NSA Leaks, Edward Snowden: Genuine whistleblower or psy-op?

[hlat]

After watching an interview of Snowden, I concluded he is psy-op.

While on this topic, it might also be useful to ask about Edward Snowden, since his authenticity as a whistle-blower has been questioned recently as well.

Snowden is definitely fake. In 2014, he was talking about 9/11 as if the official story of a terrorist attack was true.

https://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,34885

"Definitely" is a strong word for any rational person to use.

_http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1xfc4b_edward-snowden-nbc-news-full-interview-may-28-2014_news

Here is the full 2014 NBC interview of Snowden.

At 10:26, Snowden talks about the false premises of WMDs for the Iraq war and then says, "Whether that was due to bad faith or simply mistakes of intelligence, I can't say for sure." Snowden must think we are pretty dumb. Snowden is clearly and definitively lying to the public. He is playing a role, pretending to be something he is not. He wants the public to believe some true things and also believe some lies. He has a disinformation agenda.

 

[Laura]

All I can say is that Snowdon definitely does not exhibit characteristics of a person with any real insight.

 

[Cosmos]

Putin's opinion on Snowden is interesting?

Former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden should have quit his job in the security service if he did not like the activities of the agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with US film director Oliver Stone.

Putin Says Snowden Should Have Resigned From NSA If Disliked Work at Agency
https://sputniknews.com/world/201706021054231667-snowden-resignation-nsa-putin/

The Russian president added that he believed that Showden was not a traitor as he had not betrayed the interests of the United States and had not given the information to any country that "would have been pernicious to his own country or his own people."

"If he didn’t like anything at his work he should have simply resigned. But he went further. That’s his right. But since you are asking me whether it's right or wrong, I think it’s wrong," Putin said, speaking about the whistleblower in an interview partially released by the Newsweek media outlet on Thursday.

In 2013, Snowden leaked classified documents pertaining to mass surveillance practices carried out by US authorities around the globe. Later in the year, Russia granted the former NSA contractor temporary asylum for one year. In 2014, Snowden received a three-year residence permit to live in Russia, which was later extended until 2020.

The four-part Putin's interview is expected to be aired by the US Showtime TV channel on June 12-15.

Here is that portion from Oliver Stone's new documentary on Putin:

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[Yozilla]

All I can say is that Snowdon definitely does not exhibit characteristics of a person with any real insight.

Yeah, like a figure from the Dolls House, AKA Barbie Spook hehe...

 

[Voyageur]

Here is that portion from Oliver Stone's new documentary on Putin:

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That was interesting and smart of Putin to say while discussing the issue of spying - "it undermines trust," he said.


Thanks for posting that.

 

[neonix]

Glenn Greenwald in Washington Journal C-SPAN, MAY 14, 2014
https://www.c-span.org/video/?319258-7/washington-journal-glenn-greenwald-edward-snowden

Glenn Greenwald talked about his book, No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State, in which he chronicles his meeting in Hong Kong with Edward Snowden, during which Mr. Snowden revealed details about the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance program. Mr. Greenwald talked about his views on Edward Snowden’s motivations, his expectations before meeting Mr. Snowden, and how Mr. Snowden earned his trust. He also spoke about past whistleblower incidents, government surveillance and oversight, and the state of journalism.

See also: Globalists Hate C-Span ( Corbett Report 2013)

 

[JGeropoulas]

Top 10 Edward Snowden Revelations You Didn’t Know About
Jimmy Dore Show
10-27-2018

Suzie Dawson is an activist/ investigative journalist who has taken refuge in Russia after being aggressively harassed in in her native New Zealand. After studying the actual documents released by Edward Snowden, she shared a "Top Ten" list of things Snowden's efforts reveal about the NSA, which have never been publicized by the media:

1- The NSA resisted the 9/11 commission's efforts to regulate the way the NSA operates
2- In 2001, terrorists could simply use PDF files to communicate because the NSA couldn't access them
3- The NSA says it takes a village to monitor the UN
4- The U.S. government considers the UN to be an arm of State Department
5- They have a plan for surveillance network with 100% coverage of the entire world
6- The NSA sells intelligence data bases to their "customers" (e.g. banks)
7- They claimed historic credit for the speeches presented by George W. Bush and Colin Powell which provided the premise for invading Iraq
8- The NSA aims to implement their "Battlefield Detection Systems" (used for slaughtering Iraqis) across the entire world
9- They obtain access to and control over all the satellites launched by their "partner nations"
10- Multiple evidences that the NSA and CIA are not rivals, which dispells the disinfo that Snowden is actually a CIA agent seeking to damage the NSA (e.g. NSA collects intelligence and the CIA acts on
it; the CIA annually gives "Denial and Deception" awards to NSA personnel)

 

[angelburst29]

Snowden says he hopes France will grant him asylum

FILE PHOTO - Edward Snowden speaks via video link as he takes part in a round table on the protection of whistleblowers at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Sat. September 14, 2019 - Former U.S spy agency contractor Edward Snowden hopes France will grant him asylum, according to a France Inter radio interview to be broadcast on Monday.

In excerpts made available on the French radio station’s Twitter account, Snowden says he would “love to see” French President Emmanuel Macron make a gesture enabling him to live in the country.

It was not immediately clear when or where the interview took place.

Snowden has been living in Russia since 2013 after he revealed details of secret surveillance programs by U.S. intelligence agencies.

Many civil rights activists see him as a hero, but at home in the United States authorities want him to stand trial for espionage.

 

[angelburst29]

Snowden says he hopes France will grant him asylum

In the interview, timed to coincide with the release of his book titled Permanent Record, Snowden said he and Mills, who later moved to him in Russia, married two years ago at a private ceremony.

Snowden says he married his girlfriend Lindsay Mills in Russia — Guardian

© EPA/CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS, file

September 14, 2019 - Former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden, who was granted asylum in Russia after exposing mass surveillance technologies used by US special services, said in an interview with Guardian he married his longtime girlfriend Lindsay Mills in Russia.

In the interview, timed to coincide with the release of his book titled Permanent Record, Snowden revealed he and Mills, who later moved to him in Russia, married two years ago at a private ceremony in a Moscow courthouse. (Article continues.)

 

[loreta]

In the interview, timed to coincide with the release of his book titled Permanent Record, Snowden said he and Mills, who later moved to him in Russia, married two years ago at a private ceremony.

Snowden says he married his girlfriend Lindsay Mills in Russia — Guardian

© EPA/CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS, file

September 14, 2019 - Former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden, who was granted asylum in Russia after exposing mass surveillance technologies used by US special services, said in an interview with Guardian he married his longtime girlfriend Lindsay Mills in Russia.

In the interview, timed to coincide with the release of his book titled Permanent Record, Snowden revealed he and Mills, who later moved to him in Russia, married two years ago at a private ceremony in a Moscow courthouse. (Article continues.)

I don't understand why he wants to go to France. In Russia he is protected, in a sort of way, to be taken off and bring to Usa. But in France? His life will be in danger, I think so. So why he wants to be in France and meet this nausebuntous Macrron?

 

[angelburst29]

It's crazy - how Snowden ended up in a Russian airport - to begin with? Then the drama of him being stuck at the airport because his U.S. Passport was voided, leaving him "stranded"? (Oh ... the games the CIA play?) How convenient for Putin, that he had "a known NSA operative" at his finger-tips via air delivery? Even Fed-ex or Amazon couldn't guarantee "same day delivery"? How superficial can you get?

Russian Intel probably already had a comprehensive dossier on Snowden and anyone else who is involved in any Intelligence Agency (NSA, FBI, Pentagon, etc.) and already figured out the game plan before granting Snowden temporary asylum? Other then offering humanitarian assistance (asylum), he didn't get any other special treatment. He did generate a small fan-base but even that - went no where.

After six years, whatever was behind the Snowden phenomenon - never materialized, so they decided to pull their operative out? France is a close ally of the U.S. and maybe some type of deal was made during the recent G7 gathering?

I would think, after what happened to Assange and no one has heard from him - that Snowden would be smart enough to stay where he is?
That, in itself, would make me question Snowden's motives ... especially now - with the timing of this interview and request for asylum in France ... on the heels of this recent Kremlin fiasco? Is there a connection? Was Snowden set up to become that spy and it NEVER materialized? So defeated - the CIA drums up a false narrative to cover their tracks, while giving Snowden an excuse to seek asylum outside of Russia?

Kremlin says alleged U.S. spy did not have access to Putin

Lavrov says he never met with alleged CIA spy Smolenkov

Moscow asks U.S. to confirm location of ex-official named as possible spy

 

[hlat]

Snowden is fake and whatever he will do was designed to be against our interests.

 

[angelburst29]

Whistleblower Snowden: I'd love to be granted asylum in France

FILE PHOTO: Edward Snowden speaks via video link during a conference at University of Buenos Aires Law School, Argentina, November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

Former U.S spy agency contractor Edward Snowden said he would love French President Emmanuel Macron to grant him political asylum after one of Macron’s ministers said if it was up to her she would offer him asylum.

French Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet said at the weekend she supported granting asylum to him, though she made clear she was speaking in a personal capacity and it was not an official offer.

Asked about the prospect of asylum in France in an interview aired on Monday on France Inter radio, Snowden said: “I applied for asylum in France in 2013 under [former French President Francois] Hollande and of course we would love to see Macron roll out an invitation.”

“But it’s not about France, it’s about Europe, it’s about the world and the system that we have. Protecting whistleblowers is not a hostile act. Welcoming someone like me is not an attack on the United States”.

Many civil rights activists see him as a hero, but at home in the United States authorities want him to stand trial for espionage.

 

[loreta]

“But it’s not about France, it’s about Europe, it’s about the world and the system that we have. Protecting whistleblowers is not a hostile act. Welcoming someone like me is not an attack on the United States”.

Why is he playing the naive type? Is he drugged to say these?

 

[angelburst29]

Why is he playing the naïve type? Is he drugged to say these?

If Snowden had any brains, he should have "anticipated" the U.S.'s next move - considering "he worked with intelligence"? Stupid ... as stupid does?

The U.S. is suing Snowden over the publication of his autobiography
The U.S. government is suing former NSA contractor Edward Snowden over the publication of his autobiography in an attempt to block the American from profiting from the project.

“The United States today filed a lawsuit against Edward Snowden, a former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA), who published a book entitled Permanent Record in violation of the non-disclosure agreements he signed with both CIA and NSA", the Justice Department said in a statement.

Snowden responded by tweet, stating: “The government of the United States has just announced a lawsuit over my memoir, which was just released today worldwide. This is the book the government does not want you to read.”

Snowden captured the world’s attention in June 2013 after he allegedly removed more than 1.5 million classified U.S. documents while working as a contractor for the NSA in Hawaii. He traveled to Hong Kong, provided an estimated 200,000 documents to American journalists identified himself in a video published by the Guardian, provided more documents to the South China Morning Post,
and then fled to Moscow.

Comment: This has all the hallmarks of a pre-arranged set-up, including leaving behind a paper trail? As for "intelligence", he wasn't using any, considering Hong Kong and South China have been in the "pro-American-sphere" for awhile now. If there were any documents, I doubt they had any real value? I think, Russia saw right through this elaborate ploy from the very beginning? Putin worked in "real intelligence" before becoming President. Guess, Snowden's handlers overlooked that tiny little detail?

The 36-year-old still lives in Russia, where he primarily makes money by charging speaking fees to appear to audiences around the world.

The announcement added that the U.S. government “seeks to recover all proceeds earned by Snowden because of his failure to submit his publication for pre-publication review in violation of his alleged contractual and fiduciary obligations.”

The U.S. is also suing the publisher, Macmillan, “to ensure that no funds are transferred to Snowden, or at his direction, while the court resolves the United States’ claims.”

Macmillan did not respond to a request for comment.

U.S. wants to seize all money Edward Snowden makes from new book

The United States filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked secret documents about U.S. telephone and internet surveillance in 2013, saying his new book violates non-disclosure agreements.