Posted on 06/12/2013 6:28:09 AM PDT by don-o
When Edward Snowden decided he wanted to release details about the NSA's intelligence operations to the public, he reached out to Laura Poitras, a 49-year-old film maker and political activist opposed to the war on terror. As the Washington Post noted on Monday, Poitras had "the odd distinction of sharing a byline in The Washington Post and in Londons Guardian newspaper last week on two blockbuster stories."
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But perhaps it isn't such a mystery why the U.S. government might want to question Poitras if you simply crack open John R. Bruning's 2006 book, The Devil's Sandbox: With the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry at War in Iraq. Contary to Greenwald's claim that Poitras has never been accused of any wrongdoing, Devil's Sandbox details the explosive allegation that Poitras had foreknowledge of a November 20, 2004 ambush of U.S. troops but did nothing to warn them.
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Earth.
I remember reading back then how Big Media would see Iraqis burying IED’s and then would set up and film our boys and girls riding over them.
Then they would cite some journolist “hero” who had told them never to lose their “objectivity” and thus they were doing their sacred duty to let American soldiers be killed for the good of the story.
This woman seems to be a rather nasty piece of work. I am still not entirely sure about what I think about the NSA exposure.
It certainly confirmed my suspicions.
Fyi
Ronald Reagan I Hear You! ... and now that you can say nothing, you are saying it best by saying nothing at all.
Nothing At All ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=yPw_H2Rm2lM
That make her an accessory to the crime
In trying to unravel where this dude falls as to being a “hero” or a “traitor”,
The old adage, “You are the company you keep” comes to mind......
Far cry from the WW II journalists. Exactly why I strongly oppose any military assets spent to ensure their safety.
“I’m trying to unravel where this dude falls as to being a hero or a traitor,
The old adage, You are the company you keep comes to mind......”
There’s a transcript here somewhere this morning of Rush saying Snowden NEVER REVEALED INTEL, only the process that the beloved Hussein Head government is doing to America.
Watch how the RINOS bleat on this to know which way is right.
if you actually think one of those islamic evildoers would “share” anything with someone he is banging, you are nuts. These people are furtive, secretive and use women. Yes, she is stupid. But I highly doubt she ‘knew” anything.
the reporters should not be allowed over there without their agreement that they are working for our side.
This revelation, if true, would not surprise me a bit. This is the type of pond scum this turd hangs around with and views as “friends”.
This guy may have done what any American should have done, and brought this to the attention of the citizenry.
But this should be no different than any citizen in an airport who points out an unattended suitcase left behind by a man who ran out the front door.
This guy is no hero, and neither are the people he chums around with. We can be glad the information is out, but I have no gratitude to him or her.
Just as John Kerry,Jane Fonda and others rooted for the bad guys in the 60’s and 70’s it would appear that Laura’s been rooting for the bad guys more recently.
Yes. See my post below at #14.
I don’t know if the guy is a traitor, I think not.
But I KNOW his no damned hero. And neither is the cheap two bit whore he gave the story to.
Totally agree that what we have see so far just shows the Fed’s total disregard for the 4th Amendment. I am leaning towards thinking that this guy is a hero.
I can agree with that.
He seems to be two-bit leftist trash who became disillusioned with (some of?) the leftist freaks he used to support.
If he HAD made any disparaging remarks about the Fraud, I’m thinking they would never be reported, since the meme is all about making him a traitor for doing what was considered patriotic by Big Media during the last administration.
Perhaps the cheap two bit whore was the only one who would run with the story. All the expensive ones were already under contract to the current regime in Washington, servicing its federal agents.
“I am leaning towards thinking that this guy is a hero.”
He seems to have only sought out leftist freaks to get the word out....
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