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Edward Snowden NBC NEWS FULL INTERVIEW[W:28]

Re: Edward Snowden NBC NEWS FULL INTERVIEW

You're right. Much of the government consists of arrogant children who froth at the mouth whenever anyone challenges them. This has nothing to do with national security and you know it.

Really. That's fascinating. Tell me more about how our defenses and actions against chinese cyber warfare capability have nothing to do with national security? How about our means, methods, and capabilities to collect against the leaders and planners of terrorist organizations - I would love to hear about how that has no impact on national security.
 
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:shrug: if you have to dumb-down your definition of "hero" to the point where any traitor or terrorist fits the bill in order to include Snowden, that ought to tell you something.

My definition is the English language definition.

Which he fits.

In fact, I think he is a great example of a hero.

You don't like it...take it up with the people who write the dictionaries.
 
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Re: Edward Snowden NBC NEWS FULL INTERVIEW

:shrug: if you have to dumb-down your definition of "hero" to the point where any traitor or terrorist fits the bill in order to include Snowden, that ought to tell you something.

I'm sure the British would have called the founding fathers terrorists and traitors as well.
 
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I'm sure the British would have called the founding fathers terrorists and traitors as well.

:shrug: A counter which A) is incorrect (terrorist wasn't really a term of the time) and B) is immaterial, as their charge would have been incorrect (of terrorism).


If you have to lower the threshold of 'hero' so that Ahmed Shekau, Zarqawi, Hitler, Pol-Pot, and Charles Manson all apply in order to defend the notion that Snowden is a hero, well, that says a lot more about Snowden than might have been intended. ;)
 
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:shrug: A counter which A) is incorrect (terrorist wasn't really a term of the time) and B) is immaterial, as their charge would have been incorrect (of terrorism).


If you have to lower the threshold of 'hero' so that Ahmed Shekau, Zarqawi, Hitler, Pol-Pot, and Charles Manson all apply in order to defend the notion that Snowden is a hero, well, that says a lot more about Snowden than might have been intended. ;)

Yes, I know the term wasn't used as it is now. However, in today's world, they would be called terrorists and traitors. But there is no treason by the individual if it is the State acting the part of the terrorist.
 
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You're right. Much of the government consists of arrogant children who froth at the mouth whenever anyone challenges them. This has nothing to do with national security and you know it. Just look what happens when the president or a politician reveals truly sensitive information and compare that to how they are treating Snowden.

There were millions of documents released by snowden directly to journalists, meaning they were not screened. I wish I could believe that my desire trumps reality-but thats just not so.
 
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You are implying that he released everything he took. He did not.



Then there is no reason to joke about it, especially when the victim is a defender of the US Constitution.

No Im not, you are projecting. Try hard-is saying that Snowden took and released to the media so many documents that he could not possibly know the scope of each file THE SAME as saying he released everything he took? :roll:

Try to think here.
 
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:shrug: A counter which A) is incorrect (terrorist wasn't really a term of the time) and B) is immaterial, as their charge would have been incorrect (of terrorism).


If you have to lower the threshold of 'hero' so that Ahmed Shekau, Zarqawi, Hitler, Pol-Pot, and Charles Manson all apply in order to defend the notion that Snowden is a hero, well, that says a lot more about Snowden than might have been intended. ;)

Let's face it--beauty and hero status reside in the eye of the beholder.

As far as I'm concerned any person who reveals the crimes of government is a hero.

As far as I'm concerned any government employee who honors and defends the US Constitution and the principles it represents is a hero.
 
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Ah. Then I think you meant to say has thus far had published; because he released all that crap, it's simply not currently available open-source, but on whatever networks the Chinese, Russians, and whomever they have decided to share it with have.

What I know is that he has kept everything he has taken on computers/drives. Some of it has be released over time, but not everything. I don't know whether Snowden has released all of it to the Guardian, Greenwald, or others in the media. You have no proof the Chinese or Russians have it all so stop playing that speculation game.
 
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No he's frigging not. He poses that way so that useful fools will rush to defend him and he can be effective on the world stage as a spoiler for US foreign diplomacy,

The only fools I see are the ones who buy everything the government/corporate media says hook, line, and sinker whenever they view someone as a threat.


but if he was merely a defender of the US Constitution then he would not have made public many of the things that he has.

There was no way he could legally call out the govt's illegal actions. His position did not grant whistleblower protections.

Btw, the law he is being charged under was originally meant for spies, not those acting out of the public interest.
 
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Really. That's fascinating. Tell me more about how our defenses and actions against chinese cyber warfare capability have nothing to do with national security? How about our means, methods, and capabilities to collect against the leaders and planners of terrorist organizations - I would love to hear about how that has no impact on national security.

Please provide proof that our actions against Chinese cyber-warfare have been hindered because of Snowden.
 
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There were millions of documents released by snowden directly to journalists, meaning they were not screened. I wish I could believe that my desire trumps reality-but thats just not so.

Wrong. According to the NSA, he gathered over 1.5 million documents (down from the 1.77 million they originally predicted). Even this estimate is questioned. What we do know for sure is he released about 200,000 documents to the media. Only about 300 documents have been published, so far (many of them with redactions).
 
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No Im not, you are projecting. Try hard-is saying that Snowden took and released to the media so many documents that he could not possibly know the scope of each file THE SAME as saying he released everything he took? :roll:

Try to think here.

Perhaps you should check your facts before you start throwing out numbers (refer to previous post).
 
Re: Edward Snowden NBC NEWS FULL INTERVIEW

Ahmed Shekau, Zarqawi, Hitler, Pol-Pot, and Charles Manson all apply in order to defend the notion that Snowden is a hero, well, that says a lot more about Snowden than might have been intended. ;)

Comparing Snowden to Hitler and Pol-Pot... :roll:

Let me ask you this: Do you think it is possible that an act could be both heroic AND illegal?
 
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