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62. K&R Excelent post.

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Thank You Edward Snowden, They Are Now On Their Knees, Begging...Well Done. [View all] WillyT Dec 2013 OP

CBS?? Ugh. grasswire Dec 2013 #1

sunlight is the ONLY real disinfectant.... mike_c Dec 2013 #2

Yup ... they're blinking 1000words Dec 2013 #3

Would amnesty be the least untruthful thing he's offered? MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #4

If he accepts amnesty and comes back, he best stay away from small planes and cars. nm rhett o rick Dec 2013 #8

If he accepts amnesty and comes back, he can expect a long prison sentence or worse. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #17

But they could save a little face if they embraced him and then he could be disappeared. rhett o rick Dec 2013 #35

+1000 AAO Dec 2013 #36

Oh, I expect they'd offer him a very nice salary and a job as an Marr Dec 2013 #78

All they would have to do Utopian Leftist Dec 2013 #104

"The government does not have to keep a contract..." Pholus Dec 2013 #57

Are you making a statement or trying to make an argument by Just Asking Questions? nm rhett o rick Dec 2013 #66

And are those felonies prosecuted equally? Savannahmann Dec 2013 #70

Yeah. Pholus Dec 2013 #76

Absolutely correct Dan Dec 2013 #119

Thanks Eddie, you want to come back to Progressive dog Dec 2013 #5

Maybe if they force him to marry the fiance he abandoned. randome Dec 2013 #7

What's the matter? Are you afraid if he comes back he may expose your idols rhett o rick Dec 2013 #13

I have no love for Clapper or Alexander. I have never expressed any. randome Dec 2013 #15

Yet you defend the NSA at every turn. neverforget Dec 2013 #20

I wouldn't even characterize it as 'defending' the NSA. randome Dec 2013 #23

Lol! you lost it with "but" neverforget Dec 2013 #24

Your position contains a glaring internal contradiction. bvar22 Dec 2013 #60

Not sure if 'thanks' are due him any more than one thanks a hacker for stealing credit card #s. randome Dec 2013 #63

I'll thank anyone who exposes governmental crimes erronis Dec 2013 #113

Post removed Post removed Dec 2013 #156

" But pointing out that Snowden is an idiot who bamboozled his co-workers" Titonwan Dec 2013 #108

Everyone else does. nt DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2013 #147

+10 (nt) reACTIONary Dec 2013 #115

MANY people allowed Snowden access to classified data. randome Dec 2013 #22

What Snowden was trying to tell everyone, including YOU, is that thousands of employees at loudsue Dec 2013 #30

LOL. Your hatred knows no bounds. You want to think he is hapless and yet he fooled rhett o rick Dec 2013 #34

He's an idiot-- who bamboozled our smart, competent intelligence officials! Marr Dec 2013 #84

Well since you put it that way! nm rhett o rick Dec 2013 #91

Well, it looks like you finally realized it would be better to stop digging, bvar22 Dec 2013 #110

Huh? But I thought he "Didn't Tell Us Anything New�". Marr Dec 2013 #80

Apparently you have never seen sarcasm before, Progressive dog Dec 2013 #95

Wow, how many DUers said he did nothing important? Ripped him daily? n-t Logical Dec 2013 #6

LoLOLOLO!!! Where are they...what a pompous crowd they were too. Katashi_itto Dec 2013 #11

It made NOSense! :-) Logical Dec 2013 #14

Got a link? 1000words Dec 2013 #25

Blue ones, please! MNBrewer Dec 2013 #65

Here's one: ProSense Dec 2013 #73

LOL, doubling down, as expected. The story of the year and you fought it hourly for weeks! n-t Logical Dec 2013 #77

This reminds me ProSense Dec 2013 #82

You lost on this. Admit Snowden exposed something that needed exposed. n-t Logical Dec 2013 #101

Amy Goodman Puglover Dec 2013 #140

:) Katashi_itto Dec 2013 #32

Heh Bobbie Jo Dec 2013 #99

Hey Bobbie Jo Puglover Dec 2013 #141

Hey....Back Atcha. Bobbie Jo Dec 2013 #149

+1 L0oniX Dec 2013 #142

I'll STILL rip him, SnowGlen fans giving space to him but NOT to others is the hypocrisy and... uponit7771 Dec 2013 #43

I guess you'll have to explain your analogy... Pholus Dec 2013 #58

What "old lady" got run over? Gen Clapper? rhett o rick Dec 2013 #69

Like I want banksters put in jail I want the curtain pulled back but in the right way. ... uponit7771 Dec 2013 #122

Oh bull crap. You think you can fool anyone with that "I want the curtain pulled back rhett o rick Dec 2013 #132

You must be part of the NSA to know so much about me!!!!! uponit7771 Dec 2013 #133

No you are very transparent. nm rhett o rick Dec 2013 #135

Yeah yeah the leaks are putting people's lives in danger. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #123

Der Spiegel: Snowden Released Information That Could �Endanger the Lives of NSA Workers� Read more a uponit7771 Dec 2013 #124

Yeah, and that information didn't get published. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #125

You forgot the ... by Der Speigel part... you know.. cause he handed shit to China's media uponit7771 Dec 2013 #126

Where do you think those responsible journalists keep those documents? randome Dec 2013 #130

So let me see if I follow your rational. Because Snowden's release of data COULD endanger rhett o rick Dec 2013 #139

No, we should not.. just Snowden could go the slow CORRECT way instead of being a jerk with it NEED uponit7771 Dec 2013 #154

The slow correct way doesnt work. It sounds proper. You either support whistle-blowers or you rhett o rick Dec 2013 #155

There's more fallacies to your argument Titonwan Dec 2013 #160

What if Titonwan Dec 2013 #157

It's hard to just let people suffer or die at Snowden's hands... gulliver Dec 2013 #9

Please list any of the people who have suffered or died at Snowden's hands. Warren Stupidity Dec 2013 #16

der spiegel said they would have had a list. uponit7771 Dec 2013 #44

He's a regular Ted Bundy, I tells ya. Fuddnik Dec 2013 #109

What a bunch of crap. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #19

That is such a strange thing to say. ronnie624 Dec 2013 #94

Ok, I'll bite. gulliver Dec 2013 #98

It's the US national security state that causes the real suffering. ronnie624 Dec 2013 #136

We must protect the authoritarian state at all costs, even liberty. We must smite all rhett o rick Dec 2013 #148

A deal? That's nothing to celebrate Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #10

It's a 'filler' article. No basis in reality. randome Dec 2013 #12

I think it's just a ploy to see how Snowden would react... Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #18

Precisely. Forget any type of deal, just keep spilling the information. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #21

Not amnesty--a federal plea deal. The DOJ would grant a plea deal as Eddie as a co-operating witness msanthrope Dec 2013 #54

"They Are Now On Their Knees, Begging...Well Done"? blue neen Dec 2013 #26

It should have endangered the lives of the whole washington cabal. Warren Stupidity Dec 2013 #27

Excuse me? blue neen Dec 2013 #29

I think that he and Greenwald were extremely careful with the information they published. Th1onein Dec 2013 #112

I'm not really sure whose post you read. blue neen Dec 2013 #129

I responded to your post. Here, I'll quote it for you: Th1onein Dec 2013 #138

That's what terrifies me - how much Americans will take without doing anything... polichick Dec 2013 #50

Please post a link to a reliable source that proves Snowden leaked classified information to sabrina 1 Dec 2013 #41

der spiegel.... posted 2 billion times already uponit7771 Dec 2013 #45

I've never seen it. Please post that. Thanks. nt riderinthestorm Dec 2013 #48

Here. randome Dec 2013 #81

Nope. Those articles explicitly state the info was given to journalists and no lives are in jeopardy riderinthestorm Dec 2013 #107

Yeap, here yah go: Der Spiegel: Snowden Released Information That Could �Endanger the Lives of NSA" uponit7771 Dec 2013 #120

Der Spiegel is a foreign government??? sabrina 1 Dec 2013 #93

Do you seriously believe "foreign governments" aren't on the internet? jmowreader Dec 2013 #114

+1, I didn't think about that simple fact in all of this; if It was terrorist and even had a hint of uponit7771 Dec 2013 #121

They apparently already have; I've read reports that intercept of terror targets has almost vanished jmowreader Dec 2013 #137

So he didn't leak information to a Foreign Government, as you claimed. He leaked information that sabrina 1 Dec 2013 #161

Where have all the "old news" posters gone? WowSeriously Dec 2013 #28

Probably didn't get the new talking points yet. sabrina 1 Dec 2013 #40

Indeed, the talking point mill seems to have broken down somewhat. WowSeriously Dec 2013 #46

Paid shill trolls checks bounced. L0oniX Dec 2013 #143

I thinkthey've realised that the Internet doesn't work as an official propaganda machine. sibelian Dec 2013 #47

Waiting on the "new" news? ProSense Dec 2013 #74

If he released "old news", why do you care? /nt Marr Dec 2013 #85

I still can't get over the fact that they led with a Powerpoint slide in June. randome Dec 2013 #86

Perhaps that is true. I am looking forward to the next layer of transparency to be pealed back. WowSeriously Dec 2013 #131

It doesn't make any sense to return the documents..... DeSwiss Dec 2013 #31

On the flip side davidpdx Dec 2013 #38

Saw this on the evening news last night, Gen. Alexander sounds like... countryjake Dec 2013 #33

Alexander is a real piece of work. Which is why he has the job he does. These jobs don't go to msanthrope Dec 2013 #56

He should tell the bastards to piss off and then release more documents. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #37

They've shown their hand already where Whistle Blowers are concerned. He would never be safe. sabrina 1 Dec 2013 #39

They're at least wincing uponit7771 Dec 2013 #42

du rec. xchrom Dec 2013 #49

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #51

He should stipulate that he will not release any more info, provided that Zorra Dec 2013 #52

Snowden is a hero Harmony Blue Dec 2013 #53

This might be the funniest thread you've ever posted. You rejoicing over a federal plea deal where msanthrope Dec 2013 #55

Seems like fantasy: ProSense Dec 2013 #64

I found the OP's faith in Ledgett's credibility touching. I see the 'good cop/bad cop' msanthrope Dec 2013 #92

+1,000 --"Situational allegiance" is a funny thing, ain't it? nt MADem Dec 2013 #97

Am I the only one wondering what the F*CK all of this has been for? What this has all been about? Number23 Dec 2013 #117

You nailed it. Think about ProSense Dec 2013 #146

YES!!! Number23 Dec 2013 #152

It makes for good TV I guess TNLib Dec 2013 #151

We now have a new working definition of "on their knees". grantcart Dec 2013 #103

So where is this going? Pholus Dec 2013 #59

Well Done. bvar22 Dec 2013 #61

K&R Excelent post. idwiyo Dec 2013 #62

Yeah, it has been evident that Snowden/Greenwald Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #71

*If* that is the case...the gameplan is sound. Pholus Dec 2013 #83

k/r marmar Dec 2013 #67

Ed Snowden amerxp Dec 2013 #68

Merry Christmas rtracey Dec 2013 #105

So... MrMickeysMom Dec 2013 #128

great post G_j Dec 2013 #72

hear hear!! WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #75

That's one guy's opinion. One guy. MADem Dec 2013 #79

That they are even considering it, even remotely enough that it's mentioned on TV Savannahmann Dec 2013 #88

It's still one guy. And it could be a "float" for all we know. MADem Dec 2013 #96

Well give you amnesty for past transgressions, just please stop talking? I hope if offered Ed Suspicious Dec 2013 #87

A deal that he can't accept. Vox Moi Dec 2013 #89

Zod, is that you? gulliver Dec 2013 #90

Keep driving 'em crazy, WillyT! snot Dec 2013 #100

Unrec x Infinity. AverageJoe90 Dec 2013 #102

Thanks For The Lecture, But... WillyT Dec 2013 #118

DUREC+ L0oniX Dec 2013 #145

I would agree, but that wasn't Snowden's aim. AverageJoe90 Dec 2013 #150

LOL. L0oniX Dec 2013 #144

"as a fellow liberal" marmar Dec 2013 #158

I know right? Puglover Dec 2013 #159

The NSA, CIA, and affilliates should be on their knees begging not to be indicted. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #106

When President Greenwald is inaugurated in 2017. Fuddnik Dec 2013 #111

Wow, i didn't know that the NSA could grant amnesty n/t lordsummerisle Dec 2013 #116

Always have a plan B... MrMickeysMom Dec 2013 #127

No one is begging except possibly Snowden's parents. ucrdem Dec 2013 #134

k & r! n/t wildbilln864 Dec 2013 #153