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In reply to the discussion: A truly FRIGHTENING post on DU today...."10 things to know about Snowden". [View all]
quakerboy
(14,724 posts)60. Another tempest in a tea pot
I dont know snowden. He may or may not be what he claims to be, or something entirely different.
"How did "they" dig up all this stuff so fast? "
The internet. How did we know everything and then some about Tony Bologna asap after he pepper sprayed those women. or that Berkley campus cop who sprayed the sitting line. How did we learn so much about the polling scammer who took in rcp and all the others with his bogus polls, this last election.
In the end, it doesn't matter whether he is what he says he is or not. Fact is our government is spying on us. Whether they made it legal or not, its still what they are doing. Whether they follow their own rules in letter or spirit, they are still spying on us. Regardless of who started it, how long its been going on, whether its reduced or increased, any of these details, whether they record all of our calls or just look at metadata, they are still spying on us. And its wrong.
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A truly FRIGHTENING post on DU today...."10 things to know about Snowden". [View all]
bvar22
Jun 2013
OP
Um--he was in trouble--twice--before he every became 'famous.' So other than a time machine,
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#68
Yeah, you might not want to use Ritter as an example of someone being unfairly maligned....
SidDithers
Jun 2013
#26
Right. The BFEE made him show his junk to someone posing as a 15 year-old...
SidDithers
Jun 2013
#44
Wow. Odd that you find comedy gold in what happened to Scott Ritter, siddithers.
Octafish
Jun 2013
#61
Manufactured sex scandals are the favorite, the CIA said so in a memo released by wikileaks when
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#104
Excellent post. Re DSK, yes, that is an excellent question. He was opposed to much of what
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#199
I confess to totally being convinced of the sex allegations of DSK and having never researched his
GoneFishin
Jun 2013
#223
Don't feel bad, if it had not been for another DUer here I might have assumed the same thing,
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#245
It is very sad to see this happening but on the other hand he isn't playing bean bag. He knew
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#3
No am not that brave. But I know what an loyality oath is because when I worked civil service
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#59
OK, suppose you were evaluating the case of a Nazi official in, say, 1939
Jackpine Radical
Jun 2013
#203
The whole barrel stinks doesn't it? Thank god we aren't in the Third Reich and the sad thing is
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#227
I still have mixed feelings. I want to know more. Why Hong Kong? Why?
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#247
How did they dig up all that info, you ask? The database Ed Snowden warned us about!
reformist2
Jun 2013
#4
They got the talking points really fast, which is probably easy enough actually. They just email
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#115
The way the artical is written attempts to portray him as an evil nut............
wandy
Jun 2013
#43
Someone posted in the below thread that s/he was afraid Snowden "did something" to her
smokey nj
Jun 2013
#19
And Ann Coulter is criticizing the President and administration for it, just like you! nt
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#176
Aw, frylock haz a sad, his logical fallacy was thrown back at him. Moral of the story?
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#202
if you're too stupid to figure out the difference from lindsey graham who is against EVERYTHING..
frylock
Jun 2013
#207
Justifying one logical fallacy (Guilt by Association) with another? (Ad hominem)
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#209
don't know where you live, but if your animal control rules forbid this mistreatment
spooky3
Jun 2013
#191
That's horrible. Good on ya for doing everything possible to help these poor animals.
spooky3
Jun 2013
#221
The number of out and out authoritarians on DU has been climbing steadily for years
Fumesucker
Jun 2013
#15
There aren't any rules on DU anymore, just juries of the moment and popularity contests
alcibiades_mystery
Jun 2013
#30
They're freedom fighters, struggling against the "authoritarians," their imagined enemy of the week
alcibiades_mystery
Jun 2013
#48
Watching the little cliques have at each other these last few days has been rather tragi-comic
alcibiades_mystery
Jun 2013
#87
Oh, yeah!? Well, if any of you guys touches me, I'll kill ya, If you touch my stuff, I'll kill ya.
Major Hogwash
Jun 2013
#126
Observing the desperate discrediting program when the toothpaste is already out of the tube
TheKentuckian
Jun 2013
#117
He is NOT a whistleblower. Whisleblowers leak illegal things. The stuff Snowden leaked was legal.
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
#27
I want to know what "Little Bird" said it was a good time to pull this?
Lady Freedom Returns
Jun 2013
#34
Why is it so very important to say he isnt a whistle-blower? I notice that when
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#127
Legal? Slavery was legal under the Constitution. It still was immoral.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#138
What NSA is doing is currently legal under law. What Snowden DID was illegal.
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
#141
And if Congress were to pass any law and the Pres where to sign it and it was unconstitutional...
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
#155
Slavery was once legal. Do you have a point I should give a shit about? n/t
backscatter712
Jun 2013
#184
Nah, this is the entertainment factor that keeps it alive. The palpable panic and wild-eyed
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#88
precisely. i've seen some exotic conspiracy theories and pretzel logic here...
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
#78
The weird thing is that the conspiracizing about Snowden is by people who usually treat CT
leveymg
Jun 2013
#91
never thought I'd see the day when Michael Moore and Glenn Beckkk praised the same guy..
PatrynXX
Jun 2013
#97
"You gonna believe a guy who looks at this kind of porn?", a White House spokesman said,
Marr
Jun 2013
#105
He doesn't do intel work, he does IT type work both as an airman and as a civilian.
Marrah_G
Jun 2013
#228
If it's so amusing, why not share with us how many are delcaring him a saint or hero
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#132
It's sad to see so-called liberals try to discredit a whistle blower here on this site.
Apophis
Jun 2013
#188