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25. Jeffrey Toobin.

Tue Jun 11, 2013, 07:37 AM

Jun 2013

is being slow roasted by the New Yorker's Readers, and the apologists commenting on the article are being called out as well. Meanwhile, Ellsberg is calling this the way to halt the surveillance state we've become.Will we have an American Summer? Stay tuned.

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Mr. Snowden now being smeared: as "a grandiose narcissist who deserves to be in prison" [View all] 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 OP

Post removed Post removed Jun 2013 #1

Oh my God!! That picture Number23 Jun 2013 #17

Eh, whether people believe him or not magellan Jun 2013 #2

Precisely my friend 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author magellan Jun 2013 #2

Toobin's wife was an executive at Verizon. Don't know if this influenced his thinking.nt octoberlib Jun 2013 #5

Did not know that. Thank you. It's a small world isn't it..... think Jun 2013 #6

My, what an interesting "coincidence". Thanks. ~nt 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #8

Where should she work? Shivering Jemmy Jun 2013 #36

Not a bad idea. You should suggest that to Obama. 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #60

+1. And shouldn't Jeffrey disclose that? n/t Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 #40

not smeared, described arely staircase Jun 2013 #7

If China's so terrible 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #11

so you honestly believe china has more freedoms than the united states? arely staircase Jun 2013 #13

What do YOU think, arely? sibelian Jun 2013 #14

Not quite yet, but we get closer to them every freaking day 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #56

not quite? lol arely staircase Jun 2013 #57

Listen. I'm no big fan of China. Get it? 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #58

Well, China doesn't keep 'em in jail--they EXECUTE them. MADem Jun 2013 #19

Why should we Execute them!? BillyRibs Jun 2013 #26

I'm not advocating execution. Pull the string. MADem Jun 2013 #37

per capita or absolute? redgreenandblue Jun 2013 #29

China's execution rates are a state secret. But from all accounts, they slaughter 'em like cordwood. MADem Jun 2013 #35

'slaughter 'em like cordwood'. randome Jun 2013 #52

What would China do to someone who leaked this kind geek tragedy Jun 2013 #22

I Don't Gives a RAT's ASS What China Does or Does Not Do!? BillyRibs Jun 2013 #30

It is weird to see how desperate is the attempt treestar Jun 2013 #32

I find it even more desperate that America has been using China's business model to midnight Jun 2013 #38

Not proven, not related, has nothing to do with my post treestar Jun 2013 #39

Execute them, of course. MADem Jun 2013 #42

You dodged the question treestar Jun 2013 #31

Our prisoners at least got a trial, and due process treestar Jun 2013 #33

Some of them anyway. nt Bonobo Jun 2013 #46

you watched that movie way too many times snooper2 Jun 2013 #50

People are certainly allowed to form their own opinions about Snowden Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #9

no the cool-aid must be drunk arely staircase Jun 2013 #10

Yes, I believe that is exactly what is happening. 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #12

Nope. OilemFirchen Jun 2013 #54

point taken Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #55

Strange how often they go to the "narcissist" thing. Bonobo Jun 2013 #15

Actually, it seems the opposite to me 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #16

+1... not to mention their target audience doesn't know what it means. DCKit Jun 2013 #48

Aren't those the qualifications for election to Congress? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #18

Gee, I always thought a "grandiose narcissist" belonged on stage, or in the White House. WinkyDink Jun 2013 #20

Grandiose narcissist is less controversial than belongs in prison. nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #21

Grandiose narcicist, huh? Laelth Jun 2013 #23

Jeffrey Toobin. GeorgeGist Jun 2013 #24

Projection is a powerful force, as Mr. Toobin so graphically illustrates. ~nt 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #59

Jeffrey Toobin. BillyRibs Jun 2013 #25

Lol, thanks for the heads-up! Loving those readers comments (nt) Babel_17 Jun 2013 #43

If he can't stand the heat, he should get out of the kitchen treestar Jun 2013 #27

McCarthyism 101: If you don't have the facts on your side, attack character leveymg Jun 2013 #28

He's left a lot of stuff to be smeared with. baldguy Jun 2013 #34

Yes, of course he is. sibelian Jun 2013 #41

Snowden did his own smearing..he lies.. HipChick Jun 2013 #44

Eugene Robinson: "he comes across as grandiose to the point of self-parody" ProSense Jun 2013 #45

He's not grandiose NoPasaran Jun 2013 #47

If he broke the law, he goes to prison. Simple. CakeGrrl Jun 2013 #49

How do you know it's a smear or "vicious dis-information" Renew Deal Jun 2013 #51

Thereby showing the value of anonymous leaking NoOneMan Jun 2013 #53

Of course with "anonymous" leaking, it's much harder to verify and authenticate Blue_Tires Jun 2013 #61

No one is really verifying this either NoOneMan Jun 2013 #62

Well, Washington's reaction "verifies" it for us Blue_Tires Jun 2013 #63

Yes. If I held a press conference in Hong Kong and said that the US Gov has genies KurtNYC Jun 2013 #64