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In reply to the discussion: ‘Bullsh*t!’ Greenwald and Iraq Vet Blow Up on Real Time over Snowden Leaks [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,825 posts)... on the fact that Snowden has yet to offer any evidence for his allegations, i.e. he could read Obama's email, he could track anyone's on-line purchases as they happened, he could "read your thoughts as you typed them", etc.
When asked point-blank by Brian Williams what illegal activities the NSA was engaging in, Snowden could not come up with a single example. Not one.
It is not Snowden's call, nor Greenwald's, as to what is Constitutional and what isn't. And it's not your call either.
Snowden is a common thief, and Greenwald is a huckster looking to make money.
It's amusing to see people like yourself yelling DON'T TRUST A THING THE GOV'T SAYS, while they are busy swallowing every word the Thief and the Huckster are selling - despite the fact that neither have offered an iota of proof for their assertions.
The only thing GG has accomplished is selling paranoia to people like you. Perhaps a late night TV infomercial is in the offing, where GG will be promoting his "Official Tin-Foil Hat", absolutely guaranteed to keep the NSA from being able to read your thoughts.
It is interesting that you think asking pertinent questions and expecting factual answers is "scapegoating". For most people, asking pertinent questions is exactly that - asking pertinent questions. The fact that the Thief and the Huckster cannot answer those questions speaks for itself.
The facts remain: Snowden is stranded in Russia, and GG is making a shitload of money while Eddie ponders his still unknowable fate. But that's what Hucksters do. They package their snake-oil in small portions, and sell it piecemeal to the local yokels, who are convinced that they will be enlightened by revelations that never materialize. And, more often than not, that's what Thieves do - they place their trust in fences who promise to sell their wares and split the profits - unless, of course, the Thief is rendered unable to collect for some reason - like being stuck in Russia without any access to the money that's being generated by the sale of their stolen goods.
The "dupe" here is people like yourself, who believe in the government's complete betrayal of its oath to uphold this country's Constitution, despite the fact that neither Snowden nor Greenwald, when asked, could come up with a single instance of the NSA having done anything that is illegal or unConstitutional.
THAT, my friend, is being "suckered in". And you have been suckered in to the nth degree.