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Showing Original Post only (View all)Greenwald does not have a timeline problem. The NY Times as the story broke: [View all]
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/us/how-edward-j-snowden-orchestrated-a-blockbuster-story.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&Cryptic Overtures and a Clandestine Meeting Gave Birth to a Blockbuster Story
By CHARLIE SAVAGE and MARK MAZZETTI
Published: June 10, 2013
1) January 2013: Snowden reaches out to documentary filmaker Laura Poitras
2) February 2013: Greenwald receives "an enigmatic e-mail identifying himself as a reader and saying he wanted to communicate about a potential story using encryption."
3) February 2013: Greenwald receives encryption software but doesn't complete the installation process.
4) March 2013: Poitras reaches out to Greenwald to discuss the issue. "At that point, neither knew his name yet."
5) Late April or early May: Greenwald and Snowden begin communicating via encrypted email.
6) Last week of May: Greenwald flies to New York to meet with Guardian editors and then he and Poitras fly to Hong Kong.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/06/25/msnbcs-reid-raises-questions-about-guardians-glenn-greenwald/
It was only in May and not before that Snowden told [Greenwald] who he was, who he worked for (at that point he identified himself as affiliated with the NSA) and what sort of documents he had to share, Greenwald says. It wasnt until June when Greenwald visited Snowden in Hong Kong that Snowden told him he worked specifically for Booz Allen, Greenwald adds.
We had early conversations about setting up encryption, so we worked early on to set that up, Greenwald says. We didnt work on any documents. I didnt even know Edward Snowdens name or where he worked until after he was in Hong Kong with the documents. Anyone who is claiming that somehow I worked with him to get those documents or helped him is just lying.
We had early conversations about setting up encryption, so we worked early on to set that up, Greenwald says. We didnt work on any documents. I didnt even know Edward Snowdens name or where he worked until after he was in Hong Kong with the documents. Anyone who is claiming that somehow I worked with him to get those documents or helped him is just lying.
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Greenwald does not have a timeline problem. The NY Times as the story broke: [View all]
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
OP
It's a cryin' shame that DUers are now capable of being confused with facts.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#4
I guess the attack posse will have to pivot back to the "boxes in the garage"
Vinnie From Indy
Jun 2013
#5
I still think there's milage in the "Poledancing girlfriend" angle - she needs more investigation.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#51
Because the NY Times article and the facts would have been too fresh in people's memories.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#13
It took the posse two weeks to figure out the law of conspiracy as it relates to whistleblowers.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#52
And he was communicating with him without knowing his name or where he worked.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#14
How could he have possibly encouraged him to do an illegal act when it appears the illegal act had
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#54
There is so much made up shit that people like me who have a full-time job, can't keep up
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#42
Bart Gellman of the Washington Post never even met the guy and wrote a PRISM article.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#17
No, the confusion are the rubes who think Greenwald just randomly installs encryption systems
KittyWampus
Jun 2013
#27
The real question is why a supposed "investigative reporter" didn't already have PGP installed?
baldguy
Jun 2013
#47
I honestly think that Greenwald never expected to be a go-to reporter for classified documents...
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#55
and THEY (the others) don't seem to be very tethered to the reality based community.
KittyWampus
Jun 2013
#31
Yes, he does. He was communicating with the traitor in February. Whether he knew the name or not
KittyWampus
Jun 2013
#26
He should have had encryption software all along and investigative journalists communicate with
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#33
it is funny how little bits of real human experience come through in these things
arely staircase
Jun 2013
#65