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In reply to the discussion: At this point the Snowden fan club has a lot of egg on their faces. [View all]Monkie
(1,301 posts)44. remember FBI whistleblower sibel edmonds, went through official channels, gagged in 2004
she finally started to break the official secrets act in 2009. remember her?
she claimed to have concrete evidence of wrongdoing related to 9/11, the government even went so far as to retroactively classify in 2004 her evidence in the lawsuit against her unfair dismissal from the FBI.
the FBI's own 2004 internal investigation had this to say (wikipedia)
A later internal investigation by the FBI found that many of Edmonds's allegations of misconduct "had some basis in fact" and that "her allegations were at least a contributing factor in the FBIs decision to terminate her services," but were unable to substantiate all of her allegations, nor did they make a statement regarding her dismissal being improper.
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At this point the Snowden fan club has a lot of egg on their faces. [View all]
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2013
OP
Snowden was the one who made it about Snowden when he decided not to be anonymous.
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#223
It's nothing compared to the blood on the hands of those who lied America into war.
Octafish
Jun 2013
#2
people who sell their country's secrets to foreign govenrments are always held in special contempt
arely staircase
Jun 2013
#7
he sold his country's secrets to a foreign (totalitarian) government for sactuary
arely staircase
Jun 2013
#262
Which is pretty damned chickenshit compared to the one percenters who packed up
eridani
Jun 2013
#339
Unless those secrets are corporate, then it's called capitalism and all is forgiven
Eddie Haskell
Jun 2013
#353
And pretty damned chickenshit compared to giving large chunks of our manufacturing capacity
eridani
Jun 2013
#340
and that is what is troubling, why didn't he go to a Congress Person. He could have gone to Rand
still_one
Jun 2013
#3
Ron Wyden asked the DNI point blank if the Govt was collecting all this data and the man lied!
dkf
Jun 2013
#15
Wyden asked Clapper point blank if they were collecting any data on millions of Americans
dkf
Jun 2013
#334
Actually he would have been better off going to Wyden, since he was one of the ones
davidpdx
Jun 2013
#330
Yep. I mixed up Rand with Ron when I read Ron Paul's calling Snowden a hero; Rand then said
AlinPA
Jun 2013
#172
remember FBI whistleblower sibel edmonds, went through official channels, gagged in 2004
Monkie
Jun 2013
#44
Damn... Weird karma that I replied to this post at the same time you did. Just submitted later...
cascadiance
Jun 2013
#56
The point is, the government/nsa acted under the law as it stands. Snowden is not a whistleblower
Windy
Jun 2013
#255
Ask Sibel Edmonds why this DOES NOT WORK! "State Secrets Privilege" ran her life!
cascadiance
Jun 2013
#47
Sorry, it wasn't just "one occasion"... She's just the most visible of MANY such cases...
cascadiance
Jun 2013
#147
Thomas Drake wrote today, Snowden has seen what happens to other whistleblowers lately.
Hissyspit
Jun 2013
#254
"National Whistleblowers Center issued a statement on Re-Introduction of Whistleblower Protection
Hissyspit
Jun 2013
#269
"The WPEA makes federal whistleblower rights stronger than at any time in history."
DCBob
Jun 2013
#271
Handing this information over to the Chinese puts this whole thing on another level.
hrmjustin
Jun 2013
#4
Wait-- so did we all know about this program already, or is he a terrible traitor for revealing
Marr
Jun 2013
#73
Yep...The country's going to hell due to the obscene greed of the One Percent & their lackeys. n/t
whathehell
Jun 2013
#231
What were they before they were outsourced to the Private Contractors?
VanillaRhapsody
Jun 2013
#288
Do you think that I believe that they can all go away POOF in one fell swoop...
VanillaRhapsody
Jun 2013
#294
I agree. This is treason, Snowden is a traitor and should be dealt with as such.
DrewFlorida
Jun 2013
#17
That is what he says. Do you trust him? I have a hard time believing a word he says.
hrmjustin
Jun 2013
#101
You're sick and don't belong on a democrat focused board. Due process is what we adhere to here.
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2013
#33
If I can't emphatically state that democrats are for due process and that they oppose the death
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2013
#65
I, personally, don't give a flying fuck. We've been spying and hacking for decades and I am sure the
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#32
Whatever. We know they are doing the same to us. It's the how that matters.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#258
It's his revelations about the NSA spying on the people, not Snowden, that concerns me.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#34
i know this is the US, but revealing to a newspaper is not the same as revealing to a government?
Monkie
Jun 2013
#60
i bet microsoft appreciated the irony of paying 1.9 billion dollars in fines for breaking EU law
Monkie
Jun 2013
#167
That's pretty much what Henry Pate said to John Brown after the battle of Black Jack
LanternWaste
Jun 2013
#62
I wonder if he is the only bad apple in the 500,000 private contractor employees....
kentuck
Jun 2013
#78
I am not sure I buy Snowden's claims of access 100 percent. Can he really wiretap Obama?
emulatorloo
Jun 2013
#140
That's what he claims. I am not sure his claims are 100 per cent accurate.
emulatorloo
Jun 2013
#216
Yeah...I am not one for jumping on bandwagons until more information comes out
HipChick
Jun 2013
#226
It is about us, and I want my government back from the snakes who pull this crap every week.
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#134
I don't trust that little weasel and think he should be tried for treason. Who is bankrolling him
appleannie1
Jun 2013
#136
What if he decided to talk to al Qaeda or the Aryan Nations, instead of Glenn Greenwald?
baldguy
Jun 2013
#142
LOL, if he is so crazy why is the Administration so upset about this? You are freaking clueless! n-t
Logical
Jun 2013
#178
And he's the only one we know of because he seems to think he's a man with principles
Snake Plissken
Jun 2013
#181
Because in the previous post you seem to imply his bio has some sort of impact
LondonReign2
Jun 2013
#238
I'd defend the NSA and US/China business dealings even if this came out under Bush.
Dr Fate
Jun 2013
#236
OT, but I just wanted to say hello. I haven't seen you in a long time, and I'm happy you're here.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2013
#257
I don't care at all what he did or didn't do or what his motivations are
TheKentuckian
Jun 2013
#204
I have as much contempt for Snowden as I do for Scooter Libby, Karl Rove, et al.
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#208
"Shilling" is exactly right. He timed this perfectly, didn't he? Break news & go on book tour.
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#229
Why look! It's the civil liberty-hating Julian Assange hate club. Sorry about your pony lol n/t
Catherina
Jun 2013
#218
Why look! It's the government-hating Ron Paul Revolution fan club. Sorry about your loss lol n/t
Bobbie Jo
Jun 2013
#314
Here's a person who does not understand what his Code of Ethics contains ir either he just does not
Thinkingabout
Jun 2013
#355