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In reply to the discussion: Secret US flight flew over Scottish airspace to capture Snowden [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,577 posts)You just stamp your feet and wail about nothing.
Greenwald led that team that won that Pulitzer. He has also won numerous other awards for his reporting. But I'll refrain from listing them all. Why would you doubt his credentials as a reporter? Why do you and your curious lot hate freedom of information so much? A reporter dared to shatter your world that your do-no-wrong government was abusing their authority? Because that's what it looks like. You seem so afraid to find out the raw truth that you attack not only the whistleblower, you also must attack Greenwald for publishing it. Its all about the messenger(s), and not what they say.
I tried to go to your link below but it wouldn't work. So I went to the main site, https://medium.com/, and did a search for "Snowden". Thanks, there are a number of stories. I found the one you posted. Some Danish story about how the CIA were planning to snatch Snowden using a military jet or something. But the other stories were interesting too. You should check them out. Here is one from someone that knew Snowden. And a bit of an excerpt:
https://medium.com/@colinmlee/i-knew-snowden-19c2494940d5#.5c8gn75xn
Edward Snowden has been releasing shreds of a story without characters while his opponents have created a complete narrative about his personal ambitions. All that government officials must do to blunt his message is to weaken his credibility.
The media has focused attention on the whistleblower because we all prefer to read stories about people.
Attacking the messenger distracts from the fact that so many public servants felt so strongly about the details of the wiretapping programs that they ended their careers in order to raise a public debate over them.
Officials risk almost nothing while the whistleblowers risk almost everything.
Here's another: A Lawyers Take on Snowden
https://medium.com/@joshm/a-lawyers-take-on-snowden-f6f435f74293#.x0nd8af81
Maybe you should read your own linked sites.