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damnedifIknow

(3,183 posts)
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 10:13 PM Jun 2013

Edward Snowden Describes The Time The CIA Got A Swiss Banker Drunk And put him behind the wheel

"CIA operatives were attempting to recruit a Swiss banker to obtain secret banking information. Snowden said they achieved this by purposely getting the banker drunk and encouraging him to drive home in his car. When the banker was arrested for drunk driving, the undercover agent seeking to befriend him offered to help, and a bond was formed that led to successful recruitment.

"Much of what I saw in Geneva really disillusioned me about how my government functions and what its impact is in the world," he says. "I realised that I was part of something that was doing far more harm than good."

Snowden says he thought about leaking government documents during his CIA stint in Geneva but refrained for fear that these secrets could endanger people, not machines and systems, and because he was hopeful about the election of Barack Obama."
Six years later, Snowden couldn't take it anymore."

http://www.businessinsider.com/edward-snowden-describes-cia-tricks-2013-6

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Edward Snowden Describes The Time The CIA Got A Swiss Banker Drunk And put him behind the wheel (Original Post) damnedifIknow Jun 2013 OP
Coulda just watched Covert Affairs. aquart Jun 2013 #1
He couldn't take it anymore so he ran to a city of 7 million people BeyondGeography Jun 2013 #2
I wonder if that city has any covert surveillance treestar Jun 2013 #4
It does...the People's Republic of China. roamer65 Jun 2013 #10
a bastion of freedom and transparency! treestar Jun 2013 #11
Let's see what the Chinese do... roamer65 Jun 2013 #15
This guy is no Bradley Manning Major Nikon Jun 2013 #5
Barack Obama? I thought he donated $500 to Ron paul. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #3
Now that I believe Recursion Jun 2013 #6
The CIA has done a lot worse things than that treestar Jun 2013 #7
Yeah getting a banker drunk is fairly petty damnedifIknow Jun 2013 #14
Almost sounds like a Greenwald following regular treestar Jun 2013 #16
this guy seems incredibly Blue_Roses Jun 2013 #18
But...bankers are the enemy so...I'm so confused! randome Jun 2013 #8
Why haven't the banksters been prosecuted???????!!!!!!!!!!!11 treestar Jun 2013 #13
waaaa kbean Jun 2013 #9
Actually Snowden gave his government more than enough time & opportunity 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #17
No idea what this has to do with his job, other than sounding like he's anti-Gov. Life Long Dem Jun 2013 #12

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)
2. He couldn't take it anymore so he ran to a city of 7 million people
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 10:18 PM
Jun 2013

where 800 insiders select the Chief Executive and the first free elections aren't scheduled until 2017, if China feels like it.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
4. I wonder if that city has any covert surveillance
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 10:20 PM
Jun 2013

We should presume it has none, and no security agency.

damnedifIknow

(3,183 posts)
14. Yeah getting a banker drunk is fairly petty
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 10:49 PM
Jun 2013

but what is interesting is he seemed to like the president from what I've read and maybe just became disillusioned? Damned if I know.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
16. Almost sounds like a Greenwald following regular
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 10:53 PM
Jun 2013

who found there was something he could actually do based on those emotions.


In other words, doubting the logical validity, accuracy, thoroughness, or honesty of Glenn Greenwald's claims about the Obama administration and the President personally marks you as an amoral automaton who is every bit as spasmodic in defense of the President as Greenwald increasingly shows himself to be in attacking him.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/08/1192256/-The-Final-Word-on-Glenn-Greenwald

There have been many Greenwald-based dust-ups here, and Greenwald has followers - this guy could be one of those. Like most, they claim to vote for Obama and be disappointed, fail to understand Congressional and Judiciary and even state power, demand fights or Obama is "weak" and "spineless" and find reasons to say this is not the change they voted for. It's starting to seem clear they are in that place to start with and have no intention of weighing both sides of any issue.

Blue_Roses

(12,894 posts)
18. this guy seems incredibly
Mon Jun 10, 2013, 12:01 AM
Jun 2013

naive, ignorant, paranoid, or any other word that describes: Someone who isn't working with a full deck. Something seems "off" about the whole thing.
Just weird.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
8. But...bankers are the enemy so...I'm so confused!
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 10:22 PM
Jun 2013

Good God, spies doing spy stuff! The horror.

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treestar

(82,383 posts)
13. Why haven't the banksters been prosecuted???????!!!!!!!!!!!11
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 10:42 PM
Jun 2013

it's funny, that oft-made DU demand is gone now that it might require similar surveillance!

I'm sure it's OK to collect the banksters emails! After all, they are guilty!!!!!!

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
17. Actually Snowden gave his government more than enough time & opportunity
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 11:26 PM
Jun 2013

to redeem itself, to self-correct using electoral process, and then when
Obama completely drops the ball, then he "can't take it anymore" .. and
you must grant, that this man is putting his entire life on the line, now
that he HAS come forward.

Your disrespectful comment (i.e. calling Snowden a "tool&quot is reprehensible,
unseemly, and unwarranted.

 

Life Long Dem

(8,582 posts)
12. No idea what this has to do with his job, other than sounding like he's anti-Gov.
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 10:41 PM
Jun 2013

A systems analyst analyzing the CIA.

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