2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumGlenn Greenwald on MSNBC criticizing Clinton for failing to protect classified information.
Pretty fucking hilarious considering the fact that his boy, Edward Snowden, intentionally stole loads of classified information and fled to Russia.
Do you think he even realizes how foolish and hypocritical he looks?
PJMcK
(21,988 posts)Glenn Greenwald, aka: Hypocrite, couldn't possibly understand how foolish he looks. That would require introspection.
Zynx
(21,328 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)NO.
Cha
(296,775 posts)LOL@hypocrites.
NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)... how foolish and hypocritical he looks?"
No, not a chance. Glenn jumped the shark years ago - just another hypocritical hack hitting the snooze button every time the alarm goes off signaling that his fifteen-minutes-of-fame are over.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)He did far more damage than Hillary ever did, and Snowie did it intentionally.
Hillary meant no harm with her email system.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)dlwickham
(3,316 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)They rest are just weak
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Where is that child, bravenak? We lost touch with him.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)He is our hero...
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Tortmaster
(382 posts)... when the NSA was going to be THE BIGGEST campaign issue in 2016. Unfortunately, it was such a tiny issue in 2014, that the one Democratic Senator who ran on it, and who actually spent a good portion of his funds for a political ad about it, lost.
revmclaren
(2,497 posts)HYPERCRITE is more like it. So past being a hypocrite that he is out of this spatial dimension.
brush
(53,733 posts)Here's why Clinton wasn't charged.
"Whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information, relating to the national defense, (1) through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or (2) having knowledge that the same has been illegally removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of its trust, or lost, or stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, and fails to make prompt report of such loss, theft, abstraction, or destruction to his superior officerShall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both."
That's exactly a description of what Snowden did and what Greenwald assisted in.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)how foolish he appears.
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)still_one
(92,060 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)Glenn flushed his credibility when he back Citizens United and then pissed on the remains when he took a job at New Pravda, aka RT.
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)Fucking hypocritical to the max
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)as in stealing data is ok but having it on a private server where it can be stolen is a crime
or
being paid for speeches that didn't result in any quid pro quo is a capital crime but being paid by another dangerous lobby and actually voting to benefit that lobby is a-ok.
Hekate
(90,537 posts)Take advice from Greenwald and you end up in prison or in exile. Sad business.
Hekate
(90,537 posts)...a silver tongue, to have persuaded so many people into putting themselves in mortal danger. The more fool they -- but I still feel that on some level GG conned and victimized them.
Tortmaster
(382 posts)Are you thinking of Assange?
I do agree that Greenwald lied to Snowden. Greenwald actually wrote a crappy blog post back in 2006 that discussed the outing of the Bush telephone data collection activities. They were front page news in USA Today back in 2006! I wonder when he told that to Snowden?
brush
(53,733 posts)The sad thing is Snowden doesn't seem to know it as he still sends out desperate missives whenever he senses his fifteen minutes are about to run out.
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)The man was likened to Paul Revere here.............lol
I remember that graphic!
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]
George Eliot
(701 posts)I'm a fan of Snowden and Greenwald. Snowden did us a service at his own peril and Greenwald is a great investigative journalist and thinker. Seems like a general discussion post.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)George Eliot
(701 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Yet his guy, Edward Snowden, sole loads of classified information and fled to Russia. He was singing Snowden's praises and still does.
2. a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/hypocrite
George Eliot
(701 posts)sheshe2
(83,637 posts)The Op put it here because it was about our presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton. Also about the trumped up 'Email Scandal' that has dogged her through out the debates.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)that takes any opportunity to trash the US. Meanwhile, he COULD have done some real good doing some "investigative journalism" right in his own fucking backyard this summer by reporting on the disaster these Olympics are going to be. He lost his credibility long ago.
Tortmaster
(382 posts)betsuni
(25,371 posts)who's such a liar that he has to get someone else to call his own dog for him. I forget exactly how it goes.
Who listens to him anymore?
blue neen
(12,319 posts)Doesn't even live in this country, doesn't pay taxes here, but does nothing but complain about the US. He doesn't even matter anymore, but he sure tries to stay relevant, doesn't he?
It's not working.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)Shows how hard they want her out.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)he came on this afternoon, I immediately switched to ESPN. I have no tolerance for him and other pundits beating a dead indictment fairy.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Can't stand the pundits. They talk about so much insider D.C. stuff that has little to do with the policies that the candidates are espousing.
They'd do a much better service by going over policies and policy proposals every day.
Plus, I'm more interested in considering the ramifications throughout the entire NBA of Kevin Durant going to the Warriors.
Tortmaster
(382 posts)... serial liar and dissembler:
In a twenty-eight-day period in June 2013, Glenn Greenwald manipulated a terrified public with stories that were untrue in their most important assertion or were wild-eyed conspiracy theories. He withheld information that was important for his readership to know, and when he made huge mistakes, he failed to retract or correct them. During that short time frame, Greenwald managed to imply that intelligence agencies were intercepting the content of American communications in a willy-nilly manner while concealing their actions from Congress. That would be terrifying if it had been true.
Greenwald, the lawyer, ignored well-settled law in the area, including the Roe v. Wade of telephone metadata decisions. Greenwald, the journalist, speculated wildly about what was contained in NSA slides, then reported his erroneous conjectures as fact. Greenwald, the Civil Libertarian, attempted the public hanging of an innocent man. Even if you believe all of this was simply sloppy journalism, Greenwald has maintained many of these false premises, making them, by now, intentional fabrications. And those are a few of the lowest lights.
Keep an eye on that fellow. He cannot be trusted.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)I remember him.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesnt always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one youre already in.[/center][/font][hr]
Tortmaster
(382 posts)He claimed that NSA agents walked into the offices of internet providers every day and opened the internet spigot.
And though proven to be a lie, he has still not retracted that story.
When confronted with proof that the story was a lie, Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman backed off it and offered a retraction. So did others. GG was happy to let stand the lie.
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stonecutter357
(12,693 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)They just want to go after Hillary. We already know they are not concerned about classified information - it was great when Eddie released it and "transparency." So they should not have the least concerns and in fact should be glad if it makes it easier to expose the information.
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)And I'm sure the irony is completely lost on that idiot and every other ardent support of Snowden who is simultaneously hating on Hillary over this.
CrowCityDem
(2,348 posts)Her Sister
(6,444 posts)A lot of bad faith there!
mcar
(42,278 posts)Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)MineralMan
(146,248 posts)Too many 24/7 news networks, I suppose. But Greenwald?
Spazito
(50,140 posts)MSNBC is really in the gutter if they're putting him on.