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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGlenn Greenwald: the explosive day we revealed Edward Snowden's identity to the world
An excerpt from his new book in the Guardian:
"I call the bottom bunk at Gitmo," Snowden joked as he contemplated our prospects. As we talked about future articles, he would say things such as: "That's going into the indictment. The only question is whether it's going into yours or mine." Mostly he remained inconceivably calm. Even now, with the clock winding down on his freedom, Snowden still went to bed at 10.30pm, as he had every night during my time in Hong Kong. While I could barely catch more than two hours of restless sleep at a time, he kept consistent hours. "Well, I'm going to hit the hay," he would announce casually each night before retiring for seven-and-a-half hours of sound sleep, appearing completely refreshed the next day.
When we asked him about his ability to sleep so well under the circumstances, Snowden said that he felt profoundly at peace with what he had done and so the nights were easy. "I figure I have very few days left with a comfortable pillow," he joked, "so I might as well enjoy them."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/11/glenn-greenwald-nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-book?CMP=twt_gu
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)after the milk has soured trying to make a buck.
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cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)I think many agree with my opinion. So there.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)cantbeserious
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itsrobert
(14,157 posts)n/t
cantbeserious
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itsrobert
(14,157 posts)What is that suppose to mean?
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
dionysus
(26,467 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)n/t
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)History will correctly record the facts - those facts will exonerate Snowden and Greenwald.
In fact, the facts already have.
Progressive dog
(6,926 posts)Last edited Sun May 11, 2014, 09:44 PM - Edit history (1)
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)Proud to be in the DU "minority" (ie...popularity contest ) on this one.
dionysus
(26,467 posts)Number23
(24,544 posts)view anywhere else.
Edit: Actually, judging by the rec and posts in this thread, I think we were right about which side is in the "minority" here.
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)Sad, really.
840high
(17,196 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)All this excerpt does is reveal Snowden's dishonesty.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)This guy is all about the dolla dolla bill $$$$
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)itsrobert
(14,157 posts)n/t
elias49
(4,259 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)"The trees whispered sweet nothings to bored frogs..."
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
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Octafish
(55,745 posts)$69 million. And half of Detroit's adults are unemployed.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)and he didn't even mention the kidnap victims. Snowden left his girlfriend to fend for herself. Snowden is no MLK because he refused to spend decades in a supermax prison by turning himself in. Hillary Clinton mentioned Robert Kennedy's assassination when campaigning against Obama in 2008, implying that she wanted him assassinated. (An old favorite of mine from the Obama loyalist smear archives.) Snowden said he could see everyone's purchases on his computer screen, proving that he is a moron. Greenwald has earned money being a journalist and so is just out for the money. Snowden and Greenwald didn't become activists until the President was black, thereby proving their racism. I could go on but I think I have proven my point: Snowden and Greenwald and even Hillary Clinton are pure unadulterated evil!!!!!
Please do note the sarcasm. Those who sincerely make such attacks parody themselves.
JI7
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arely staircase
(12,482 posts)Snowden is a prisoner in some sort of Kafkaesque Russian hell, forced to fellate Putin on TV.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)JI7
(89,283 posts)it's probably in his best interests that snowden stays away but even that is causing some problems with snowden getting involved in pr for Putin .
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)You'd just use it as another reason to attack him.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)neither affect my happiness
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)is a dime of Greenwald's royalties.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Sent the patsy to Moscow, (on advise I might add) he has his passport revoked before the flight, convenient I might add. Why would Snowden jump up and admit he was one responsible? He has been hanging himself from the start. Now there is video of admitting to the crime from his own mouth. Talking about getting set up, he has gone further than most dumb crooks. I expect to see him soon on the dumbest crooks show. Now GG can keep the take without sharing, some kind of a friend, huh.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)I'd like to read your theory about just who found whom and what transpired. I can't picture it working that way. So what is your theory, please?
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)and his motives, from Snowden himself," whereas Greenwald in his earlier discussion with Rolling Stone indicated
Snowden and Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the Secrets
December 4, 2013 9:00 AM ET
By Janet Reitman
That is, Greenwald chose, at the very beginning, to shape and control carefully exactly what the world heard from Snowden himself about Snowden's motives -- because Snowden's actual self-explanation somehow reminded Greenwald of the Unabomber!
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Snowden obviously felt passionately that he was revealing a serious crime. In my opinion, he was. We will differ on that, but enough of the conspiracy theories about Greenwald. He's just a civil rights advocate and journalist trying to infomr the public of the truth. Nothing more. Nothing less. Someone may disagree with the fact that he has helped Snowden reveal information that the US government wanted to keep secret. But there is no point in making up lurid details that are not backed up by what we know thus far. If Snowden objects to Greenwald's methods, Snowden will let us know. I'm pretty sure of that. Until then, I for one have to assume that Snowden has taken and is taking responsibility for the revelations he has made and that Snowden's passion about setting off a discussion about the surveillance and that Greenwald did not push him to that action. If I am wrong, Snowden is the one to point it out.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)to the world -- and the answer seems to be that once Greenwald realized what Snowden wanted to say, Greenwald had very little interest in allowing Snowden himself to explain his own motives to everyone, because Greenwald thought Snowden came across as nutbar
elias49
(4,259 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)of mine, who (on migrating to the Americas) brought with them from England some family legend of a cursed hound that haunted them, though you need not ask whether I myself have ever heard it bay at night, since I should be entirely unable to answer such a question for you
shehasmoxy
(2 posts)Snowden wanted the information to be filtered by someone from the press. He wanted an independent lens to look through to see what would be appropriate to release to the public. That's usually how its done. You appear to be making up some story about how greenwald thought he was a "nutbar"
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)That's from the Rolling Stone article on Greenwald's meeting with Snowden. It might actually have been helpful to the public to hear, directly from Snowden himself, exactly what Snowden thought he was doing, but Greenwald concluded everyone would say say, Ye gods! This dude sounds like the Unabomber!, and so we actually heard, not how Snowden would have explained himself, but rather how Snowden explained himself after being coached by Greenwald