Edward Snowden's legendary tweet claiming that USA was making up the imminent Russian invasion

[Luizy]

Please retweet for exposure to his embarrassment and Russophile ways:

Link to tweet

[hlthe2b]

1. Snowden's time as a useful propaganda dupe are likely rapidly coming to an end...

He might want to lay low as the heat is turned up among Russians slowly coming to realize the truth-- and the Putinistas looking for scapegoats.

[Downtown Hound]

2. Yeah, there's no evidence Russia is planning to invade Ukraine

Except for the fact that Russia has built up hundreds of thousands of troops along Ukraine's borders in what can best be described as an attack formation, yeah, there's no evidence of that at all.

And calling Russia out on it is proof that Russia is the victim here.

I was sympathetic to Snowden back when he had his debut but he's long since proven himself to be another Russian tool.

[regnaD kciN]

3. The ultimate example of "This Tweet Aged Poorly"...

[bottomofthehill]

4. Fuck him. We are better off without him.

I hope he lives a long and miserable life.

[madinmaryland]

8. Yeap. That small "dacha" Putin gave him in northern Siberia where the only thing he is...

able to do is pound snow for the rest of his life sounds pretty good for him.

[FreepFryer]

5. So grateful for the increasing scrutiny on the various purveyors of Russian propaganda.

Remember when the master projectionists at Russia Today accused western press of “New McCarthyism” because we questioned Trump’s ties to Russia?

They signal what they fear most, and what they know they have coming.

[Cha]

12. ".. new McCarthyism".. they got

their own Mccarthy right in the House of Representatives.

[FreepFryer]

13. Nice ! :) (NT)

[betsuni]

6. Another idiot who thinks he's smarter than everyone else.

[honest.abe]

9. +1

[Takket]

7. there were literally satellite photos released every day.....

showing more and more troops and equipment massing on the border. He says there was no evidence released? Fuck that piece of shit.

[Mr. Evil]

10. I really have a deep dislike for self-absorbed morons.

Enjoy Siberia dipshit. I believe your usefulness to your new 'Dear Leader' has run its course.

[Cha]

11. FO Snowden.. I was on to your SHIT

from the GET GO!

You're WRONG.. No Excuses. Fucking Traitor.. enjoy your host putin.

[Me.]

15. Love The Way You Put That

[Cha]

16. lol💕🤷‍♂️

'Cause I was remembering all that crap he put us through. him and Greenwald.

💙💛

[Jacson6]

14. I hope that Putin doesn't invite him to the Kremlin for a cup of tea.

[xocetaceans]

17. The funny thing is that few seem to recall that Snowden is not in Russia by choice....

President Obama's Administration's actions are why he is in Russia instead of in some other country.

Also, if you do not recall, he pointed out the spying that the NSA was doing here in the US. Is
that now acceptable? Here's a review of what Snowden revealed:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/nov/01/snowden-nsa-files-surveillance-revelations-decoded

Lastly, for the sake of completeness, Snowden admitted his call on the invasion was wrong:

Link to tweet

[Raine]

19. Thanks for posting that reminder. nt

[LuvLoogie]

24. Wow that tweet is a bunch of word salad. I really can't glean any meaning besides...

"It's your fault I'm wrong."

[betsuni]

27. He was probably real cranky seeing the dozens and dozens of basketball dunking gifs in response

to his Tweet.

[mathematic]

40. He doesn't think his thoughts on this "continue to be useful" because his utility is for Russia

Here is a "hero" of freedom and transparency, willing to share his every last critical thought of the United States of America, but he doesn't think publishing his thoughts on autocratic Russia's invasion of democratic Ukraine is useful?

USEFUL TO WHO?
It should be plainly obvious that his thoughts only get published if they are useful to Russia. Because he's a propagandist for Russia.

And btw, he is absolutely in Russia by choice. Fleeing justice is a choice. The laws he broke in the US are just laws so don't give me that political prisoner garbage.

[xocetaceans]

41. Who said political prisoner? The facts of the incident suport what I wrote. n/t

[mathematic]

42. The FACT is that Snowden CHOOSES to evade the law.

He is in russia by choice. He works as a russian propagandist by choice.

And, no, it is not acceptable to info dump unredacted classified information to satisfy your own sense of right and wrong. Edward Snowden is not batman, alright?

[xocetaceans]

43. Ok...Who said political prisoner? Who said Batman? Where is the Russian propaganda? Adduce the...

evidence, please.

It does not make your argument is valid just because you present strongly felt (but so far fact-free) allegations and objections to his whistle-blowing.

Are you even familiar with the situation?

Are you fine with the level of spying that the NSA is/was doing in the US?

In what world do you think that the NSA's malfeasance would have been addressed if Snowden had not done
what he did?

I'm open to your arguments if you can prove them. My guess is that you cannot, but I'll remain open.

[xocetaceans]

44. Furthermore: NSA data collection ruled illegal and upheld by a court of appeals...

NSA Bulk Phone Data Collection Unlawful, Appeals Court Rules
By Elliot Setzer
Thursday, September 3, 2020, 11:21 AM

The National Security Agency’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records was unlawful, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Sept. 2.

A unanimous three-judge panel for the Ninth Circuit found that the warrantless collection of call metadata violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and was possibly unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment. The NSA’s call-records program officially ended in 2015 after Congress passed the USA FREEDOM Act.
...

https://www.lawfareblog.com/nsa-bulk-phone-data-collection-unlawful-appeals-court-rules

Is it to be inferred that your position is that the NSA's bulk data collection is actually legal?

If that is not your position, do you prefer that the governmental agencies of the US remain within their legal bounds?

How do you imagine that that could be accomplished?

[Baked Potato]

18. What a spectacular chump. Nt

[C Moon]

20. QAnon-esque

[moonscape]

21. In fairness, Russia didn't

invade for over a week later.

[Martin68]

23. I'm afraid that's a technicality. I don't believe the time limit was the main point.

[moonscape]

30. Didn't think I needed a sarcasm emoji but guess I did.

[Martin68]

33. moonscape, I have fallen pry to a misunderstanding of my liberal use of irony. Sorry I did that to

you!

[moonscape]

35. No worries. Serves me right for being

a no-emoji chick

[Martin68]

36. I like most emojis, but that "Sarcasm" one insults one's intelligence.

Don't stop sharing sly or subtle irony, even if it occasionally misfires.

[Luizy]

29. Snowden himself proves your excuse wrong

You say Snowden was simply talking about the exact date of the invasion.
But in a subsequent hissy faith, Snowden himself said he "called it wrong".

Link to tweet

?t=fGpug4joQqvd0K-pJINobw&s=19

[moonscape]

31. I was being sarcastic ...

[Martin68]

22. Edward Snowdon, consider yourself dunked.

Now what do you hav to say for yourself? Are you still sure about who are the bad guys and sho are the good guys?

[betsuni]

25. "There may never be a safer election in which to vote for a third option" he said in 2016.

He can't tell who the good guys and bad guys are. During the Obama administration we constantly heard about government surveillance, drone warfare, bombing weddings, warmongering, empire building etc., and all those topics completely disappeared after Trump was elected. Not a peep! All I've ever heard Snowden say about the Trump administration were observations about Trump's personality. Anybody know if he's attributed many diabolical plots to Republicans? I tried Googling but the only criticism I could find was about Trump not pardoning him.

Now he thinks Biden is some sort of IC puppet warmonger. It's not even both sides. It's all about demonizing Democrats.

And I don't believe his story about "accidentally" ending up in Russia because Obama was, like, so mean. Bullshit.

[Martin68]

26. I've been blind-sided by friends who I thought were liberals and are now taking Russia's side,

Assange's side, and China's side. I don't get it. Is it a knee-jerk distrust of the American government? Just an automatic contrarian view of world events? Or is there a hidden authoritarian side in many so-called "liberals?" It's like Firesign Theatre's "Everything you know is Wrong has become mainstream.

[betsuni]

28. From 2014 on I saw friends sucked into the anti-American pro-Russian propaganda

(anti-American meaning anti-Democratic Party, believing liberals/Democrats the true roadblock to progress and corrupted by campaign contributions), believing every lie and conspiracy theory about Democrats because no giving the benefit of the doubt to Democrats, ever, they're evil. Extremely disappointing. All of them were highly educated. Educated doesn't mean they have any damn common sense. They wanted to be part of a holier-than-thou club.

[FakeNoose]

32. He retracted it and apologized for the error

Does this erroneous tweet deserve the bandwidth we're giving it now?

Probably not.

[Martin68]

34. I believe the tweet betrays Snowden's bias against the Democratic Party, as other have

suggested above. I still appreciate the information he shared with us about the Iraq war and the federal government overstepping constitutional boundaries protecting our privacy.

[Luizy]

38. You should have said "spectacularly erroneous"

If Russia had not invaded, Snowden lovers would have given this tweet enormous "bandwidth" in the form of "Edward told you so" comments.

By the way, Snowden said he would have been "spectacularly wrong" if Russia invaded. You conveniently erased that spectacularly qualifier. I understand why you did it. If you admit that Snowden was spectacularly wrong, then you have less room to talk about too much "bandwidth".

[mathematic]

39. You retract a tweet by deleting it, he didn't. Also, where did he apologize?

I don't follow Snowden's every tweet so I didn't see the one where he apologized. I want to judge the quality of this apology myself. Too many people offer non-apology apologies.