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3. "Funny, Snowden despised leakers & those who put spies' lives at risk until *this* President was

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2015, 10:36 PM

Jun 2015

elected"

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/13/a-tweet-or-two-299/

From Twitter..

"Didn't Snowden say China/Russia didn't get any files? Someone has some re-affirming to do .."

https://twitter.com/MichaelKelleyBI/status/609853231494266880

https://twitter.com/20committee/status/609868934658019328

“There’s a zero percent chance the Russians or Chinese have received any documents" -- Ed #Snowden, NYT, 17 Oct 2013
https://twitter.com/20committee/status/609869236727627777

https://twitter.com/20committee/status/609868513730260992

https://twitter.com/20committee/status/609865311735672833

https://twitter.com/hdevreij/status/609854116240748544

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1117409

But, I don't care if he stays in Russia or not.. he thinks it's such a great bastion of civil rights.. let him stay there. He doesn't seem the type to take responsibility for his actions.

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Why Edward Snowden Belongs in Prison [View all] arely staircase Jun 2015 OP

Yeah Right - Not That Old Meme Again cantbeserious Jun 2015 #1

Yeah, and all of that data that hackers got Aerows Jun 2015 #2

It's important to quote that article Oilwellian Jun 2015 #54

"Funny, Snowden despised leakers & those who put spies' lives at risk until *this* President was Cha Jun 2015 #3

Snowden is a fucking racist, IMO. eom MohRokTah Jun 2015 #7

What? Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #10

Forget it. He's on a roll. pa28 Jun 2015 #17

Hey, but he's 95% for Bernie! Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #48

What do Snowden and Bernie have to do with one another? Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #85

Absolutely nothing, which brings us back to Moh's posts. bluesbassman Jun 2015 #88

Lol! So predictable. Katashi_itto Jun 2015 #55

I hope he stays there for ever... SoapBox Jun 2015 #28

"A senior Downing Street source" markpkessinger Jun 2015 #4

Yup. It is not as if a "senior Downing Street source" truebluegreen Jun 2015 #5

No, they won't BeyondGeography Jun 2015 #23

If you can't trust David Cameron's people, who can you trust? QC Jun 2015 #19

That David Cameron is such a nice young man! RufusTFirefly Jun 2015 #33

Good read, that one. Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #56

It's pretty ridiculous to believe that the US hasn't changed code in 2 years. marym625 Jun 2015 #26

Good that our site's resident Tories put so much faith in the anonymous Tory sources over there... villager Jun 2015 #77

Or, "Why we need a distraction from the real hacking story from China" MrMickeysMom Jun 2015 #6

+1000 marym625 Jun 2015 #27

Hey, maybe these folks will all put me on "ignore"… MrMickeysMom Jun 2015 #29

LOL! marym625 Jun 2015 #30

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Scuba Jun 2015 #43

Thread win! L0oniX Jun 2015 #61

I'm pretty sure that most people are able to focus on more than one story at any given time. LanternWaste Jun 2015 #72

Petraeus = cushy WH advisory gig while on "probation" nt riderinthestorm Jun 2015 #8

Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #9

Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #12

And where nipple clamps involved?.... Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2015 #14

I know it. But anybody that sounds as though their mom still does their laundry shouldn't really be GoneFishin Jun 2015 #16

Honestly, though, does that poster BELONG on DU? Bonobo Jun 2015 #31

I like to pretend I know who belongs on DU also. LanternWaste Jun 2015 #74

I LOVE your posts. Bonobo Jun 2015 #92

I don't believe anything Kelvin Mace Jun 2015 #11

Neither do I. 840high Jun 2015 #21

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #13

The government created Snowden davidn3600 Jun 2015 #15

Yep. If there weren't rogue spying activities being carried out against innocent Americans, and GoneFishin Jun 2015 #18

Thank you. +10 840high Jun 2015 #20

Welcome to the Panopticon Fairgo Jun 2015 #22

Or: Diversion from massive hacking of US government databases. daredtowork Jun 2015 #24

And This Is Why Hillary Will Have Difficulties... Nobody Is Buying This Crap Anymore... WillyT Jun 2015 #25

We aren't buying your crap and the anonymous sources that pushes this crap. Luminous Animal Jun 2015 #32

But he didn't take any files with him to China and Russia. Maedhros Jun 2015 #34

you know he didnt take any files how? nt arely staircase Jun 2015 #57

Watch Citizen Four. Exilednight Jun 2015 #66

You know what you posted in your OP is true how? Hissyspit Jun 2015 #76

We need to Look Forward. OnyxCollie Jun 2015 #35

I am waiting for the new set of lies Snowden will be telling next, I am sure he will have a Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #36

It's the fault of those responsible journalists! randome Jun 2015 #46

What is someone's fault? Hissyspit Jun 2015 #59

Oh, please. Greenwald's 'evidence' is anything Snowden says. randome Jun 2015 #69

Oh, please, your evidence is anything a right-wing British government and anonymous intelligence Hissyspit Jun 2015 #71

Big rec especially the hide. nilesobek Jun 2015 #37

I was on one jury. cwydro Jun 2015 #41

Why? Hissyspit Jun 2015 #58

Maybe its lost in translation which hide I am referring to. nilesobek Jun 2015 #62

Ok, sorry. Hissyspit Jun 2015 #70

Oh no problem. nilesobek Jun 2015 #93

This is what happens when sophomoric idiots fancy themselves as heroes stevenleser Jun 2015 #38

Indeed Fumesucker Jun 2015 #39

Like Snowden and Greenwald, who were fans of both. Nt stevenleser Jun 2015 #40

A review of Greenwald's first book, How Would a Patriot Act.. Fumesucker Jun 2015 #47

That would be Obama "they keep us safe" JonLP24 Jun 2015 #49

Smart as a cookie, naive as a platypus. randome Jun 2015 #50

Naive would be to buying what government officials say JonLP24 Jun 2015 #52

After having lived through the Iraq War and the garbage stenography that made it to the front pages Hissyspit Jun 2015 #78

WHAT happens? Hissyspit Jun 2015 #42

They call Snowden naive JonLP24 Jun 2015 #51

That's been my general impression of him, too. He mostly wanted to make R B Garr Jun 2015 #67

The consequences being people lying about him and what he did, apparently? Hissyspit Jun 2015 #73

No, the consequences being Snowden living in exile because of the R B Garr Jun 2015 #80

That's not what stevenleser, the poster you responded to, was referring to. Hissyspit Jun 2015 #82

LOL, that's not how I read it. He also responded to a picture of Cheney/Bush R B Garr Jun 2015 #86

Oh, good grief... Hissyspit Jun 2015 #87

Yikes, the article posted was about Snowden. Stevenleser referred to R B Garr Jun 2015 #90

I miss the unrec button. Scuba Jun 2015 #44

As long as you throw Booz Hamilton, the NSA directors, JonLP24 Jun 2015 #45

Edward Snowden could have gone about this madokie Jun 2015 #53

Edward Snowden is a hero. L0oniX Jun 2015 #60

Sorry but that Sunday Times story is very dubious...... marmar Jun 2015 #63

Stop being so melodramatic! My goodness akbacchus_BC Jun 2015 #64

Not a big fan of throwing nonviolent people in prison. NewSystemNeeded Jun 2015 #65

Did you miss the public pressure for Britain to back up their claims JonLP24 Jun 2015 #68

Seriously. Hissyspit Jun 2015 #75

says an unnamed "source" from "Downing Street. " G_j Jun 2015 #79

Oh, it's worse than that. Hissyspit Jun 2015 #81

I used to think I had a pretty Manichean view of the world but the denizens of this board DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #83

Well, the American people have already made up their minds about the idiot. And "hero" doesn't..... Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #84

But apparently lying about him and falling for bullshit smear articles from right-wing gov'ts does. Hissyspit Jun 2015 #89

at one time it was illegal to read silently . olddots Jun 2015 #91

Go Here: Aerows Jun 2015 #94