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48. Who do you work for? The NSA?

Wed Jul 17, 2013, 10:44 PM

Jul 2013

No one else knew? Are you smarter than all these organizations?

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Today, finally, Snowden was PROVEN a LIAR! [View all] MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 OP

Actually, ProSense Jul 2013 #1

+1000 baldguy Jul 2013 #4

All Snowden did was open the closed Secret doors RobertEarl Jul 2013 #13

Yep. : " you pitbulls are in favor of the secret doors remaining closed." GoneFishin Jul 2013 #24

Why would that be? RobertEarl Jul 2013 #36

The key is that these posters unleashing their Two Minute Hate on Snowden Maedhros Jul 2013 #138

Bingo! JEB Jul 2013 #144

? ieoeja Jul 2013 #145

I've noticed this, as well. nt Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2013 #154

But none of the items on that list are the fault of the A Simple Game Jul 2013 #176

Everyone has known about those "secret doors" for almost a decade. baldguy Jul 2013 #37

Don't kid yourself. Not even Obama let on. RobertEarl Jul 2013 #45

This is not true and no amt of continuous repeating of the meme will make it true. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #52

i do not care who 'told'. they are doing it including roguevalley Jul 2013 #139

I totally agree. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #147

Bullshit. /nt Marr Jul 2013 #81

I assume you don't include members of Congress as being members of everyone. GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #97

If Obama is the bastion of love and light Aerows Jul 2013 #109

Joke Thread BehindTheCurtain76 Jul 2013 #170

You got it. Onion and all Matariki Jul 2013 #211

nailed it! these twits can only attempt to defame individuals yet not address the leaked info. Civilization2 Jul 2013 #41

+1.. Considering that they have already won the debate.. SomethingFishy Jul 2013 #142

Here's another Bukowski quote for you baldguy LiberalLovinLug Jul 2013 #74

Intelligent, moderately well-informed, emotionally mature person here... truth2power Jul 2013 #78

Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny jailed five years baldguy Jul 2013 #96

And your point is what?? That those who point out their government's crimes truth2power Jul 2013 #106

Oh, that's awesome proof Aerows Jul 2013 #117

and man walks free in Florida after killing unarmed teenager..your point? Swagman Jul 2013 #183

Actually, that's a good comparison. baldguy Jul 2013 #198

How stupid can you be BehindTheCurtain76 Jul 2013 #167

I. ah, don't think you truly understood the spirit in which the thread was written. djean111 Jul 2013 #174

Prob not BehindTheCurtain76 Jul 2013 #199

as usual Americans think it's all about them Swagman Jul 2013 #182

Are you Bolivian, by any chance? nm MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #193

The Character Assassination Continues RC Jul 2013 #5

Echo ProSense Jul 2013 #7

If so then please inform us of the Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #56

Nothin' but crickets..... AmBlue Jul 2013 #83

No reply Aerows Jul 2013 #113

Now that is getting to the crux of the matter. JEB Jul 2013 #149

So Sen. Wyden knew Clapper was lying to him? GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #98

That's all I needed. tazkcmo Jul 2013 #165

three mins from OP to structured propaganda.. getting good!! galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #30

Propaganda for the feeble minded. ronnie624 Jul 2013 #124

+1 pa28 Jul 2013 #137

Still peddling the torture-proof canard. Even though you been proved wrong. Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #31

This is one of the funniest things I've read on DU for a while sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #33

Yes, Sabrina, I was thinking exactly the same thing. Reminds me of... drynberg Jul 2013 #122

You said exactly what I was thinking. davidthegnome Jul 2013 #125

Nice post, thank you. Intelligent people without an agenda, understand that if 'facing the sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #162

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #46

Welcome to DU. Cleita Jul 2013 #49

It's pure Aerows Jul 2013 #115

Was thinking the same. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2013 #130

Thinking the same thing for a while. N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2013 #143

I know, right? whttevrr Jul 2013 #131

Can we alert on a jury decision and demand a jury be formed to denounce the first jury? tclambert Jul 2013 #153

I gave up on juries after a recent Florida verdict Swagman Jul 2013 #184

"disruptive, rude, insensitive, over-the-top...." Good lord, 7962 Jul 2013 #159

Yeah, WTF? NealK Jul 2013 #168

yep. Matariki Jul 2013 #210

I agree, there is another post in this thread that probably should be hidden, but I decided to sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #215

astute Matariki Jul 2013 #53

welcome matthews questionseverything Jul 2013 #57

+1 ^^^this^^^ L0oniX Jul 2013 #64

Absolute Aerows Jul 2013 #118

Irrational has become the norm here. n/t L0oniX Jul 2013 #121

Appears to be true. n/t Aerows Jul 2013 #123

I just read this before coming here: NealK Jul 2013 #171

Standing shoulder to shoulder Aerows Jul 2013 #216

easy question to answer. You too can become an accomplished poster/debater stupidicus Jul 2013 #70

And, instead of talking about the NSA spying, you keep attacking Snowden's character. Apophis Jul 2013 #89

Cha-ching. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #92

Lol! NealK Jul 2013 #173

What is going to come to light Aerows Jul 2013 #111

heh SammyWinstonJack Jul 2013 #132

still trying to discredit the message by discrediting the messenger? LOL bowens43 Jul 2013 #135

^^^K&R^^^^ nt Progressive dog Jul 2013 #146

I'm still of the opinion .. relayerbob Jul 2013 #175

Your hair's on fire... Agony Jul 2013 #181

Today confirms, yet again, that your posts are full of BS. Keep digging! idwiyo Jul 2013 #195

The Character Assassination Continues cantbeserious Jul 2013 #2

Yeah, ProSense Jul 2013 #6

No you didn't. tkmorris Jul 2013 #11

LOL! Yes, I did. n/t ProSense Jul 2013 #16

Heh RobertEarl Jul 2013 #26

So did I. revmclaren Jul 2013 #75

Heh RobertEarl Jul 2013 #79

Let's pretend we didn't know. ProSense Jul 2013 #23

Me too.....and let's not forget...Snowden decided to make it about him VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #21

Had he done so JoeyT Jul 2013 #82

Oh for Heaven's Sake! VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #91

I can't think of a single reason JoeyT Jul 2013 #93

sure you can VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #101

Those things were never interesting. JoeyT Jul 2013 #107

I should have said "interesting" VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #108

Quite easily. JoeyT Jul 2013 #110

Fanboys will be Fanboys I guess VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #112

That's rich n/t Aerows Jul 2013 #127

There isn't a damn one of them Aerows Jul 2013 #126

How would they know ANY of this if he were anonymous? VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #164

No, you didn't. You knew what we all knew during the exposures by another whistle blower, sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #39

Oh please. Snowden's revelations are duds. ProSense Jul 2013 #44

If his 'revelations' are duds, why are you so upset? nt matthews Jul 2013 #55

Because I forgot to welcome you to DU. n/t ProSense Jul 2013 #58

No Aerows Jul 2013 #129

Then Ron Wyden has been lying for more than a year now, is what you are saying?? sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #72

Seriously, Sabrina, you're saying it's important that a GOP Congressman didn't know? ConservativeDemocrat Jul 2013 #189

Another truly feeble attempt at a personal attack intended to avoid answering the question I asked. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #213

Some on DU dont support Wyden, some hate Peter DeFazio and Jeff Merkely as Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #190

Yes, that has become very apparent. But they are wrong of course. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #212

Who do you work for? The NSA? matthews Jul 2013 #48

So she says. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #59

Welcome to DU. Cleita Jul 2013 #73

You are so omniscient Aerows Jul 2013 #119

Lemme go pop some popcorn.. HipChick Jul 2013 #3

K&R pscot Jul 2013 #8

NSA has a building full of full time debunkers posting on DU. mpgalloway Jul 2013 #12

DU could stop this by charging for excessive bandwidth grasswire Jul 2013 #17

LOL they're not debunkers, they are swooners Skittles Jul 2013 #102

Snowded proved himself a liar exactly one month ago today: ucrdem Jul 2013 #9

Well then all the spying is OK. Thank goodness Snowden lied. Scuba Jul 2013 #50

Not just Liberals on DU, but Liberals (anti-Kremlin) in Russia say: flamingdem Jul 2013 #10

Glutton for it, aren't you? 99Forever Jul 2013 #28

The Russkies go for the jugular flamingdem Jul 2013 #35

Living proof that... 99Forever Jul 2013 #40

The "Russkies" Puglover Jul 2013 #99

Ethnic slurs are all the rage among the OFA Centrists Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #191

Yes Puglover Jul 2013 #197

Ron Paul mention for the win!!!! nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #62

Well lefty he ain't nt flamingdem Jul 2013 #65

Can't have a Snowden thread without the mention of Ron Paul can we? LOL nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #68

Apparently it's not mentioned enough or the Russians would know this fact nt flamingdem Jul 2013 #69

I am sure the Russians do not care about a 2 bit player in American politics! nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #86

You don't get it. The real, as opposed to FSB human rights groups are watching flamingdem Jul 2013 #87

I think most people can keep track of more than one thing happening at a time. I can. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #88

Well somebody had to do it since graham4anything isn't around anymore. progressoid Jul 2013 #104

What happened to graham4anything? SammyWinstonJack Jul 2013 #133

ppr'ed progressoid Jul 2013 #134

K&R forestpath Jul 2013 #14

From information I gathered from a Snowden fan the information they are working with occurred in Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #15

Actually no. You can look at the classified dates on some of the documents... Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #27

The information I was given today was 2004 to 2007, I don't know if they was aware of the Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #32

The information you have been given is incorrect. Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #34

I did the research on the information I was given, yes it did occur in 2004 through 2007. Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #42

AFAIC whatchamacallit Jul 2013 #18

these congressmen asking these type questions should be investigated at once quinnox Jul 2013 #19

You lost me at "Kremlin Eddie." Sorry, but that really is a bad way to make your Th1onein Jul 2013 #20

Psssst MNBrewer Jul 2013 #22

The Manny Faces of Eve emulatorloo Jul 2013 #25

On the best seller list again... n/t jtuck004 Jul 2013 #85

Finally, Third-Way Manny puts that biscuit snafter Sned Nodin in his place once and for all. GoneFishin Jul 2013 #29

That has been long overdue stupidicus Jul 2013 #38

K & R Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #43

Third-Way Manny needs a blog Matariki Jul 2013 #47

Stephen Colbert sort of fills that niche already. tclambert Jul 2013 #155

Liberals hate freedom. tblue Jul 2013 #51

Congress approved of the Iraq war too. How did you feel about that? (nt) The Straight Story Jul 2013 #54

Sadly, most Democrats voted against it. MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #63

But didn't you want bush impeached over such things as the iraq war The Straight Story Jul 2013 #66

"everything in the world" woo me with science Jul 2013 #60

Now *that* can't be right. We had DU guarantees that collection was just metadata! Pholus Jul 2013 #136

Don't you mean "Ralph" Nadler? burnodo Jul 2013 #61

You know, I've never seen Nadler and Nader at the same place and time. MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #67

Yea, but, but... demosincebirth Jul 2013 #71

WTH? Lonr Jul 2013 #76

My alter ego keeps forgetting about Poe's law MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #77

Ah, Lonr Jul 2013 #80

I did the first time I saw a Third-Way Manny post, too. tclambert Jul 2013 #160

Your alter ego quoted a Congressman named Poe at least... Pholus Jul 2013 #140

... idwiyo Jul 2013 #152

Wait! There's a FIRST-Way Manny? tclambert Jul 2013 #158

. bearssoapbox Jul 2013 #84

I lost track of where on the denial chart we are. First they said Snowden lied and had rhett o rick Jul 2013 #90

For NSA Chief, �Collect It All� KoKo Jul 2013 #105

Thanks KoKo. Please see my OP rhett o rick Jul 2013 #116

Oh why can't we just get this over with davidpdx Jul 2013 #94

It's half-dimensional chess muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #95

Math DUzy! MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #120

Well, I say there are 10 kinds of people in the world . . . tclambert Jul 2013 #161

Ah. But so sad that truedelphi Jul 2013 #177

Surely anyone could enter the formula in a spreadsheet. eom Blanks Jul 2013 #180

Isn't it this? Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #208

Well done, well done Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #100

I hope your right. Maybe soon we won't have too fool ourselves and waste all that time voting. bahrbearian Jul 2013 #103

Go Manny...go Manny! Safetykitten Jul 2013 #114

Neither you nor I nor every other DUer here knows what the truth is. upaloopa Jul 2013 #128

LOL !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2013 #141

Got it, 3rd Way. davidwparker Jul 2013 #148

This is not a valid argument. Billy Pilgrim Jul 2013 #150

The OP is taking the piss. That's why he signed it as Third-Way Manny. idwiyo Jul 2013 #157

K&R DeSwiss Jul 2013 #151

Thanks for that Emmanuel RoccoR5955 Jul 2013 #156

Soon, we will always be at war with Eastasia MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #187

It appears that your training is not over. RoccoR5955 Jul 2013 #214

Too funny. felix_numinous Jul 2013 #163

TW-M is back! markpkessinger Jul 2013 #166

LOL AtheistCrusader Jul 2013 #169

This message was self-deleted by its author Richardo Jul 2013 #172

K&R MotherPetrie Jul 2013 #178

Besides, what's the big deal with fascism anyways. Gregorian Jul 2013 #179

K&R idwiyo Jul 2013 #185

Ah, my partner from the other side of the pond MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #186

We shall succeed! Why, just today I had an email from a company that wanted MY PERMISSION to use my idwiyo Jul 2013 #192

I love how your country's sites say "oh, we have cookies MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #201

Lets make one thing clear Liberals are a part of BrainMann1 Jul 2013 #188

You failed to recognize the satire.... Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #194

And if you believe the bullshit report our government published, I have a bridge to sell you NT freemay20 Jul 2013 #196

Sorry MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #202

No Need... freemay20 Jul 2013 #206

Yet another freeper style thread Bragi Jul 2013 #200

My bad... MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #203

No, no, no... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #204

I think it's called "protecting & serving the shit out of us" 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #207

It would be ONE thing if Snowden was like, you know, a REAL whistle-blower 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #205

I think Warren's granddaughter could afford more than a dime bag. leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #209