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sammytko

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42. that's what i say!

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Wed May 28, 2014, 08:51 AM

May 2014

he's spying on the soviets

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EXCLUSIVE: Edward Snowden Tells Brian Williams: 'I Was Trained as a Spy' [View all] Jesus Malverde May 2014 OP

How do we know he's still not deep cover? 951-Riverside May 2014 #1

Indeed... Jesus Malverde May 2014 #2

that's what i say! sammytko May 2014 #42

You're so close. Change "on" to "for" and "soviets" to "Russians" - and you've nailed it. 24601 May 2014 #64

Possibly, it would be like what we did with Oswald 55 years ago KurtNYC May 2014 #67

illusions of grandeur lostincalifornia May 2014 #3

Being the worlds most famous whistleblower... Jesus Malverde May 2014 #4

Most pervasive police state? Bullshit lostincalifornia May 2014 #11

+10 !!! (nt) reACTIONary May 2014 #29

Really. Police states incarcerate people. How does the US rank in that? Pholus May 2014 #30

Number One, hooray! JackRiddler May 2014 #32

Hey, it's nice to see US businesses establish themselves. Pholus May 2014 #33

That is not the definition of a police state. geek tragedy May 2014 #44

Nice Strawman there Geek! Pholus May 2014 #45

One can oppose the NSA overreach without geek tragedy May 2014 #46

When I see you doing some "intelligent dissent" Pholus May 2014 #47

We torture innocent people as well as have summary executions, tout fait compte:) grahamhgreen May 2014 #52

Yeah, we're not a police state. We have our problems but that's not one of them. WhoWoodaKnew May 2014 #51

"the most pervasive police state since the stazi" geek tragedy May 2014 #13

and where Snowden is currently staying, boy I am sure glad the don't intrude on people's privacy lostincalifornia May 2014 #15

Did RT make up the prison numbers? JackRiddler May 2014 #34

"the most pervasive police state since the stazi"?? George II May 2014 #49

Torture. grahamhgreen May 2014 #53

Putin has your passport ready, Edward! big_dog May 2014 #5

I see you're ready for 1951-style McCarthyism JackRiddler May 2014 #43

yup he flunk out of the army and was a security guard overseas Historic NY May 2014 #6

Especially since spy still translates to IT... giftedgirl77 May 2014 #7

Yeah, the Russians trained him with the help of GG itsrobert May 2014 #8

I hope Comrade Snowden can Cryptoad May 2014 #9

ROFL SoapBox May 2014 #19

By whom? jberryhill May 2014 #10

Egotistical and narrcisstic perdita9 May 2014 #12

+1 davidpdx May 2014 #16

That was my operating assumption for the last year ucrdem May 2014 #14

Post removed Post removed May 2014 #17

as Bill Maher said....everytime he opens his mouth...crazy shit flies out!!! VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #18

When did he say that? joshcryer May 2014 #21

He said it to Glenn Greenwald's face....THAT episode... VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #26

There are two sides. Those that are struggling for freedoms and liberty and those that choose the rhett o rick May 2014 #20

"struggling for freedoms and liberty" joshcryer May 2014 #22

In YOUR opinion! VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #27

Why would liberals support an authoritarian state as presented by Gen Clapper and the rhett o rick May 2014 #50

A good rule of thumb - disbelieve anything that posits pure evil vs pure good karynnj May 2014 #55

"Phone records (not content)" Leopolds Ghost May 2014 #63

So he was not a disenchanted low-level analyst, but a trained spy who defected pnwmom May 2014 #23

who by his own mouth rtracey May 2014 #36

These comments are ridiculous. Soylent Brice May 2014 #24

Yeah, it does seem artificial somehow. Pholus May 2014 #31

+1...nt freebrew May 2014 #39

Agree it's hard to understand. But, then maybe it's "pre-judgement" KoKo May 2014 #57

Yes, I'm completely mystified... CanSocDem May 2014 #60

Ha! From day one I said he was CIA. BushInc has long wielded its own circle of power there that no blm May 2014 #25

Guardian published he was CIA; that's not a theory Recursion May 2014 #37

They said he was doing work for the CIA...they didn't say he WAS, indeed, CIA. Every firm he blm May 2014 #40

my opinion on latest snowden info Adamsmith8820 May 2014 #28

Funny thing rtracey May 2014 #35

The forces of 'progress'... CanSocDem May 2014 #38

Anyone NOW doubting that he's a traitor? George II May 2014 #41

You haven't had a chance to catch this "PBS Frontline" Parts I & II"? KoKo May 2014 #54

Snowden admits that he was trained as a "spy", then exposed the information he received... George II May 2014 #56

One might say that it was his duty. ozone_man May 2014 #58

A "despotic government"? HAHAHA, what a freaking joke! Where has he chosen to live? George II May 2014 #59

By "ours" I am assuming that you mean the U.S., not Canada. ozone_man May 2014 #61

"Despotism is a form of government in which a single entity rules with absolute power" George II May 2014 #62

"Single entity" in this case is the U.S. oligarchy. ozone_man May 2014 #69

fuckin' dumb Blue_Tires May 2014 #48

If it is true that they told him to use a fake name, then that is some shenanigans already. Ash_F May 2014 #65

You guys obviously don't know how the intelligence agencies work BlueInPhilly May 2014 #66

so you're going with the "high school drop out" story? Snowden was paid by Langley (the "Farm") KurtNYC May 2014 #68

Langley <> The Farm BlueInPhilly Jun 2014 #70