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In reply to the discussion: A reminder...Snowden had NO ALTERNATIVE but to go to Russia. [View all]Cha
(297,262 posts)52. Putin and Comrade Eddie needed to get
on the same page on that one! ".. the more he sounds like what Putin called him--an Intelligence Official, AKA a spy, and not a Sysadmin Whistleblower."
Sounds like they coming back together here..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024892953
Compelling point..
"By his own actions, he's selling himself as a sellout. He hasn't leaked a damn thing about Pootie, now, has he? Not a single tiny iota of information. Surely he had to have grabbed a FEW wee tidbits about one of our largest competitors?"
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Snowden wouldn't have been treated like Drake. Chelsea Manning's ordeal proves that. n/t.
Ken Burch
May 2014
#2
The problem with that argument is that, if you accept surveillance in those cases,
Ken Burch
May 2014
#31
Yes, the government is capable of abusing its power. Good thing we don't have single payer, then?
Recursion
May 2014
#32
In the reality-based community, crackpot conspiracy theories don't become facts
struggle4progress
May 2014
#13
Portugal had notified Morales a day or two before his departure from Moscow that
struggle4progress
May 2014
#50
What actual evidence exists of any US involvement in that event at all?
struggle4progress
May 2014
#65
He DID have the alternative to only collect and release information about US internal surveillance.
pnwmom
May 2014
#34
He most certainly DID have one. He was either stupid, or he's everywhere he wants to be.
MADem
May 2014
#36
Yes. I have to say, the more he pipes up, the more he makes the pronouncements about
MADem
May 2014
#51
Nothing leaked about Putin is a really good point, seems everyone else has been on the list except h
uponit7771
May 2014
#92
So Snowden wasn't stuck in an airport? WOW!! This Snowden thing seems more rapped around Russia
uponit7771
May 2014
#95
Yes! Any idiot can see that a layover in Hong Kong on a flight from Hawaii to Moscow
Maedhros
May 2014
#110
Perhaps, but if he had half a brain he would have located himself in a country of his choice before
lostincalifornia
May 2014
#59
The pearl clutching over Snowden being stranded in Russia is just a distraction.
Obnoxious_One
May 2014
#61
Sowden is a dirty traitor and I wish cancer on him and any children he ever has. n/t
leeroysphitz
May 2014
#63
Snowden did NOT want to go to Russia. The US Govt forced him to remain there when they
sabrina 1
May 2014
#71
You can post all the words and links you want, but the FACT IS, Snowden WAS NOT HEADED FOR RUSSIA.
sabrina 1
May 2014
#73
Those are NOT the facts, even if he wasn't headed for Russia why the lie about being "stuck" in an
uponit7771
May 2014
#97
If he wanted to go to South America, why didn't he go there, instead of Hong Kong?
Adrahil
May 2014
#88
That has been explained over and over again. He was absolutely correct to choose a route that
sabrina 1
May 2014
#100
New taking points don't facts. Snowden was headed for SA When the US Govt forced
sabrina 1
May 2014
#117
And now to correct that erroneous statement from you. First, the US GOVT forced Snowden to REMAIN
sabrina 1
May 2014
#118
Life in Russia may be better for as long as Putin needs him to remain as a patsy.
Thinkingabout
May 2014
#84
Not if---as was reported early on--they were "on" to him and his security clearance was about to be
MADem
May 2014
#108
1. Most of the 'secrets' Snowden revealed have to do with international spying.
randome
May 2014
#89