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leveymg

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8. He likely has done a great service to the country by opening the eyes of many Americans to the
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 12:10 AM
Jun 2013

extent of nearly universal surveillance of phone and email communications in America, today. That has to be balanced against potential harm of disclosure of other information, but we don't know what he knows and might be saying. So right now, it looks like a net positive.

What the frack does this have to do with Snowden other than innuendo? Has Snowden been shown to be leveymg Jun 2013 #1
Snowden to newspaper: I took contractor job to gather evidence struggle4progress Jun 2013 #2
That doesn't prove he was acting as a foreign agent, so it isn't proof of Espionage. eom leveymg Jun 2013 #5
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind struggle4progress Jun 2013 #10
Russia spies may be chatting with 'tasty morsel' Snowden struggle4progress Jun 2013 #3
Of course. Do you think the FBI/CIA/DIA would act any differently with a Russian leaker? leveymg Jun 2013 #6
He is certainly not an agent of the US Narkos Jun 2013 #4
He likely has done a great service to the country by opening the eyes of many Americans to the leveymg Jun 2013 #8
Perhaps right, but you seem to have a habit Narkos Jun 2013 #12
We've proven time and again, that we are our own worst enemies. leveymg Jun 2013 #15
I think you are wrong Narkos Jun 2013 #16
I wish I were wrong. Enough said about it. leveymg Jun 2013 #18
Let's now turn to your question. I haven't decided yet what I think of Snowden. struggle4progress Jun 2013 #7
You may be right, and that's a good summary of possibles. I haven't made up my mind about him, too. leveymg Jun 2013 #9
Now let me raise another issue: Snowden's safety may actually depend on muddy waters struggle4progress Jun 2013 #11
Right. Both sides will want to know what he really knows, and he has been telling the other. leveymg Jun 2013 #13
Well, he might know that. But he's a computer geek and systems administrator, which struggle4progress Jun 2013 #14
If Greenwald has had a role as advisor, it's probably been on subjects like this where he may have leveymg Jun 2013 #17
Sadly, I don't share your high opinion of Mr Greenwald struggle4progress Jun 2013 #19
Nothing I've seen so far has changed that. leveymg Jun 2013 #20
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