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KittyWampus

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3. IIUC, NYTimes article says part of his repertoire was hacking.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Jul 2, 2013, 11:54 AM

Jul 2013

That's how he moved along the career track he did. He was able to hack and thus was useful. That's what contractors etc are looking for, young people with hacking capabilities to work on getting into various systems.

SO, was he:

Typical libertarian Paulbot hacker who decided to go all Jason Bourne on his own?
Typical libertarian Paulbot hacker who was approached by someone on the forums he frequented?

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On a scale of 1-10, how naive and unprepared [View all] malaise Jul 2013 OP

I've heard talk that he was a spy Renew Deal Jul 2013 #1

Very naive NightWatcher Jul 2013 #2

IIUC, NYTimes article says part of his repertoire was hacking. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #3

I will take number 2 Andy823 Jul 2013 #5

I do as well and I think the hackers are Chinese and located in Hong Kong flamingdem Jul 2013 #17

or, 3, he criminally hacked the government and they flipped him and KurtNYC Jul 2013 #15

Darn, Kurt. I think you might have nailed it. Your post just sounds spot on. Yes, it's conjecture- KittyWampus Jul 2013 #30

Snowden SamKnause Jul 2013 #4

Any exposure malaise Jul 2013 #8

Yep..not all smart folks have common sense HipChick Jul 2013 #16

One might ask the same question ... Buzz Clik Jul 2013 #6

One might ask the same basic question ... RC Jul 2013 #7

Do any of us ever get answers? Buzz Clik Jul 2013 #10

That depends. RC Jul 2013 #19

Isn't this about Snowden? Where are you headed? Buzz Clik Jul 2013 #20

You can't see the connection? RC Jul 2013 #21

Of course. They are related, but Manning and Snowden's cases are quite different. Buzz Clik Jul 2013 #22

Maybe that is a clue? RC Jul 2013 #27

His distractors? Snowden is distracted? That might help explain things. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #12

Yeah...another genius operation by "Paulbots" and the Teabaggers DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2013 #9

Bingo. I can't think of one Tea Bagger capable of anything this extensive. Atman Jul 2013 #29

All he did was reveal some embarassing violations of the 4th Amendment. EdwardSmith74 Jul 2013 #11

People are still waiting for the "revealing" part. Not the "promise to reveal" part. nt BumRushDaShow Jul 2013 #13

Fair call. What I don't get is why the US can cancel his passport when he hasn't even been charged. EdwardSmith74 Jul 2013 #18

Because he's been named in a federal warrant. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #24

But not an international one. They stole his identity without charges against him. EdwardSmith74 Jul 2013 #25

It doesn't matter, his passport can be revoked due to being named in a federal warrant: JaneyVee Jul 2013 #26

Most whistleblowers are naive Union Scribe Jul 2013 #14

Off the scale. nt hack89 Jul 2013 #23

He seems to have ripped the NSA off for everything they had to rip off. bemildred Jul 2013 #28