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In reply to the discussion: What is it about Edward Snowden that elicits a negative reaction from some people? [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)He said he "saw things" but never specified what he saw.
As a Systems Administrator, he was never in a position to "see things" in the first place.
He said he wasn't in Hong Kong to hide from justice.
Everything he's released so far has been ho-hum. Hard to see him as a self-sacrificing whistleblower who went on the run to tell us that there is a legal warrant for collection of phone metadata and that we spy on the Chinese.
He and Greenwald were speaking in February, before he started with Booz Allen, so they apparently had this planned from the start.
He is giving away national security secrets to China.
There is very little to admire about the man and any vitriol you see is likely a reaction to those hailing him as a hero for exposing...what, exactly? All we have to go on so far are his claims not backed up by evidence.
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