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jmg257

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1. Wow - that's a big 180 there, MM. welcome! ;) (though I don't feel sorry for her)
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 02:48 PM
Jun 2017
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9165774

"I'm quite sure she's very bright.
That's why I believe she did this on purpose, knowing she would probably be caught. Civil disobedience."

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Wow - that's a big 180 there, MM. welcome! ;) (though I don't feel sorry for her) jmg257 Jun 2017 #1
+1 nt. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #6
I'm sure she is very bright, in her own way. MineralMan Jun 2017 #9
I read that at least the other inmates are supporting and protecting her. Kablooie Jun 2017 #2
I do feel badly for her. orangecrush Jun 2017 #3
Just curious - but why? Why feel sorry for her? We don't even know her motive. jmg257 Jun 2017 #15
Sorry orangecrush Jun 2017 #22
Its a quote she made to her sister from the big-house... jmg257 Jun 2017 #24
The "big house"? orangecrush Jun 2017 #25
Just as a reality check - software for encryption is not that rare at all, and not illegal. politicat Jun 2017 #29
How much that has reached congressional intelligence committee desks.... NCTraveler Jun 2017 #4
It's not all that huge, really. MineralMan Jun 2017 #14
This just sounds out there. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #18
We have some strong allies on those committees. MineralMan Jun 2017 #20
She's not at all bright and I don't feel at all sorry for her. B2G Jun 2017 #5
What makes you say she thought she would get off because... NCTraveler Jun 2017 #7
Probably because that's what she said to her sister B2G Jun 2017 #10
Alleged. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #12
Lol. Like they don't have a tape. B2G Jun 2017 #13
I don't see how it is dumb. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #16
The Intercept allowed her to be their pawn. Their cultish fans are obsessed with making the govern- bettyellen Jun 2017 #8
Oh, yes! Glenn Greenwald is all about Glenn Greenwald. MineralMan Jun 2017 #17
Greenwald loves the drama and attention. He and Assange are similar in that way.... bettyellen Jun 2017 #19
For what it's worth, I have enormous contempt for that whole lot of MineralMan Jun 2017 #21
Agreed. bettyellen Jun 2017 #23
Agree orangecrush Jun 2017 #26
Perhaps she just wanted the citizens to be aware. Kleveland Jun 2017 #11
She meant well. Sounds familiar though, well-intentioned but naive whistle blowers... brush Jun 2017 #27
I'm sure she did mean well. MineralMan Jun 2017 #28
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