Posted on 06/20/2021 10:53:35 PM PDT by ammodotcom
“I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, Internet freedom, and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building... the NSA specifically targets the communications of everyone. It ingests them by default... they are intent on making every conversation and every form of behavior in the world known to them.” –Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden might not yet be a historical figure, but he certainly is a hero. He is the whistleblower of all whistleblowers, the American who blew the lid off of Washington's spying on private citizens. But Snowden’s leak revealed that it’s not just the U.S. government that is spying on virtually every American – big American telecommunications companies are also helping them to spy as well.
Snowden’s upbringing is largely uneventful. His maternal grandfather was a Coast Guard rear admiral and his father was also an officer in the Coast Guard. His mother was a U.S. District Court clerk. His parents divorced around the time that he would have graduated high school in 2001, but Snowden is a high school dropout. After a nine-month absence due to mononucleosis, he simply took the GED exam and then began taking community college classes. Despite a lack of a bachelor’s degree, he worked at a master’s online from the University of Liverpool.
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Somebody's gotta give the real scoop to morons like you, before you lead us down a dirt road with your ignorance and derp state inspired narrative.
You're welcome.
Ask me how I know this. I bet you can guess.
Snowden IS a bad trick.
#NotAPatriot
Yes. If the derps write the history books.
#Children
>>History will vindicate Snowden.
It already has, except apparently among the freepers who still believe the deep state can be trusted and should have access to spy on everyone at all times for any reason, or no reason at all.
Anyone that agrees with that is in the wrong party.
Exposing government corruption should be applauded by the right, not covered up as the left loves to do.
He makes both Clapper and any Deep State defenders look real stupid...
Snowden did us all a favor. I note that the normal supporters of the surveillance state have showed up to slam him.
Stupid, shallow, ignorant comment.
While 'the surveillance state' is definitely a thing. This is not about that.
This is about control. The derp/CIA needed to eliminate the NSA, and that was what the Snowden/CIA op was all about.
You're buying into the derp state cover story.
Hey, aren't you one of the guys that also buys into the derp state covid cover story too?
Yea, I think you are.
You need to get your mind in the game. The REAL game.
Agree.
The fact that cult of the 17th letter has strongly attacked Snowden means that he must have done some things right and has done some severe damage to the deep state— who operates this cult.
Bttt
A lot of people really wish the government could break the law with impugnity. I wish they’d present a case for all the good the surveillance state has done for the American people.
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