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IrishAyes

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24. Thanks - but in all fairness, it's such a big target, who could miss?

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #23)

Thu Jan 30, 2014, 12:33 AM

Jan 2014

Snowden chose to lie down with dogs; he'll get up with fleas. If he gets up at all.

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Is Snowden Putin's Puppet? [View all] DonViejo Jan 2014 OP

Well, did the NSA have any dirt on Putin? If so, it's Snowden pulling the strings. Scuba Jan 2014 #1

I hardly think Snowden is pulling Control-Z Jan 2014 #2

No, I don't think he got information that was of the depth davidpdx Jan 2014 #4

Snowden is pulling Putin's strings? You cannot be serious... VanillaRhapsody Jan 2014 #8

So the NSA had nothing good on Putin, eh? What the fuck are they monitoring then? Scuba Jan 2014 #11

so you are saying that you DO believe that Snowden is pulling Putin's strings? VanillaRhapsody Jan 2014 #12

Jeebus, is everyone here missing the sarcasm gene? Scuba Jan 2014 #14

we are just using ALL the evidence we have seen up to now.... VanillaRhapsody Jan 2014 #15

Well, I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to annoy Putin at the moment. bemildred Jan 2014 #3

but but but....Russia has such great Human Rights...why would annoying Putin VanillaRhapsody Jan 2014 #13

You think Russia has great human rights? bemildred Jan 2014 #17

no....but Snowden seems to think so... VanillaRhapsody Jan 2014 #18

No, he was dissembling, like I said, a wise thing to do in his position. bemildred Jan 2014 #19

rioooghhhhht! VanillaRhapsody Jan 2014 #20

Clearly. Cha Jan 2014 #21

Agreed. I think "puppet" is too strong a word. joshcryer Jan 2014 #26

thank YOU...kudos...I laughed just reading your headline! VanillaRhapsody Jan 2014 #28

''The NSA is to the Stasi what a bad hotel is to a prison.'' Whisp Jan 2014 #5

As a former National Security Advisory Council of Center for Security Policy member should he know jakeXT Jan 2014 #6

"Is Snowden Putin's Puppet?" Many of us have thought he must be.. Cha Jan 2014 #7

+ infinity and those are only some of the money quotes. stevenleser Jan 2014 #29

Garry Kasparov has nailed it, Steven! Cha Jan 2014 #33

Putin's hand is so far up his a@% he can play tetherball with Snowden's uvula. great white snark Jan 2014 #32

then "puppet" it is, snark! Cha Jan 2014 #34

I see Comrade Snowden has gotten with the program! VanillaRhapsody Jan 2014 #9

I do believe he is... sheshe2 Jan 2014 #10

Yes, and when Putin's through with Snowden, he'll toss him out like a carcass picked clean. IrishAyes Jan 2014 #22

Nailed it, Irish. sheshe2 Jan 2014 #23

Thanks - but in all fairness, it's such a big target, who could miss? IrishAyes Jan 2014 #24

I have concluded that he is being used to destabilize the Anglosphere for the economic advantage of freshwest Jan 2014 #16

+10,000 Anyone who isn't familiar with this technique need only read the COINTELPRO files. the gov't okaawhatever Jan 2014 #38

Kasparov tells it like it is. Unfortunate headline by Daily Beast. joshcryer Jan 2014 #25

If Obamabots are worried snot Jan 2014 #27

You forgot the sarcasm tag... stevenleser Jan 2014 #30

Unfortunately snotbot didn't bring his/her A game to Cha Jan 2014 #37

Another Snowden swooner giving credit where none is due. great white snark Jan 2014 #31

obamabot, what a quaint and moronic stale insult to dredge up. dionysus Jan 2014 #35

Yep, snotbot of the delusional snotbots.. sad to know snowdenitus Cha Jan 2014 #36

Kick & recommended. William769 Jan 2014 #39

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