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In reply to the discussion: NSA Staffer: Snowden Didn't Dupe Coworkers Out of Passwords [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)Everything I have read suggests he didn't get to the point where he did any Special Forces training. He was simply "accepted into the program" as a reservist.
I can guess how he got into the Army. He probably aced the ASVAB, went in as a CAT I (smartest group) and it's entirely possible that his recruiter forged his High School diploma, particularly if they were limiting the number of NHSG (non high school grads) to be accessed. Anyone looking at a packet from an enlistee of any branch of service who is a CAT 1 or 2 won't even suspect a rat, they'll assume the diploma is valid--they only will get suspicious or even go out of their way to check if the recruit is a CAT IV. When they do an ENTNAC, they are looking for criminal conduct, not specifics that are recorded in an enlistment application, and he jumped through that hoop without issue.
This guy obviously wasn't stupid, and the ASVAB is not that difficult a test, anyway.