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11. This is called character assassination.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013, 02:11 AM

Jun 2013

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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