Nate Silver on Snowden:

[longship]

46. I think you've pretty much nailed it.

Well, maybe only pretty much. I don't go into any false flag type of conspiracies.

But Greenwald is a libertarian, or at least has expressed some allegiance to Ron Paul et al. He also has been a bit of a wild card as far as journalistic standards are concerned. I don't want to make a big deal about that except for the fact that I am suspicious about his motives and one should cast a jaundiced eye at what he is writing.

Snowden is the joker in the deck. I have no idea if he's for real or not. But he could be a wild card, or merely a joker. Much of his story does not seem right. I have seen other posts the last couple of days from others who have had high level clearances reporting here on DU. So I decided to chime in on my experiences as well.

This isn't something one does normally. I have never discussed this publicly before. It just isn't anybody's business. That's part of the culture, too. But since others were doing it, and since I had already posted that I found Snowden's story not credible, I thought that I should add my experiences.

There's something that doesn't add up with Snowden's narrative. I suspect that he's not being honest.

And concerning the issue at large. Yes, we have known about all of this for some time. None of this is new and there is copious documentation for that fact, including repeated overwhelming bipartisan support from congress.

I don't like it anymore than anybody. But possibly President Obama did not have much of a choice on the matter.

I will leave it at that.