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58. he got a bunch of people to tell him their passwords while doing his job.

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Spies Worry Over 'Doomsday' Cache Stashed By Ex-NSA Contractor Snowden [View all] big_dog Nov 2013 OP

Come on Edward, lark Nov 2013 #1

Transparency, where are you?!?! blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #13

Transparency has gone the way of hope and change. lark Nov 2013 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #26

you want him to publish the names of US agents and humint arely staircase Nov 2013 #38

Now you are just making things up. lark Nov 2013 #41

just asking a question nt arely staircase Nov 2013 #44

Let them worry. It will do them good. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #2

this is turning into the real life Jason Bourne big_dog Nov 2013 #4

looking more like a real life raoul silva arely staircase Nov 2013 #39

Exactly what he's doing ... Wernothelpless Nov 2013 #50

Agree, it does the powerful good to know the curtain can be pulled back from time to time harun Dec 2013 #64

So do we ever find out what's on this 'Doomsday' Cache? Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #3

So promise him immunity and let him come back in return for the cache riderinthestorm Nov 2013 #5

Bring it on Dopers_Greed Nov 2013 #6

Paranoia rules dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #7

"The worst is yet to come." Bring it on. marble falls Nov 2013 #8

So much for Snowden doing this to protect American citizens. When will others wake up to the okaawhatever Nov 2013 #9

Intesting conclusion you just disseminated there. AtheistCrusader Nov 2013 #11

I think Snowden did the wrong thing and is a traitor psychopomp Nov 2013 #17

Your comments cannot go unchecked nilesobek Nov 2013 #20

Yeah. Really. Enemies psychopomp Nov 2013 #31

You calling anybody a fool is very funny. bemildred Nov 2013 #42

Care to share any of your "wisdom" or are you just going to make a snide comment and run away? psychopomp Dec 2013 #79

Yeah, nobody should make snide comments except you. bemildred Dec 2013 #90

Been here for twelve years, ain't going anywhere psychopomp Dec 2013 #91

It is weird how some people can be so cynical about our government treestar Nov 2013 #54

Very good point. randome Nov 2013 #61

What is weird is how people who claim te be hard-nosed realists get all googly-eyed bemildred Dec 2013 #77

Interesting that basic trust in it is being labeled "goggly eyed." treestar Dec 2013 #83

It is just as unnecessary to call people who point to it's many faults "cynical". bemildred Dec 2013 #85

Yet those are the places in which treestar Dec 2013 #86

In your mind. nt bemildred Dec 2013 #88

"Being a whistleblower means standing your ground" NoOneMan Nov 2013 #29

Your condescending tone notwithstanding psychopomp Nov 2013 #32

The United States and democracy are hardly synonymous. Sognefjord Nov 2013 #30

Never said they were psychopomp Nov 2013 #33

If they wanted what we have here (lunatic consumerism) our climate would crash 30 years sooner. Sognefjord Nov 2013 #34

WTF they are not open government treestar Nov 2013 #55

He'd be disappeared here, most likely. Sognefjord Nov 2013 #57

No, he could have used the Whistleblower Protection Act treestar Dec 2013 #63

If you believe that you are akin to those who believed Hitler would stop at the Sudetenland. Sognefjord Dec 2013 #65

Ridiculous treestar Dec 2013 #72

I suggest you try that and see what happens. bemildred Dec 2013 #69

Have you been to a courthouse lately? treestar Dec 2013 #73

Nice straw man. bemildred Dec 2013 #74

So all 50 states and the federal judicial systems are "falling apart" treestar Dec 2013 #75

And another straw man. nt bemildred Dec 2013 #76

And another vapid post that contributes nothing to the conversation psychopomp Dec 2013 #80

Not. That's what you in essence said. treestar Dec 2013 #87

What I said is they break the law when they like, not that they break it all the time. bemildred Dec 2013 #89

see post 37 please....n/t wildbilln864 Nov 2013 #47

Please provide proof Snowden gave anything to Russia or China? nt riderinthestorm Nov 2013 #37

If Snowden is threatening to release creeksneakers2 Nov 2013 #19

I notice Bush/Cheney are not hiding in Russia, and nobody in the government seems to care. bemildred Nov 2013 #43

It was all too obvious to me that Snowden was likely up to no good, right from the start. AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #36

Snowden learned for Manning RC Nov 2013 #53

The sun is hot. I like marshmallows. Bonobo Nov 2013 #60

Since they haven't been doing anything wrong, they should have nothing to worry about! Demeter Nov 2013 #10

Come on 9/11.... elias7 Nov 2013 #12

Hint: GWB knew what he was doing. His "dumb guy" act was just a ruse to cover up wrongdoing. blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #14

Check out Operation: Northwoods for some interesting insight into CIA + JFK, and maybe 9/11? here: blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #15

there would be no point to releasing the names of those people except to harm them yurbud Nov 2013 #16

Those two explanations are not mutually exclusive. Orsino Nov 2013 #21

me either. Frankly, nothing released so far has done more than confirm what we already knew yurbud Nov 2013 #23

Au contraire DeSwiss Nov 2013 #18

Interesting. For the longest time, they said they didn't know what Snowden took BelgianMadCow Nov 2013 #24

They also said.. sendero Nov 2013 #28

I think they really don't know. bemildred Nov 2013 #40

"Doomsday" to British and U.S. intelligence officials, maybe. Not to me. GliderGuider Nov 2013 #25

"worst" being how.. sendero Nov 2013 #27

This would definitely be a cause for concern, no doubt. AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #35

Snowden, the gift that keeps on giving. Thank you. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #45

It isn't no gift nolabels Dec 2013 #78

He is not as important as he thinks BlueInPhilly Nov 2013 #46

He ate the NSA's lunch and he is the dumb guy? bemildred Nov 2013 #48

Damn straight! This guy (hero) just walked out the front door with the NSA Crown Jewels... NoodleyAppendage Dec 2013 #62

And they continue to prove his point by continuing to act like fools. nt bemildred Dec 2013 #67

Can someone help me understand this? hughee99 Nov 2013 #49

This is the angle of the story that nobody wants to discuss. BlueStreak Nov 2013 #51

NSA trained him to, that's how Laughing Mirror Nov 2013 #52

Well, no. Not if the information were protected with proper security systems. BlueStreak Nov 2013 #56

An elite hacker would have a better chance cracking those vulnerabilities Laughing Mirror Dec 2013 #71

Was Snowden an elite hacker? I haven't seen any evidence of that. BlueStreak Dec 2013 #81

Here's any evidence you haven't seen yet Laughing Mirror Dec 2013 #92

That doesn't say much, other than he was a good and motivated student BlueStreak Dec 2013 #93

he got a bunch of people to tell him their passwords while doing his job. uncle ray Nov 2013 #58

Yep, plain old social engineering. And a piece of cake to do, it sounds like. bemildred Dec 2013 #68

like Wikileaks, I would prefer they get right to the nasty instead of the long striptease yurbud Nov 2013 #59

That's what I've been asking for since day one... Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #84

well then ' worried US officials' release who got Snowden those positions in the first place Sunlei Dec 2013 #66

a powerful tool with this secret Metadata polynomial Dec 2013 #70

To the chagrin of stalwarts of secrecy, the truth is their worst nightmare. laserhaas Dec 2013 #82