Yep Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #60

Well I think that idea would sort of depend more on how credulous you are in general. sibelian Jun 2013 #41

How to drain a hard drive... HipChick Jun 2013 #8

He's screwed. The hard drives are empty now. jsr Jun 2013 #21

And now I'm sure the Russians are draining that information. Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #9

Hong Kong Eddie, what a winner flamingdem Jun 2013 #11

weasel words from the NYT that covered up the warrantless wiretapping for bush Monkie Jun 2013 #32

EXACTLY! marions ghost Jun 2013 #45

Yes, I guess I was right about the Lil' Red Riding flamingdem Jun 2013 #14

2 intelligence agents "believe" JimDandy Jun 2013 #16

They're stating the obvious. The Chinese hosted him, the Chinese called the shots flamingdem Jun 2013 #17

Ridiculous speculation. JimDandy Jun 2013 #18

I think it's valid speculation but it's also likely to be flamingdem Jun 2013 #20

If this is what passes for intelligence JimDandy Jun 2013 #23

yeah, granted it's a bit obvious flamingdem Jun 2013 #24

I believe I heard he is going through Venezuela as well davidpdx Jun 2013 #33

Favorite article title of the night: Snowden se convierte en Papa Caliente flamingdem Jun 2013 #10

Like they have free internet in China treestar Jun 2013 #12

pots and kettles, there is no high ground when neck deep in the swamp Monkie Jun 2013 #30

They don't davidpdx Jun 2013 #34

k and r animato Jun 2013 #15

"Drained", meaning emptied, as in his HDD are now all empty? cui bono Jun 2013 #25

The disks were removed from the drives IDemo Jun 2013 #47

OMG. That's what happened to me! cui bono Jun 2013 #62

Why carry around four laptops madville Jun 2013 #26

Maybe they weren't his laptops to begin with? randome Jun 2013 #39

Well, everyone knows it takes 4 laptops to hold the weight of 200 documents jsr Jun 2013 #44

According to Greenwald, Snowden has turned over "thousands" of documents. Skidmore Jun 2013 #46

Thousands of documents fit on my laptop. Nt Pale Blue Dot Jun 2013 #58

Some documents can only be accessed by given computers in given locations Recursion Jun 2013 #55

Drained all the way down the intertubes right into the skeptic tank! n/t mhatrw Jun 2013 #27

"Drain"? Recursion Jun 2013 #28

Really?? You don't realize this is metaphor? flamingdem Jun 2013 #48

In 20 years of tech work that's a metaphor I've never heard for file transfers Recursion Jun 2013 #49

Oh c'mon that's a perfectly useful term to use to describe that action flamingdem Jun 2013 #50

Since the "intelligence experts" are sourced anonymously, the words they use are all I have to go on Recursion Jun 2013 #51

well I agree that the experts do sound bogus flamingdem Jun 2013 #54

it's a perfectly promulent term frylock Jun 2013 #66

This is really lame, even for the already lame NYT n/t Catherina Jun 2013 #29

The truth is with the information outside the US davidpdx Jun 2013 #35

"believe"? Babel_17 Jun 2013 #36

Thanks a pant load, Snowdumb Berlum Jun 2013 #37

so these experts believe this based on what? cali Jun 2013 #38

Four laptops? NoPasaran Jun 2013 #40

And each one had to go in a separate bin jberryhill Jun 2013 #43

lol treestar Jun 2013 #59

Were they poledancing at the time? sibelian Jun 2013 #42

According to "two Western intelligence experts..." Oh, ok then. Skip Intro Jun 2013 #52

All Unsubstantiated Allegations cantbeserious Jun 2013 #53

USA don't need real evidence. ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #61

Too True - Agree Completely cantbeserious Jun 2013 #67

propaganda war kentuck Jun 2013 #56

And their proof? How do they know? Pale Blue Dot Jun 2013 #57

Guessing done by intelligence experts, written to sound like fact Marrah_G Jun 2013 #63

The problem with defending Snowden. ProSense Jun 2013 #64

Of course they did. DevonRex Jun 2013 #65