Snowden (who really does, apparently, have epilepsy) helps an epileptic.

[MADem]

197. No--that's where YOU and YOU ALONE went. Shame on YOU.

Anyone who wants to know the backstory of the "Did he fake epilepsy?" QUESTION--never a claim, as Aerows insists, but simply a speculation-- can read this entire thread and see where my thought process was, but suffice it to say that epilepsy is a permanently disqualifying medical condition for entrance into the US Army. If he grew up with epilepsy, he couldn't have joined up.

My initial thought, thus, was that something was awry, there. However, if his epilepsy was adult-onset, it either began during basic training, (which would account for a discharge from service, but that's just speculation, too) or after basic training. Because his mother has the condition, it's also reasonable to wonder if he has the hereditary form of the condition which can manifest in very specific ways.

So, all this "untrustworthy" and "unstable" talk, readers? That's coming from AEROWS. And NO ONE ELSE.