Edward Snowden interview

[dagon]

I searched, didn't find a thread...tsk, tsk, War Room.


I am so glad that he did what he did. This interview humanizes him and helps justify his motivations. Good stuff.

 

[Marsupial]

For those not wanting to sit through all 45mins of the video, I'll provide a nice image to perfectly capture the substance of the interview here -

 

[Orgasmo]

I'll sum it up better:

- NSA bad
- Freedom good
- Government lies

 

[squeezewax]

who the fuck does this guy think he is? he's appointed himself judge and jury, and he knows whats good for us, because we obviously don't.
he comes across as a little creepy actually.

he lives in la-la land where everyone loves each other and no one is dishonest.
he goes to the two biggest and most dangerous threats to the west, china and russia. that says it all.

 

[dagon]

Haha, wow...You guys have some issues.

 

[dagon]

I'll sum it up better:

- NSA bad
- Freedom good
- Government lies

Obviously you didn't watch the interview. Maybe next time refrain from posting so that you don't appear so obtuse.:icon_chee

 

[Orgasmo]

who the fuck does this guy think he is? he's appointed himself judge and jury, and he knows whats good for us, because we obviously don't.
he comes across as a little creepy actually.

he lives in la-la land where everyone loves each other and no one is dishonest.
he goes to the two biggest and most dangerous threats to the west, china and russia. that says it all.

To be fair he went to Hong Kong, where democratic traditions are pretty strong. He only fled to Russia after it was clear that he could not get asylum there. Really, if you are running from the US government, which countries are strong enough to protect you? Only those two come to mind.

 

[dagon]

To be fair he went to Hong Kong, where democratic traditions are pretty strong. He only fled to Russia after it was clear that he could not get asylum there. Really, if you are running from the US government, which countries are strong enough to protect you? Only those two come to mind.

The US also revoked his passport.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

Anyone think it's a possibility that the US dumped him in Russia to control social blowback?

A lot of people turned on him after he sought asylum in Russia.

 

[Dolomite]

Saw a few clips. Thought he came off looking like a fucking twat.

 

[lpaulgib]

Isn't his information more important than his personal decisions? Who cares where he chooses to hide from American police at? Russia gets so much hate just because they don't suck our *****. It's not like he went to go live with the Taliban.

 

[PEB]

He is delusional, self-aggrandizing, ego driven d-bag. Its good he raised the conversation on rights but his feeling of self importance boarders on insanity.

 

[ShadowRun]

He's an idiot

 

[IDL]

I'm pretty sure he's just doing his job.

 

[Kingz]

Obviously you didn't watch the interview. Maybe next time refrain from posting so that you don't appear so obtuse.:icon_chee

 

[Marsupial]

The US also revoked his passport.

His passport was revoked whilst he was still in Hong Kong but he was nonetheless allowed to board an Aeroflot flight to Moscow a day later.

The narrative advanced by Snowden, and his supporters, is that the reason he is in Russia is because he was "stranded" there upon his passport being revoked by the US, but this is a lie. Wikileaks inadvertently let it slip that they advised Snowden to go to Russia and arranged and facilitated his flight there, i.e. Russia was always Snowden's final destination, not Cuba or somewhere else in Latin America. Snowden chose to go to Russia, and was allowed to do so without any valid travel documents. It is no accident that he is there.

 

[Marsupial]

Here's a far better approach to have taken when interviewing Edward Snowden. Until he's even presented with a proper line of questioning like this, I'm not interested in listening to anymore of his bullshit.

16 Questions Edward Snowden Wasn't Asked (by Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek)


The following is from the text at the link -

"1. Most of the information that has been revealed from the documents you obtained dealt with the abilities, rather than the actions, of the NSA. Did you see or do you have any evidence that the agency was, in fact, spying on Americans who were not linked to terrorist organizations through what is known as the ​

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

I'll sum it up better:

- NSA bad
- Freedom good
- Government lies

That's certainly the default.

Here's a far better approach to have taken when interviewing Edward Snowden. Until he's even presented with a proper line of questioning like this, I'm not interested in listening to anymore of his bullshit.

What are these questions designed to reveal? So far there's been little dispute by the US government after the fact. It's not disputed that there are far more sensitive items to be revealed. Much of the stuff already revealed has confirmed a lot of unhappy suspicions. I don't see how Snowden's motivations or character flaws matter much to me. What am I missing?

 

[dagon]

Here's a far better approach to have taken when interviewing Edward Snowden. Until he's even presented with a proper line of questioning like this, I'm not interested in listening to anymore of his bullshit.

16 Questions Edward Snowden Wasn't Asked (by Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek)


The following is from the text at the link -

"1. Most of the information that has been revealed from the documents you obtained dealt with the abilities, rather than the actions, of the NSA. Did you see or do you have any evidence that the agency was, in fact, spying on Americans who were not linked to terrorist organizations through what is known as the ​

 

[dagon]

He's an idiot

Yeah, sure thing...genius.