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randome

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67. You would think Snowden would have provided stronger evidence...
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 10:01 PM
Jul 2013

...than a few PowerPoint slides if he truly had the access he claimed.

Face it, he never did have the access he claimed. All he was able to steal were internal NSA office documents.

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Or they know what he has and would rather not have it broadcast over the world. baldguy Jul 2013 #1
Russ Tice claims the NSA had wiretaps even on all 9 Supreme Court justices think Jul 2013 #29
Good God, I didn't realize Tice was that far off the range. randome Jul 2013 #31
What do you mean "off the range"? Please explain. think Jul 2013 #33
I thought I DID spell it out. randome Jul 2013 #35
You insulted a whistle blower who exposed Bush's illegal wire tapping and claimed he's nuts think Jul 2013 #37
like the truth about the "curly hair" Alameda Jul 2013 #59
Are you equating the NSA with the Republican Party? Th1onein Jul 2013 #89
The NSA is really part of the Illuminati, baldguy Jul 2013 #34
Thank you for your very informed opinion. Could you provide any links to think Jul 2013 #36
Robert Anton Wilson did an extensive exposé several years ago. baldguy Jul 2013 #44
Well what did I go to school for. Thank you for the additional info! think Jul 2013 #45
Way to miss the point, almost as though you had intended to before you even got started. Electric Monk Jul 2013 #48
Ya got me! Yes, I'm laughing at the Paulbots and Snowden's chauvanists. baldguy Jul 2013 #51
But who wiretaps them? kentuck Jul 2013 #32
excellent question. /nt think Jul 2013 #41
Which latest episode? struggle4progress Jul 2013 #2
Haha. That's why no country wants him. DevonRex Jul 2013 #3
No, Obama had nothing to do with forcing a morningfog Jul 2013 #5
You have a problem with France and Portugal DevonRex Jul 2013 #16
France and Portugal haven't decided what to do with anything until they hear from the US sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #22
Dear, look up Frenchelon. nt DevonRex Jul 2013 #24
I've been very observant of the European situation over the past decade. Don't really need to look sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #25
LOL, it was in place long before W even took office. A little reading for you: DevonRex Jul 2013 #49
France quite recently plussed up their intelligence budget, too. nt MADem Jul 2013 #52
Really? I know that France and Germany share quite a lot. DevonRex Jul 2013 #71
are you calling france an american lapdog? arely staircase Jul 2013 #47
I like that reflexive pairing of "Iran and North Korea" Scootaloo Jul 2013 #55
Iran has a beef with us because of our cyber attack on their nuclear program. DevonRex Jul 2013 #69
Whaddya mean "bullying" Mrs. Smith? Romulus Quirinus Jul 2013 #81
"President Obama seems content to let him stew in dirty clothes." Cali_Democrat Jul 2013 #9
According to Glenn Greenwald...the leaks are all done and the newspapers are now deciding Cali_Democrat Jul 2013 #4
What does that mean? Nine Jul 2013 #10
Glenn clarifies: Cali_Democrat Jul 2013 #12
Glenn needs to get better at reporting. Raine1967 Jul 2013 #20
I understood his original tweet completely; some others did not. So he clarified. Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #27
SNowden's leak to Greenwald is done. It was completed in one dump weeks ago. morningfog Jul 2013 #54
Yet Snowden clearly said he has more which he will decide which journalists in which countries to KittyWampus Jul 2013 #91
Wow. That's some ish. Incredible back-peddle. Raine1967 Jul 2013 #17
I thought Greewald was telling fox news something big was coming Andy823 Jul 2013 #21
Greenwald asserts that the Guardian already has everything that Snowden downloaded. Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #26
That is not how I read Greenwald's statement. He is saying that everything Snowden was to give him morningfog Jul 2013 #75
Greenwald says he still does have big stuff to release, morningfog Jul 2013 #56
First the PowerPoint slides! randome Jul 2013 #58
Try to dismiss it. This is serious shit. morningfog Jul 2013 #60
I will go wherever the evidence leads me. randome Jul 2013 #62
But, you don't actually read the evidence. morningfog Jul 2013 #64
You would think Snowden would have provided stronger evidence... randome Jul 2013 #67
Face it. Obama is pissing nations off with the morningfog Jul 2013 #73
Riiiiiight! That's why Snowden is living in a Russian airport! Th1onein Jul 2013 #90
But, but, but, G went on fox and friends whose ODS is Cha Jul 2013 #57
Yet another speculation, MineralMan Jul 2013 #6
This is my opinion. Thank you for responding to my thread. morningfog Jul 2013 #8
Who needs facts? HipChick Jul 2013 #19
Who's sweating? No other nation wants him so far. CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #7
Yet none are handing him over either. Even after direct requests. morningfog Jul 2013 #76
"None" = Hong Kong and Russia. CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #88
Even if he doesn't have what they are afraid of, the fact they are this fearful of him and Cleita Jul 2013 #11
It's most likely concern about collateral damage of ironically revealing identities CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #13
I thought that site was a no no for linking to? Did that change? nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #39
Only out of convenience. morningfog Jul 2013 #77
I agree with you, morningfog. Waiting For Everyman Jul 2013 #14
They know every key stroke he made while at NSA, know all the files he accessed. I think it is more Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #15
Then why was it classified SECRET and TOP SECRET ? kentuck Jul 2013 #43
I knew someone would ask something like this. it would only be good to an analysist or to the pbone Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #72
Even the Wikileaks attorneys don't want him! randome Jul 2013 #18
The Guardian already has all the info that he downloaded. Snowden can choose to leak Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #23
Spiegel already has what's relevant to Germany too n/t Catherina Jul 2013 #38
the propagandists seem desperate to innoculate us from whatever truth is still out there carolinayellowdog Jul 2013 #28
What latest episode? n/t pnwmom Jul 2013 #30
Forcing a plane with a head of state to change course morningfog Jul 2013 #74
Or HE has nothing and is afraid NightWatcher Jul 2013 #40
The Fact that NSA has been operating on such a large scale for so long is kind of a big deal Herlong Jul 2013 #42
oh, someone's getting desperate alright nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #46
Snowden should go to Spain and Obama can ask Chimpy to go arrest him. bahrbearian Jul 2013 #50
Shrewd. randome Jul 2013 #53
John Ashcroft is unavailable Herlong Jul 2013 #68
And He is the Smart One bahrbearian Jul 2013 #70
They don't have the slightest clue what he has. Catherina Jul 2013 #61
Reports on RT that Ecuador requested a special meeting of UNASUR after the incident with Morales. morningfog Jul 2013 #63
It's true. I got it straight from Ecuadoran paper Catherina Jul 2013 #65
yeah, if they logged all his keystrokes... grasswire Jul 2013 #66
Well, obviously, security at NSA is totally SNAFU. morningfog Jul 2013 #78
I said to my husband Snowden got the crown jewels nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #79
If the US isn't careful they could cause this all to escalate and spiral into morningfog Jul 2013 #82
What, you are not going to blame a 30 something nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #83
Or he pissed off the wrong guy BeyondGeography Jul 2013 #80
The fact that they don't know what he has Hydra Jul 2013 #84
Everything you wrote is bad enough. morningfog Jul 2013 #85
There's no way to know really Hydra Jul 2013 #86
Good question. I would hope so. morningfog Jul 2013 #87
It's too late to put the horse back in the barn, this is all about discouraging future whistleblower usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #92
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