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10. What's your basis for that being his last straw?

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Tue Dec 24, 2013, 12:15 PM

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Edward Snowden: 'I Already Won'-�If I defected at all, I defected from the government to the public� [View all] kpete Dec 2013 OP

"The NSA�s business is �information dominance,� the use of other people�s secrets to shape events." Pholus Dec 2013 #1

�I am still working for BAH right now." ucrdem Dec 2013 #2

Thank you, Edward Snowden. woo me with science Dec 2013 #3

As I recall this person was a private contractor for the NSA. gordianot Dec 2013 #4

Booz Allen Hamilton. ucrdem Dec 2013 #17

His point stands. The NSA isn't a worthy Aerows Dec 2013 #68

Snowden deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. Fuddnik Dec 2013 #5

yep Fuddnik kpete Dec 2013 #6

+1 cantbeserious Dec 2013 #8

+1. jsr Dec 2013 #46

agreed, 100 percent.... mike_c Dec 2013 #72

I'm able to appreciate Snowden while disliking him TekGryphon Dec 2013 #7

What's your basis for that being his last straw? Broward Dec 2013 #10

The fact that he was all gung-ho about national security while... TekGryphon Dec 2013 #14

Making up shit. former9thward Dec 2013 #39

Post removed Post removed Dec 2013 #40

Your garbage means has nothing to back up your claims. former9thward Dec 2013 #47

3 seconds on Google would get you.. TekGryphon Dec 2013 #50

Unlike your google my google is rational. former9thward Dec 2013 #59

All signs points to him being a patriot. zeemike Dec 2013 #12

My signs are hearsay? Prove it. TekGryphon Dec 2013 #13

No no, that is not how it works. zeemike Dec 2013 #20

Oh, it's easy for me. TekGryphon Dec 2013 #35

Snowden started work as a contractor for the NSA in 2009 RC Dec 2013 #41

And his transcripts show that: TekGryphon Dec 2013 #45

I do not understand how you can equate exposing unconstitutional wrong doing of the NSA with Glen Beck RC Dec 2013 #51

He blew the whistle for one reason: TekGryphon Dec 2013 #52

Snowden said he blew the whistle because our President is Black? RC Dec 2013 #56

So what do you want done? Ignore the Constitutional violations because he is a racist? rhett o rick Dec 2013 #74

YOU are the one making the logical leap that it's *BECAUSE* "we have a black president" yodermon Dec 2013 #65

Or a patsy, or an asset, ucrdem Dec 2013 #21

And you can prove this how? zeemike Dec 2013 #22

Call it due process then. ucrdem Dec 2013 #29

yes like all the accused commies were chomping at the bit zeemike Dec 2013 #36

Good to know that Tea Party loons are Patriots according to you. TekGryphon Dec 2013 #38

Well let me explain something to you if I may. zeemike Dec 2013 #63

How do you know that poster in your link is Snowden? riderinthestorm Dec 2013 #66

Oh how nice of him to give us that chance! treestar Dec 2013 #9

Everything was going along fine with that process before Snowden came along, wasn't it! gtar100 Dec 2013 #27

He could have used the whistleblower protection act treestar Dec 2013 #28

Hldhave ended up in Gitmo mindwalker_i Dec 2013 #42

Baloney treestar Dec 2013 #62

On paper, yes those options were available. But I have seen no evidence that those laws have been gtar100 Dec 2013 #58

I have little doubt he'd have been tried in federal court treestar Dec 2013 #64

are you freaking kidding? grasswire Dec 2013 #30

You've constructed a strange world in your head treestar Dec 2013 #33

"The government is not reading your email" former9thward Dec 2013 #43

And whose side are you on in this class war? You seem to worship the authoritarian rhett o rick Dec 2013 #75

He won in that he was able to give us information they didn't want us to have. As far as us having liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #11

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #15

"I am not trying to bring down the NSA..." ProSense Dec 2013 #16

Snowden is not referring to a personal win but a win for the cause. Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #23

He said ProSense Dec 2013 #25

You're taking the "I" word too literally and the last paragraph Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #31

No, I think you want this to be another gem from Snowden, but ProSense Dec 2013 #44

You took the "I already won" out of context, if you include the rest of the paragraph, Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #48

It's very creepy and pure Snowden.. mahalo Cha Dec 2013 #70

Of course you side with the authoritarians state of Clapper and Alexander, who are not DEMOCRATS. rhett o rick Dec 2013 #76

K&R'd! snot Dec 2013 #18

A rolling stone gathers no moss PowerToThePeople Dec 2013 #19

The world won. Thanks to Snowden. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #24

Hero, patriot, defender of the Constitution. Thank you Edward Snowden. Scuba Dec 2013 #26

He's akin to the Chinese man in Tienamin Square grasswire Dec 2013 #34

I always thought that inevitable stupidicus Dec 2013 #32

merry xmas kpete! ucrdem Dec 2013 #37

ucrdem kpete Dec 2013 #53

The Whistle Blowers are the protectors of our Democracy! bvar22 Dec 2013 #49

Whole lotta "I" and "me" in all that. MADem Dec 2013 #54

I noticed that. Narcissism is amusing. nt politichew Dec 2013 #57

He was asked "to reflect at length on the roots and repercussions of his choice." ronnie624 Dec 2013 #79

Not "small and irrelevant"--it's precisely the point. MADem Dec 2013 #80

That KGB asset should have the decency to stay out of the media during our nation's holidays. nt politichew Dec 2013 #55

Yes, otherwise it might be taken as a "War on the Holidays." Pholus Dec 2013 #60

Now Snowden is contributing to the war on Christmas? ! riderinthestorm Dec 2013 #67

:) I know, right? nt Pholus Dec 2013 #69

Eddie needed a fix. nm Cha Dec 2013 #71

And you stand with Booz-Allen against those that dare to desire freedom and liberty. rhett o rick Dec 2013 #77

it's my nation too... mike_c Dec 2013 #73

�All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed,� he said. gulliver Dec 2013 #61

Geez...why didn't he go to his hero, Rand Paul, on the Senate Intel Committee? MADem Dec 2013 #81

k&r idwiyo Dec 2013 #78