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[Savannahmann]

Last edited Wed Jun 26, 2013, 09:26 AM - Edit history (1)

When the Bradley Manning story started, my question was who gave a 19 year old kid access to the entire collection of secret messages. When the Snowden story started, the first estimate was a thumb drive, now we're hearing that he had four laptops full of data, and that included agents and sources in China/Russia.

OK, so now can somebody tell me how a 29 year old high school drop out working for an outsourced security consulting company got access to what should have been a closely guarded secret accessible only by those who what is euphemistically called need to know? Are you telling me that these security consulting firms are running our agents/sources in foreign countries? Or is that data just available to anyone with a @cia.gov email addy.

Come on guys, don't just get outraged at the idea that he betrayed the nation, think it through.

Just how protected are our secrets if anyone who works for one of the thousand or so companies who are doing anything remotely top secret has the data.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023097999

Edited to correct the age of Snowden. Typo gang, thanks for the catch.