EXCLUSIVE: Edward Snowden Tells Brian Williams: 'I Was Trained as a Spy'

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59. The coverage from even reputable media is often demonstrably wrong here:

the BBC reported In 2003, he joined the US Army and began training with the special forces;

the Nation reported Ed Snowden enlisted in the Army Reserve as a Special Forces recruit;

Encyclopedia Brittanica says He enlisted in the army reserve as a special forces candidate

and all of these are inaccurate claims

The Guardian, too, in an article based on a direct interview with him, said he enlisted in the US army and began a training program to join the Special Forces

which is also an inaccurate claim

I provided you with a link to an army website indicating one can't join special forces through the army reserve, and another link to another army spokesperson email indicating one can't join special forces with a GED

What's odd about your PoV IMO is that you regard reports of governmental sources as reliable when they support your narrative (in the present instance, for example) and unreliable when they don't -- and that's not a usable recipe for a defensible analysis