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Title: Leaker of NSA program: ‘I can’t in good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy’
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URL Source: http://www.boston.com/politicalinte ... y3yUfaYZM0EP7kWJiZO/story.html
Published: Jun 9, 2013
Author: f
Post Date: 2013-06-09 16:25:52 by PSUSA2
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Views: 2297
Comments: 100
A British newspaper Sunday revealed the source of the leak revealing the NSA’s extensive surveillance of US communications. Edward Snowden, a former CIA technical assistant who now works for a defense contractor with ties to the National Security Agency, asked the Guardian newspaper to reveal his identity. “I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong,” he told the newspaper in a remarkable, rambling interview that touched on his reasons for the leak, how he took precautions in not revealing documents that could harm particular people, how he became disillusioned, and how he expects his life as he knows it to end. “I don’t want the story to be about me. I want it to be about what the US government is doing.” “I’m willing to sacrifice all of that because I can’t in good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy, Internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they’re secretly building.” The Guardian first disclosed that the NSA has been collecting cellphone metadata — time of calls, their length, their destination, but not the contents of the conversation — for many business calls within the United States and from the United States to foreign countries. Since the disclosure, President Obama and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper have acknowledged the program, saying it is an essential tool for revealing possible patterns that could lead to discovering terrorism plots. They said the program was overseen by a secret spy court. “My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.” said Snowden, who added that he has been holed up in a hotel room in Hong Kong and hopes to receive asylum, possibly from Iceland.
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#2. To: 4um (#0)
Heroic.
So it would seem. Almost too good to be true, which leads my cynical mind to wonder is this isn't a made-for-TeeVee mindfuck that's going to be used against us somehow. Time will tell, I guess. I'll betcha there's plenty of "SuperPatriots" at FreepTardia, ElPee and the like that will be squalking for this guy's execution because he harmed "national security" and is a traitor.
you and Jon Rappoport:
From finance.yahoo.com/
I understand Snowden has more specifics to drop. As he does, this anti number should grow.
FYI, Here's a shot at the poll results yesterday. The comments to these articles are even more lopsided.
The beta, skirt wearing males @ Faux are trying their best to paint him a traitor. They ripped his g/f for "walking around their apt naked" (he lived in Hawaii) and for taking pole dancing lessons. Hell, she's my kind of woman.
Are you serious? you're kidding, right? So now it's about the girlfriend? Being naked in their own apartment? Pole dancing lessons? Are you sure you didn't get FOX mixed up with CBN? Wow. That is getting desperate. That doesn't even make it up to the level of grasping for straws. They're clawing at the air.
Here ya' go
She seems to be a pretty decent writer. It'd be neat if she posted here. And gave me a private pole dance.
I hear you Jim. Your thought bring me back to my short stint in the Narcotics division in the early 70s. The city was ours to play in, and we did. The bad guys couldn't give up their competition quick enough, and the competition couldn't turn snitch fast enough. Who needed the NSA, CIA, or the FBI when our best "data mining" was done by s'bags and was 100% accurate.
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#16. To: Jethro Tull, 4um (#2)
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Heroic.
#61. To: Esso, Jethro Tull, PSUSA2, Dakmar, X-15, noone222, O.I., all (#16)
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So it would seem. Almost too good to be true, which leads my cynical mind to wonder is this isn't a made-for-TeeVee mindfuck that's going to be used against us somehow.
#65. To: christine, Esso, Jethro Tull, Dakmar, X-15, noone222, O.I., all (#61)
#66. To: PSUSA2, christine, Esso, Dakmar, X-15, noone222, O.I., Lod, all (#65)
#67. To: Jethro Tull, 4um (#66)
#71. To: PSUSA2 (#67)
#72. To: Jethro Tull (#71)
Faux are trying their best to paint him a traitor. They ripped his g/f for "walking around their apt naked" (he lived in Hawaii) and for taking pole dancing lessons.
#74. To: PSUSA2 (#72)
www.foxnews.com/politics/...wer-says-now-lost-at-sea/
#85. To: Jethro Tull (#74)
Here ya' go
#91. To: Esso (#85)
And gave me a private pole dance.
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