Posted by
Marcus G. Daniels on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/The-AP-kerfuffle-tp7583146p7583442.html
On 7/15/13 12:38 PM, glen wrote:
>
> Yeah, but so did the hiring managers at Booz-Allen and whoever accepted his
> signature on the NDA when he signed onto the NSA contract. The trouble with
> people like Snowden (as opposed to an honest whistle blower) is that he
> intentionally lied at the outset.
He signed an NDA and in all likeliness become a corpse, a fugitive or a
prisoner for the rest of his life because he broke that deal. His 2nd
interview with the Guardian make it clear that he knew he'd go down for
this. There's no selfish upside I can see. A few weeks of
grandiosity? You'd think that if the Clapper, the AG, etc. really had
one bit of evidence he was a spy they'd have it all over the news and
use it to full propaganda effect. It's possible he could be pressured
in to that (say by the Russians), but where's the evidence? If the U.S.
govt. is afraid of the latter, they should be making him feel like he'll
get reasonable consideration as a whistle blower, or at least lie
plausibly to that effect.
If for some reason Snowden had specific prescience into the NSA's
capabilities and prior to signing the NDA (someone leaked to him?) those
beliefs could have been falsified after he was in.
> That means that he is capable of
> intentionally lying again whenever he deems it will serve his agenda.
It's intelligence arena; it's all about deception and manipulation.
Children need not apply. It's fine if you think deception and
manipulation cannot serve the greater good of the democracy and
promoting individual freedom. But by that standard every competent
employee in the intelligence community would be guilty of having that
character flaw/feature.
Marcus
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