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Snowden Says Of US Gov: "If They Want To Get You, They’ll Get You In Time"
CBS DC ^ | June 13, 2013 | CBS DC

Posted on 06/13/2013 4:17:49 AM PDT by Biggirl

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1 posted on 06/13/2013 4:17:49 AM PDT by Biggirl
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...for being a HS dropout — he would have had to get his GED, gone to college or technical school for all that IT training - to be hired by the NSA for $200,000 a yr salary...just because someone drops out of the socialist secondary public education system doesn’t right off the bat make them a loser...I guess these press people are remembering the their first days of stardom by being affiliated with the school’s monthly news letter and name recognition that took their mind off the zits and braces...


2 posted on 06/13/2013 4:29:41 AM PDT by BCW (http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html - A real life experience book about the war in Iraq)
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To: Biggirl

Well, THEY DID NOT CARE ABOUT HASAN.

THEY DO and DID NOT CARE ABOUT Islamic Mosques.

THEY DID NOT CARE ABOUT Boston Terrorists.

THEY IGNORE ALL WARNINGS ABOUT ISLAMIC TERRORISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


3 posted on 06/13/2013 4:30:33 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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Something is wrong here. Can you Army people tell me how this guy would get the access that he did

"He wanted to be a Green Beret. Snowden served in the Army from June to September in 2004 at Fort Benning, Ga., where he declared his intent to qualify for the Special Forces, said Col. David H. Patterson Jr., an Army spokesman. Snowden didn’t complete basic training and was discharged. The Army wouldn’t give other details"
4 posted on 06/13/2013 4:47:51 AM PDT by RummyChick
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Snowden didn’t complete basic training and was discharged. The Army wouldn’t give other details"

Probably a miner medical problem that would disqualify him from being able to perform military duties.

5 posted on 06/13/2013 5:09:40 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: BCW

I read on one of yesterday’s threads that his employer had corrected the salary to $120k

Massive t-storms hitting York (PA) area now. 65mph winds, horizontal rain and hail. Batten down!


6 posted on 06/13/2013 5:11:00 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Guns kill people, pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk & spoons make you fat.)
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To: Biggirl
Isn't it AMAZING how much the media can find out about this unknown kid in three days, but REFUSE to look into Obama's history for FIVE YEARS and longer??
7 posted on 06/13/2013 5:13:19 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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ELS. Can happen for a lot of reasons, most of them medical/physical, some psychological.


8 posted on 06/13/2013 5:14:04 AM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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He was not paid $200K.

He was paid contract rates that were the equivalent of $122K per year.

And the NSA did not pay him those rates. Booz Allen Hamilton did.

And he was only there for three months, so the total amount was less than $31K.

9 posted on 06/13/2013 5:19:33 AM PDT by wideawake
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He says that he broke both of his legs in a training accident.


10 posted on 06/13/2013 5:20:16 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: BerryDingle; RummyChick

That and being a high school drop out might be a problem.


11 posted on 06/13/2013 5:20:47 AM PDT by Valin (I'm not completely worthless. I can be used as a bad example.)
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Isn't it AMAZING how much the media can find out about this unknown kid in three days, but REFUSE to look into Obama's history for FIVE YEARS and longer??

Reminds me of Joe the Plumber. It took the dnc just one day to know everything about him.

5.56mm

12 posted on 06/13/2013 5:22:19 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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That and being a high school drop out might be a problem.

The Army recruiter would know about that within a few days, they go around and get all kinds of background checks themselves, high school, college, law enforcement--others. I can't imagine any special forces specialties not requiring at least a GED. They usually have two specialties.

13 posted on 06/13/2013 5:30:31 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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Storms headed your way. Just slammed into us at 8:13am.


14 posted on 06/13/2013 5:35:49 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Guns kill people, pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk & spoons make you fat.)
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To: Biggirl

We already know more about Snowden than we know about Obama.

Thanks to our American Media.


15 posted on 06/13/2013 6:19:59 AM PDT by Venturer
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Yawn, they split apart north and south.

I swear NIH has an anti storm cloud ray gun. It happens all the time.


16 posted on 06/13/2013 6:45:13 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
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To: wideawake

BAH still had to get him cleared through the NSA...the client...122K is average for a high end IT position...being there for 3 months or 3 yrs...still makes my point that being a high school drop out doesn’t make him a loser...he succeeded into that position with what cert’s he needed or Bachelors obtained...plus his clearance wasn’t cheap to have conducted either...so those involved wanted his skill set..and dropping out of HS and getting a GED didn’t halt that process...that’s all I was saying...


17 posted on 06/13/2013 7:01:54 AM PDT by BCW (http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html - A real life experience book about the war in Iraq)
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I agree with you. Whether or not you are formally educated, you can learn how to code if you have the skill and inclination, and that skillset can earn you a good living.

At the same time, his background does not imply that he was some kind of genius or that he was tasked with important secrets. It may just mean that he took advantage of his position with other purposes in mind. Purposes it seems better known to the Chinese government than to Booz Allen.

18 posted on 06/13/2013 7:41:33 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: Biggirl

“Don’t drone me, bro!”


19 posted on 06/13/2013 7:43:00 AM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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Never heard much about China - until after Obama got in...I’m saying there weren’t incidents...but not like today...this is going send shock waves through the intel community...I took a break - and finding out that it is HIGHLY DIFFICULT to find a position due to Obamacare and other circumstances arising...


20 posted on 06/13/2013 9:16:11 AM PDT by BCW (http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html - A real life experience book about the war in Iraq)
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