June 11, 2013
Several bits of his story are beginning to look like exaggerations. Of course we know that many of the things he alleged have already been reported in a less dramatic fashion earlier, but that didn't make much of a splash outside of some regions of the right wing blogosphere.
If Snowden were to actually turn out to be full of bull squeeze, he may end up discrediting critics of the NSA program by providing something that can be refuted.
That would be unfortunate...
Note that it could also muddy the waters regards
Benghazi
The other State Department scandals
The monstrous IRS Scandals
Fast and Furious
The AP/FOX news intimidation scandal
Frontline soldiers reduced to one meal a day
and four separate EPA scandals.
It remains to be seen if his info is bad, there is a misunderstanding or if the press is being as efficient as it was during the Boston Marathon Bombings, but partake of his story with salt.
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One thing to watch for in self-declared heros is if they claim to be part of the Army Special Forces. This guy did claim he was in training for the Special Forces, but the record is that he was only in the army for a couple of months, and then got booted with a medical discharge.
The special forces recruits from the rest of the army. They don't take raw recruits out of basic (which is what this guy was in when he got discharged). Medical discharges during basic are a way for the army to get rid of people who just aren't good enough without having to deal with the headache of a dishonorable discharge.
So I think we already have evidence that this guy is a fabulist. But that doesn't mean that the documents he stole and gave to The Guardian are necessarily bogus.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Tue Jun 11 17:40:28 2013 (+rSRq)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Tue Jun 11 17:43:03 2013 (+rSRq)
Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at Tue Jun 11 21:48:40 2013 (Omb+U)
No one is denying his employment, and the worse his credibility, the worse for the NSA for giving him access.Yep.
The technical details provided about PRISM were obvious nonsense from the beginning. For those in the know - or like me, for those on the periphery - the story as presented was clearly false. To the degree that Snowden is honest, he is incompetent, and so too must be whoever put him in that position. If Snowden is dishonest, then whoever put him in that position is also incompetent.
There's some question about Snowden, but no question about the system that hired him.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wed Jun 12 22:03:00 2013 (PiXy!)
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