To know the full extent of the damage done would require further exposing everyone he put at risk or who was killed as a direct result of his actions undermining the entirety of our intel operations world wide.
It can take years or even decades to find, place, and develop sources and when that ability is undermined it puts us all at grave risk.
Axxowiz
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Regardless of Snowden being pardoned or not, I always wondered why there was so much more disdain and ire towards Snowden than on what he leaked on the NSA’s data collection and overreach.
Someone can correct me but the government at the time was saying the NSA wasn’t collecting metadata of citizens, there was even hearings on it before the leak that certain high level officials were saying this wasn’t happening. From what I have seen those people weren’t prosecuted for lying.
I am ambiguous on his pardoning, however he did show what the NSA was doing and from what I have seen no one got n trouble for that just the leaker was castigated.
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7ranz
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The supposed damage Snowden has done is also a national security secret. Cool.
It’s actually illegal to know why Snowden should be in jail.
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The Russian govt is not good. Putin the dictator sees to that.
I have nothing against Russians as a people.
Allan
Somebody might find out who actually got those pallets of $100 bills.
The russkies might get the actual original recipie for Coca~Cola and Dr Pepper.
If it was only NSA and related surveillance of citizens and such I would not be concerned and might even support a full pardon. It was much more than that and I’m not sure why the military aspect is so roundly ignored.
Edward Snowden - Wikipedia
In March 2014, Army General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the House Armed Services Committee, “The vast majority of the documents that Snowden … exfiltrated from our highest levels of security … had nothing to do with exposing government oversight of domestic activities. The vast majority of those were related to our military capabilities, operations, tactics, techniques and procedures.”[
7ranz
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lol
Snowden told them what all the 23 flavors are.
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Smyrna
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This is what I observed too.
Smyrna
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The CCP is even worse, has a lot more money and is more infiltrated in the United States by a long shot. If Russia scares you, you should be absolutely mortified by China. The MSM takes care of that though and feeds Russia, Russia, Russia to all of the sheople while all but ignoring China and it’s influence on the US.
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7ranz
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China, China, China.
America: A lifetime bitch. -Inspired by posting legend Chen Weihua (陈卫华)
7ranz
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Nigel Farage is Trump’s puppet. A big joke in Europe.
-Chen Weihua
Such loose talk by Trump shows that an insane and stupid lunatic could occupy the White House. Something is seriously wrong in the US.
-CW
One of the unique features of this US presidency is endless shameless self-glorification. You cannot find a second one in this world.
-CW
10 for 10.
Smyrna
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…and all while ignoring the atrocities being committed at home.
At least they didn’t hack our elections in 2016, like Putin did.
Allan
Smyrna
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You’re regurgibleeting again.
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The truth shall set you free
Allan
Smyrna
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…and regurgibleeting what you’re fed, instead of thinking for yourself, will chain you.
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The senate told me. I trust the republicans on the committee.
Allan
Smyrna
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That doesn’t negate in anyway what I posted. A diamond has many facets and so does life itself. Stop looking at just one.