Posted on 06/12/2013 1:58:38 PM PDT by servo1969
NSA leaker Ed Snowden claimed to have broken both of his legs while training for Special Forces.
"In 2003, he enlisted in the US army and began a training program to join the Special Forces. Invoking the same principles that he now cites to justify his leaks, he said: "I wanted to fight in the Iraq war because I felt like I had an obligation as a human being to help free people from oppression"."
That is simply not true as the statement from the Special Warfare Center & School below clearly points out.
"Snowden was never a student at SWCS. He broke his legs while at Fort Benning. His intent was to enter the X-ray program – but that never happened and would not have happened because he only had a GED. Hope this helps.
Janice Burton
Deputy
Office of Strategic Communications"
The 18 X-ray program is a way to go directly from the street to the Special Forces course. You first would attend basic and advanced individual training and then airborne school. Upon successful conclusion of those you head to Bragg for some prep training and the Special Forces Assessment and Selection course. If you pass all of those, then and only then do you start Special Forces training.
Mr. Snowden wasn't even eligible for this program as he didn't even graduate from High School. So the claim that he broke his legs in Special Forces training is BS and that makes him a poseur. Well actually not even a poseur, he claimed to be training to be SF, so that makes him a poseur wannabe, or a wannabe poseur. I'm not real sure how the semantics of that work out. But either way, not really a great way to build credibility. He also made this claim that never rang true when I first read it.
"He recounted how his beliefs about the war's purpose were quickly dispelled. "Most of the people training us seemed pumped up about killing Arabs, not helping anyone," he said."
Right, so the people who weren't training you for Special Forces also happened to be knuckle-dragging troglodytes who were simply looking for a chance to go smoke some A-Rabs. Well I'm not buying it Eddie. I ran into plenty of your types in the military, disaffected losers who never actually finish anything but always have a bucket-load of excuses and who were always whining about how the system sucks. They were never responsible for their own failures, it was always oppression by the man. They were just too smart for the fools running things to recognize their brilliance. Sound familiar? They were also all varying flavors of bats**t as well. Check out Ed's spymaster tradecraft.
"WASHINGTON — The source had instructed his media contacts to come to Hong Kong, visit a particular out-of-the-way corner of a certain hotel, and ask — loudly — for directions to another part of the hotel. If all seemed well, the source would walk past holding a Rubik’s Cube."
A Rubik's Cube, now there is a really good way to remain nondescript. Or this bit of counter-surveillance expertise.
"He is deeply worried about being spied on. He lines the door of his hotel room with pillows to prevent eavesdropping. He puts a large red hood over his head and laptop when entering his passwords to prevent any hidden cameras from detecting them."
A red hood? Even the writer who is taking in all of this BS and peddling it to the public is making fun of you dude. Why do I get the feeling Ed also had a ninja outfit and throwing stars?
Whether or not Ed has any information that the government was doing illegal or even improper things is a completely separate discussion. The fact that Ed is a BS-peddling wannabe poseur is now established and ought to be taken into account when judging his words and actions.
UPDATE: Jonn Lilyea at This Aint Hell is also looking at the other things about Snowden that seem to have an air of barnyard ordure about them and had a pretty good idea the PNG wasn't in the Q course earlier this week.
Is the government collecting data on Americans without just cause or not?
Seems that should be our focus here.
This smearing and obfuscating sh*t has got to stop.
I think that’s the case. This man is a hero and a patriot, a fox in a world of sheep and wolves.
Agreed. But I've been concerned about that since WAY before Obama took office. He is, without a doubt, the most enthusiastic purveyor of government oppression of U.S. citizens since Woodrow Wilson, but at least he's turning out to not be very good at it.
More and more I'm thinking this is yet another distraction....I dunno, I'll give it some more time to see what comes of it.
He lied back when he was a copper.
What he said was true or false, on its own merits.
EIther the gubmint is or is not spying on us.
I saw the court order itself, in the Guardian yesterday.
It looked real to me. (not that that is worth anything). Court Order
Judging by the reaction, I'd have to say it's more true than not.
He’s getting Nakoulaed. Menawhile, liar Weiner gets to run for mayor, plagiarist/liar Slow Joe is still VP, and liar Mrs. Bill will become leader of the formerly-free world.
I’ve been telling people if you don’t have a High School Diploma you are disqualified for many specialized jobs, including being an underwater BB stacker.
This guys is an invention. A nice shiny object for your distraction.
Enigma/Ultra
My assumption is his charges regarding massive data archiving are based upon something more than his word.
Breaking both legs would seem to be unusual even for jump school and would be a noteworthy event.
This might be a classic "impeach the witness smear" by the government. Where did Snowden make such a claim? We need a source other than hearsay.
LOL!!
When you cannot refute what this guy says, you go for the personal attack. Point is, it is not being denied that what he has said that is relevant to the NSA is the truth.
“Is there any way his record (data) could have been altered?
I seem to remember a certain saudi national having his
documents and records altered my Napotlatano so he could
beat a hasty getaway.”
Sure. Just ask Obama.
Jump school? A car accident? Thrown out a window for being an asshole?
And with that same GED, there are only a few jobs the CIA would hire him for. Janitor for one.
It wasn’t a lie he just told the the story in the least untruthful way.
During some type of physical activity (training)?
I am not sure, none of my children “graduated” from high school. They are homeschoolers. I am amazed at how little we really know and how much the information about this man can be manipulated.
No family interviews?
No friend interviews?
” I don’t really care about Snowden, I’m more concerned about our growing and oppressive government.
More and more I’m thinking this is yet another distraction”
YUP
I read on FR today that the US Govt has no plans to end surveillance program. That answers that question.
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