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Ikonoklast

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29. Honest question: Do you believe everything Snowden says?

Thu May 29, 2014, 11:07 AM

May 2014

It has been already shown that he is not being truthful on more than one occasion. Do you believe that he is strategically telling those lies, or something else?

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The 13 Most Bizarre Things from Edward Snowden�s NBC News Interview [View all] ProSense May 2014 OP

Dear NSA BeyondGeography May 2014 #1

Millions of people have reported their iPhones mysteriously turning on frazzled May 2014 #24

I'll worry when I get butt-dialed by someone other than my daughter BeyondGeography May 2014 #28

Awaiting the dcent of locusts to attempt to tear this apart MohRokTah May 2014 #2

Oh, and too bad he gave up being a brain surgeon to become a double naught spy. eom MohRokTah May 2014 #3

4) There are a million Americans "trained as spies." sofa king May 2014 #4

Yup, and ProSense May 2014 #9

His release of the documents was timed to disrupt Obama's trip to China. blm May 2014 #19

Number 4 convincingly demonstrates a pathetic attempt to pad a list. Pholus May 2014 #5

No, ProSense May 2014 #7

Not really. Pholus May 2014 #10

Well, ProSense May 2014 #12

I detect a pivot. Pholus May 2014 #56

14. There was ZERO discussion of boxes in his garage AngryAmish May 2014 #6

Lame deflection No. 1 ProSense May 2014 #8

DU rec...nt SidDithers May 2014 #11

The usual suspects here ... Trajan May 2014 #13

I know, I should have ProSense May 2014 #14

Honest question: Do you believe everything Snowden says? Ikonoklast May 2014 #29

My opinion on what to believe or not to believe in Mr. Snowden. PRETZEL May 2014 #36

Yes, look at the rec list. The same small group. Over and over and over. nt Mojorabbit May 2014 #44

Funny how highly egregious behavior by authorities is tolerated Tsiyu May 2014 #15

What's "funny" ProSense May 2014 #16

I would far rather know what my government is up to than not Tsiyu May 2014 #18

So what do you need to know? randome May 2014 #21

'Everybody does it!" Tsiyu May 2014 #22

So the US should unilaterally stop spying on other nations and... MohRokTah May 2014 #23

Well, ProSense May 2014 #25

It seems like much of what you have to say about Snowden is just ad-hominem criticism. I agree that Erose999 May 2014 #30

Since you ProSense May 2014 #31

Well, he did disclose a bunch of information on how the NSA is compiling data on the communications Erose999 May 2014 #32

All of which is 100% legal under the USA PATRIOT Act. MohRokTah May 2014 #41

yep Hekate May 2014 #43

Do you remember all of the discussions we had here when that abomination was going up for votes? Skidmore May 2014 #45

Gods yes. I thought I would go mad, watching what the Bush Cabal did to us and trying to oppose it Hekate May 2014 #47

Indeed. Skidmore May 2014 #50

Yes, I've been against the "Patriot" act from the start. I would like to give a middle finger salute Erose999 Jun 2014 #58

We did know, Tsiyu. sofa king May 2014 #46

TY for the links to DU history, sofa king. nt Hekate May 2014 #48

Thank you karynnj May 2014 #49

You were fine til the insult at the end Tsiyu May 2014 #51

It's heroic to speak against authorities treestar May 2014 #33

Interesting in going through these links that Ron Paul wants him to get clemency and he attacks HRC. freshwest May 2014 #39

it's not heroic to turn leaders into saints Tsiyu May 2014 #52

Now you are talking about criticism of Democrats treestar May 2014 #54

okay Tsiyu May 2014 #55

I have a theory... betsuni May 2014 #17

I have a theory about how the movie will end... MohRokTah May 2014 #20

lol treestar May 2014 #34

Go for the gold. Producer, director, screenwriter, actor and royalites for being himself. freshwest May 2014 #37

I had that same thought! nt daligirl519 May 2014 #27

I don't believe anything that guy says. leftyladyfrommo May 2014 #26

The strangest thing is that he didn't secure asylum in a country before releasing the documents, lostincalifornia May 2014 #35

DING! DING! DING! I have argued before that Russia was his intended destination. Tarheel_Dem May 2014 #38

this blogger has been repeatedly discredited grasswire May 2014 #40

Snowden did admit to taking and distributing damaging information ProSense May 2014 #42

"SNOOOWDENNNNN!!!" whatchamacallit May 2014 #53

14 things. This thread. Katashi_itto May 2014 #57