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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Feb 27, 2023, 03:33 PM Feb 2023

Edward Snowden Jumps On the COVID-19 Lab-Leak Conspiracy bandwagon [View all]

Edward Snowden decried “institutional” and “social media corpo” response back in the first half of 2020 regarding the origins of COVID-19 as reports emerged that U.S. intelligence was inclined to believe that the virus originated in a Chinese laboratory.

What Happened: The former U.S. intelligence contractor tweeted, “Corporations must never again be permitted to police speech” and shared a Wall Street Journal article saying that a lab leak was the most likely origin of COVID-19.




Snowden highlighted an excerpt from the article which stated that the Central Intelligence Agency and an unnamed U.S. agency remain “undecided” between the lab leak and the natural transmission theories.

Why It Matters: In January, Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, decried the censorship of “often-true content” related to the discouragement of COVID-19 vaccines by Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/edward-snowden-reacts-to-new-report-on-covid-19-lab-leak-theory-corporations-must-never-again-be-permitted-to-police-speech/ar-AA17XUvz

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Sigh Johnny2X2X Feb 2023 #1
Says the man living in a country where calling the Ukraine-thing a "war" gets you 15 years in gulag Hekate Feb 2023 #2
+1 betsuni Feb 2023 #6
TY.. Snowden makes me sick. Cha Feb 2023 #9
Comrade Eddie emerges and is on the wrong side or fan issue... brush Feb 2023 #3
Sure, Russian Asset. emulatorloo Feb 2023 #4
I wish DEMS controlled the House. I'd like a full blown investigation. WarGamer Feb 2023 #5
The Republican House is about to start their investigation womanofthehills Feb 2023 #24
All they will do is twist the results to blame Biden and Fauci. WarGamer Feb 2023 #25
Why would I listen to anything from that jackass? JohnSJ Feb 2023 #7
When piles of dog crap want to feel better about themselves... gulliver Feb 2023 #8
lol! Cha Feb 2023 #10
Snowden is a humongous RW jackass, but we don't know the origin of covid-19 ecstatic Feb 2023 #11
At this point, its origin doesn't matter anymore. roamer65 Feb 2023 #12
It's origin matters to me. I lost several family members to this deadly virus (including my dad), so liberal_mama Feb 2023 #14
... roamer65 Feb 2023 #19
It matters hugely to me Polybius Feb 2023 #16
of course it matters nt Celerity Feb 2023 #18
Origin matters big time because we have thousands of bio labs womanofthehills Feb 2023 #20
We will never know it for sure. roamer65 Feb 2023 #21
I thought it was a lab leak right from the beginning, but why are people acting like that's a liberal_mama Feb 2023 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2023 #15
Look at this 2015 research paper - by US & Wujan scientists womanofthehills Feb 2023 #22
Because they got too invested in sides early on Sympthsical Feb 2023 #26
I've missed hearing Eddie's feelings about Ukraine. UTUSN Feb 2023 #17
Smart move, Eddie. roamer65 Feb 2023 #23
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