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BoldW

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I'm done with TM/GZ unless something comes up to piss me off even more. It was strange yet nice to be agreed with for once, though
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Chaos, a_skeleton_03 (Thanks again man), be warned...As soon as Snowden is no longer immobilized, it's on!
 

chaos

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What's on? He's been sitting there for weeks not releasing anything but rumors, assumedly because Russia won't accept his asylum request if they can't be seen to be controlling him. If he gets it he'll be gagged, if he doesn't he's kinda fucked. Unless there is some third option I don't see.
 

BoldW

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What's on? He's been sitting there for weeks not releasing anything but rumors, assumedly because Russia won't accept his asylum request if they can't be seen to be controlling him. If he gets it he'll be gagged, if he doesn't he's kinda fucked. Unless there is some third option I don't see.
The truth won't be buried, man <toke>. So far, despite my emails to various representatives of our government, no one wants to explain wtf is going on. All I can so is wait and entertain myself with Zimmerman bs
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. Governments, unlike its citizens, are guilty until proven innocent and have the burden of proof. And so I wait.
 

W4RH34D_sl

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What's on? He's been sitting there for weeks not releasing anything but rumors, assumedly because Russia won't accept his asylum request if they can't be seen to be controlling him. If he gets it he'll be gagged, if he doesn't he's kinda fucked. Unless there is some third option I don't see.
Release the information and commit suicide. The hero's path.
 

iannis

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Face it, he's shot his load already. And if he hasn't and he's holding back the really juicy bits because Putin told him to -- why does he deserve the hero worship? How does that make him anything besides for an unstable man with a spy fantasy and a sinister powerpoint presentation?

The powerpoint presentation is undeniably sinister. But that's a separate issue.

What was the timeline like? Do you think it was the Xbox1 Big Brother reveal that set him off?
 

Malakriss

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I'll bet the only things he has left is his knowledge of the technology and networks he was responsible for. You know, the actual stuff that would blatantly be espionage.
 

Torrid

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What's on? He's been sitting there for weeks not releasing anything but rumors, assumedly because Russia won't accept his asylum request if they can't be seen to be controlling him. If he gets it he'll be gagged, if he doesn't he's kinda fucked. Unless there is some third option I don't see.
Since he's been in Moscow...

The Guardian published a NSA inspector general report on email and internet data collection under Stellar Wind
The Guardian published Justice Department and NSA memos
Documents given to Der Spiegel revealed the NSA bugging Washington offices of the European Union, and Germany's 'central role' in the NSA's global surveillance network
Documents given to the Brazil paper O Globo revealed that the United States has been collecting data on telephone calls and e-mails from several countries in Latin America, including important allies such as Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.
The Guardian published a story detailing Microsoft's bending over backwards for the NSA and what kind of access PRISM has to MS services

Just because the American media isn't covering his leaks, doesn't mean they aren't happening.

Snowden is applying for temporary asylum in Russia until he can make arrangements to reach Latin America. I imagine he would resume leaking after he manages to escape Russia, or maybe he is done.
 

Quineloe

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okay, my point still stands as far as I see

$122k for a password reset monkey is still absurd.

Also

"There's a massive difference between $122,000 and $200,000 - a 64 percent difference."


herp derp how do I math? or are these imperial percents?
 

a_skeleton_03

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okay, my point still stands as far as I see

$122k for a password reset monkey is still absurd.

Also

"There's a massive difference between $122,000 and $200,000 - a 64 percent difference."


herp derp how do I math? or are these imperial percents?
We aren't debating on whether his pay was absurd. You know, I know, everyone knows that the MIC contractor pay is out of this world high for what they are doing. Doesn't make him any more than a password reset monkey however.
 

Quineloe

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shit, I'm gonna drive to the Black Dagger thing here and drop a resume. I should get half a million a year if they pay password monkeys that much.

No surprise they managed to pull this off without anyone leakin anything until now. For that kind of money most people would check their dignity at the door.