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In reply to the discussion: What information does Snowden have that the NSA is so concerned about? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)50. GG needs to stop saying there is--it will get his Hot Story killed.
Here's GG -- once AGAIN -- making the story all about HIM and his fearless fight against the 'PTB' while saying (in the passive voice, the chickenshit) exactly what I just said--that there is a "If he dies, the info flies" trigger.
That Snowden has created some sort of "dead man's switch" - whereby documents get released in the event that he is killed by the US government - was previously reported weeks ago, and Snowden himself has strongly implied much the same thing. That doesn't mean he thinks the US government is attempting to kill him - he doesn't - just that he's taken precautions against all eventualities, including that one (just incidentally, the notion that a government that has spent the last decade invading, bombing, torturing, rendering, kidnapping, imprisoning without charges, droning, partnering with the worst dictators and murderers, and targeting its own citizens for assassination would be above such conduct is charmingly quaint).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/13/reuters-article-dead-man-s-switch?commentpage=1
So yeah, waaah, waah, waah--bottom line, though, if he ends up dead, it could be ANYONE who wants to see what "goods" Snowden has, or anyone who just wants to cause "harm" to the USA and might not even give a shit about the info he says he has.
By now, USA already KNOWS what he has. By now, China and Russia already know what he has. But that's not to say that others might not want to have a peek. OR...they just might want to "blow up" the USA for stupid reasons--like say, because they object to gays in the military or right to choose--and that's one way to make that happen.
GG painted a bullseye on Snowden, and now the little shitheel is crying because people are noticing.
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What information does Snowden have that the NSA is so concerned about? [View all]
kentuck
Jul 2013
OP
Ask Putin--he's already got all that info, and he doesn't want any other nation to have it.
MADem
Jul 2013
#2
A nice dacha might be part of the package. Or, it's a private place for a debriefing.
MADem
Jul 2013
#27
I think it is reasonable to assume the Russians are sophisticated enough to drain those computers of
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#54
yeah, it is a lazy saying because it implies one should never make assumptions
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#58
Absolutely Correct - And In This Case Where All Anyone Has Is Speculation - Assumptions Are A Slippery Slope
cantbeserious
Jul 2013
#60
US tech firms that send employees to China are concerned enough about intellectual property theft...
Hekate
Jul 2013
#77
With The Latest Revelations - Sounds Like Precautions We Need To Take To Thwart The NSA
cantbeserious
Jul 2013
#83
Oh sure...but they could be giving him "nice accommodations" to show him what swell guys they are...
MADem
Jul 2013
#82
I am saying IF he ends up dead (that is not a prediction, that is a conditional statement),
MADem
Jul 2013
#21
That's rather counter-intuitive. According to GG, if he ends up dead, he's got some sort
MADem
Jul 2013
#25
Greenwald is washed up as a creditable journalist, probably part of a scheme who used
Thinkingabout
Jul 2013
#8
Maybe the crown jewels will help somebody but the charges remain and somebidy forgot to beam me
Thinkingabout
Jul 2013
#12
So you think your comments cures Greenwald's creditability, dont think so. Your type of answer is
Thinkingabout
Jul 2013
#19
As if Greenwald's credibility depends on a post deep in a thread on DU. ROFLMFAO
Coyotl
Jul 2013
#33
In an age when "creditable journalist" = "stenographer pool", I suppose you are correct
MNBrewer
Jul 2013
#42
That's the kind of thing you use when you're stealing the other guy's secrets
jmowreader
Jul 2013
#84
The most obvious would be that Republicans are spying on Dems and altering the course of Democracy.
Coyotl
Jul 2013
#32
I think we'd all be surprised if they hadn't. Proof would be fascinating ...
DirkGently
Jul 2013
#88
What Greenwald has is a desire to be at the center of the story, even as he's being passed by.
MADem
Jul 2013
#52
It's not a question of "us" having him anywhere, with Greenwald encouraging ANYONE who has a beef
MADem
Jul 2013
#65
Pootie Poot would be SURE to make it appear to be an unfortunate accident of fate.
MADem
Jul 2013
#76
Maybe. I think he might have thought he was playing patriot games and helping the Paulbot cause,
MADem
Jul 2013
#81