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struggle4progress

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8. Could be. But he seems to have lied about his salary; it would be most odd

Wed Jun 12, 2013, 01:42 AM

Jun 2013

if (as he claims) he were posted to Geneva under diplomatic cover by the CIA within about two years of being enrolled in community college courses, where he never got any degree or certification; and his assertion that he had the authority to wiretap anybody and everybody from his desk doesn't smell right to me -- so right now I'm inclined to sprinkle lots and lots of salt on whatever he says

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You, too, can become a slacker spy! [View all] struggle4progress Jun 2013 OP

The Politico guy who says Obama will be impeached over Benghazi? Neat. DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #1

Are you perhaps confusing Politico's Roger Simon with PJ Media's Roger L Simon? struggle4progress Jun 2013 #2

I could be. I wasn't aware there are 2 Roger Simons who are journalists DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #4

Well, if you convince me I've accidentally linked to a rapid rightwinger, I'd self-delete struggle4progress Jun 2013 #5

Well, I can't see either of the previous 2 replies so I'm glad DU ignore is working, lol. ucrdem Jun 2013 #3

His mom is an IT professional pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #6

Could be. But he seems to have lied about his salary; it would be most odd struggle4progress Jun 2013 #8

Yeah, I was a self-taught programmer / IT guy. joshcryer Jun 2013 #25

! pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #29

the guy is an enigma wrapped in boring olddots Jun 2013 #7

LOL. ucrdem Jun 2013 #9

Some people really want to talk about the leaker, and not what he leaked. Marr Jun 2013 #10

His honesty and character may affect the credibility of his interpretations of what he leaked struggle4progress Jun 2013 #12

The controversy as I've understood it is based around the documents he leaked, not his personal Marr Jun 2013 #14

If he isn't portraying himself accurately, then there ought to be some question about struggle4progress Jun 2013 #17

The documents are not in dispute, and the WH wants to go after him legally for leaking them. Marr Jun 2013 #30

... Stewart Baker, the NSA's general counsel in the 1990s and now an attorney at Steptoe and Johnson struggle4progress Jun 2013 #31

The White House... does not... deny it. Marr Jun 2013 #33

This is called character assassination. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #11

Dunno. That fact, that there are some problems with his self-account, may be relevant, both struggle4progress Jun 2013 #13

The story you posted has already told a blatant lie. He did not drop out of the Army. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #16

You may or may not be right about whether Snowden "dropped out" of the Army, but perhaps struggle4progress Jun 2013 #19

The author of this article has manufactured the claim that he dropped out out of thin air. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #20

"... In 2003, Snowden enlisted in the U.S. Army, he told The Guardian ... According to the Army�s struggle4progress Jun 2013 #21

Please explain to me how what you posted excuses the author's misconduct. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #22

Eh, mebbe it's just a careless assumption: the kid did drop out of high school; he did go two rounds struggle4progress Jun 2013 #32

Snowden claimed he was recruited for Special Forces. That is a blatant LIE. PROOF: DevonRex Jun 2013 #34

Mebbe. Dunno. There are often ways to bend the rules if folk wan them bent. struggle4progress Jun 2013 #37

No. Absolutely not. That is a hard and fast requirement. DevonRex Jun 2013 #38

OK. If you've looked into it, I take your word for it. struggle4progress Jun 2013 #39

Exactly. Marr Jun 2013 #15

For all I know the man is a piece of shit. But I do not doubt the information he leaked. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #18

I don't usually agree with you. sibelian Jun 2013 #27

Good, I needed the laugh. freshwest Jun 2013 #23

Roger Simon. wow. cali Jun 2013 #24

He touches goats, too. sibelian Jun 2013 #26

Crash Test Dummies! Man, you have lost all credibility! randome Jun 2013 #36

i thought a slacker spy was one who had an easy gig posting at DU. retirees from the various HiPointDem Jun 2013 #28

"Maybe the history of modern China was not on his GED exam." arely staircase Jun 2013 #35

Misnomer on the diplomatic cover too.. HipChick Jun 2013 #40