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66. You guys obviously don't know how the intelligence agencies work

Thu May 29, 2014, 08:00 PM

May 2014

Snowden was NOT a spy. He was just give a cover, a SOP for employees of the agency. Unless he trained at the Farm, he was just another federal employee. Now he is just sounding like the idiot that he is. An arrogant idiot.

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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