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bigtree

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13. could have, would have . . .

Reply to ProSense (Reply #11)

Fri May 30, 2014, 02:01 PM

May 2014

. . . again, Snowden may have a need to defend all of that; but not to me. Were his transgressions deliberate, or, just carelessness or clumsiness?

For instance, I'm prepared to accept that the administration's outing of a CIA agent was an inadvertent mistake in the process of something that was likely important in the larger scheme of their foreign or security policy.

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Question: Is any NSA revelation by Snowden discredited by his candor (or lack of)? [View all] bigtree May 2014 OP

his critics here dismiss that as narcissism. grasswire May 2014 #1

No (that's my answer to your question) mike_c May 2014 #2

this email thing doesn't look to have a thing to do with the info he's leaked bigtree May 2014 #7

Where else were we going to get this information about the NSA? When? Leme May 2014 #3

Any NSA "revelation" is suspect, at best. KansDem May 2014 #4

have the documents provided been independently proven as false or incorrect? bigtree May 2014 #5

No. Not a single one. randome May 2014 #8

The NSA has a history of providing false documents. KansDem May 2014 #10

right. Do we have any proof that determines the NSA info Snowden provided is false? bigtree May 2014 #14

I'm not saying his info is false... KansDem May 2014 #16

No ProSense May 2014 #6

and the rest? bigtree May 2014 #9

As I said ProSense May 2014 #11

could have, would have . . . bigtree May 2014 #13

Yes, the ProSense May 2014 #15

No. joshcryer May 2014 #12