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Showing Original Post only (View all)Journalist Tom Ricks 'Beginning To Believe The Worst' About Greenwald And Snowden [View all]
Journalist Tom Ricks 'Beginning To Believe The Worst' About Greenwald And Snowden
Tom Ricks has a growing suspicion that Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden...On Saturday, the Pulitzer Prize-winning national security reporter posed a question to Greenwald..."Glenn, any comments from you or Edward Snowden on the recent round of media shutdowns in Russia?" Ricks asked.
After initially referring Ricks to Snowden's representative at the ACLU, Greenwald asked Ricks if he had any comment on "Peruvian police corruption," "corporate waste dumping in E Africa," or a U.S. drone strike from last year that killed 13 people en route to a wedding party in Yemen.
Sure, Ricks said, he'd be "happy to comment," but not before he saw Greenwald denounce Vladmir Putin "and his crackdown."
The next day, after he evidently didn't get the response from Greenwald that he was looking for, Ricks took to Twitter to denounce "Peruvian police corruption and US drones that kill innocents."
"Now (your) turn to discuss Putin," Ricks said...By Monday morning, the silence had distressed Ricks so much that he was ready to suggest a pretty harsh criticism of both Greenwald and Snowden
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In a post published Monday on his blog, Ricks once again seemed to insinuate that Greenwald and Snowden are in cahoots with the Russians.
"Bottom line: I am no longer going soft on Greenwald and Snowden," he wrote. "In fact, rather the opposite, I am beginning to believe the worst about them. If they acting on moral beliefs, now would be the time for both of them to speak out against Putin. It could have a great impact, I think."
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Tom Ricks has a growing suspicion that Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden...On Saturday, the Pulitzer Prize-winning national security reporter posed a question to Greenwald..."Glenn, any comments from you or Edward Snowden on the recent round of media shutdowns in Russia?" Ricks asked.
After initially referring Ricks to Snowden's representative at the ACLU, Greenwald asked Ricks if he had any comment on "Peruvian police corruption," "corporate waste dumping in E Africa," or a U.S. drone strike from last year that killed 13 people en route to a wedding party in Yemen.
Sure, Ricks said, he'd be "happy to comment," but not before he saw Greenwald denounce Vladmir Putin "and his crackdown."
The next day, after he evidently didn't get the response from Greenwald that he was looking for, Ricks took to Twitter to denounce "Peruvian police corruption and US drones that kill innocents."
"Now (your) turn to discuss Putin," Ricks said...By Monday morning, the silence had distressed Ricks so much that he was ready to suggest a pretty harsh criticism of both Greenwald and Snowden
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The clock strikes 13: The longer @ggreenwald and Snowden remain silent on events in Ukraine, the more I suspect their previous motives.
10:17 AM - 17 Mar 2014
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In a post published Monday on his blog, Ricks once again seemed to insinuate that Greenwald and Snowden are in cahoots with the Russians.
"Bottom line: I am no longer going soft on Greenwald and Snowden," he wrote. "In fact, rather the opposite, I am beginning to believe the worst about them. If they acting on moral beliefs, now would be the time for both of them to speak out against Putin. It could have a great impact, I think."
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ProSense
Mar 2014
OP
"Journalist Tom Ricks fails to goad Greenwald into discussing a strawman" nt
Democracyinkind
Mar 2014
#3
And the question was being used (incorrectly) to try and undermine his credibility
Maedhros
Mar 2014
#65
He still looks pretty lame for deciding that he's only going to address US issues
treestar
Mar 2014
#89
He wouldn't need it. Brazil won't give him asylum. He can go to Cuba, though. nt
okaawhatever
Mar 2014
#43
Snowden and Greenwald are negative nationalists with the US as their envisioned antagonist.
stevenleser
Mar 2014
#11
Let's see, couple of journalists who have been blacklisted by US Media are supposed to be
librechik
Mar 2014
#13
No, that is not protecting a source. Greenwald could say anything he wants without impacting Snowden
stevenleser
Mar 2014
#24
The initial argument where? Whoever said it is wrong. No one in this thread seems to have said it
stevenleser
Mar 2014
#26
But, Greenwald is too busy Deflecting and collectiing straw.. and you won't hear him say
Cha
Mar 2014
#79
Tom Ricks is "a member of the Center for a New American Security, a defense policy think tank."
bananas
Mar 2014
#77
I guess a lot of people require that their conversations on A be predicated on...
LanternWaste
Mar 2014
#28
Its never been a secret. It was publicly broadcast on omidyar's website
Luminous Animal
Mar 2014
#53
Maybe not DU but it says a lot about the NSA defenders on DU. WAIT, look over there, Putin! n/t
A Simple Game
Mar 2014
#62