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In reply to the discussion: Guardian "walked back the 'direct access' claim made in Greenwald’s original article" [View all]pintobean
(18,101 posts)91. I'm not on your jury blacklist?
As a star member, you get 15 slots, yet I didn't make the grade. One can't help but wonder.
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Guardian "walked back the 'direct access' claim made in Greenwald’s original article" [View all]
ProSense
Jun 2013
OP
"whether Greenwald was deliberately vague, or whether he didn’t bother to attain more.....
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#1
so the "direct access to servers" claim is bogus. What else is bogus? n/t
IllinoisBirdWatcher
Jun 2013
#2
I normally lurk and don't post often, but in this case the early sensationalizing (on many sides)
IllinoisBirdWatcher
Jun 2013
#85
Take it up with the NSA because it was their claim, not the Guardian's.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#31
Instead of trying to needle me with sad little emo high-schooler one-liners, how about you
Occulus
Jun 2013
#36
in a discussion relating to secret interpretations of laws relating to the surveillance of millions
Monkie
Jun 2013
#43
sloppy technology reporting, yes. lack of understanding of how "sandboxing" data works
galileoreloaded
Jun 2013
#80
Nope, they didn't. The original reporting was correct... from the same Guadian article.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#27
Then take it up with the NSA. And this is the organization that we are supposed to
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#38
you want Greenwald not to be a liar so damned bad. but you're going to be disappointed.
MjolnirTime
Jun 2013
#58
I think Greenwald's trip to Hong Kong was probably to ask Snowden, "What the hell?!"
randome
Jun 2013
#29
So you're saying you don't know enough about computers to take part in this conversation
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2013
#93
I know that Greenwald is a bit exorcised over journalistic malfeasance these days.
OilemFirchen
Jun 2013
#56
The Truth was just not big enough news for Glen Greenwald. So he made it be.
MjolnirTime
Jun 2013
#57
It doesn't make the slightest bit of difference how they transferred the information unless
GoneFishin
Jun 2013
#81
Yes, that's a significant part of the question - how much data was transferred
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2013
#95