So is this a Whistleblower?

[Minotaur]

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Booz Allen Hamilton (his employer) confirmed that Snowden worked there less than three months.

If true, I don't see a deep moral conviction in three months, I see a goal.

And then there is this:

The Washington Post reported on a massive NSA program called PRISM, a surveillance program that gathered vast amounts of information about foreigners abroad from the world’s largest web services.

And then the spy leaves the county. Don't get me wrong, I love China.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...es-doj-investigation-and-diplomatic-game?lite

 

[Union_Jack_1972]

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If true, I don't see a deep moral conviction in three months, I see a goal.

And then there is this:



And then the spy leaves the county. Don't get me wrong, I love China.

Min,

Would your words against Snowden be so harsh had he done this when Bush was President???

Take a moment and think before reacting to my question...

As for Snowden he's not a traitor nor a spy, well it has not been proven as of yet... Him fleeing to Hong Kong might have to do with the fact he love the food, culture, and women and not working for the Chinese...

Also his leaked information has done what???

Let the world know that Uncle Sam is watching us???

Is that really anything new???

So in the Snowden is a idealistic paranoid lad that told on big brother but is the story he told even anything really new???

 

[Minotaur]

Min,

Would your words against Snowden be so harsh had he done this when Bush was President???

Take a moment and think before reacting to my question...

As for Snowden he's not a traitor nor a spy, well it has not been proven as of yet... Him fleeing to Hong Kong might have to do with the fact he love the food, culture, and women and not working for the Chinese...

Also his leaked information has done what???

Let the world know that Uncle Sam is watching us???

Is that really anything new???

So in the Snowden is a idealistic paranoid lad that told on big brother but is the story he told even anything really new???

No time needed. I do not appreciate any form of espionage with classified information in any form no matter the President or party. It is also against the law.

I would not be surprised if PRISM information which gathers vast amounts of information about foreigners abroad from the world’s largest web services was fully understood in application. He knows the foreign application so this may not be a small issue.

 

[Union_Jack_1972]

No time needed. I do not appreciate any form of espionage with classified information in any form no matter the President or party. It is also against the law.

So let the government place a warrant for his arrest and if he ever enter the U.S. of her territories then arrest him and if not leave him as a man without a country...

I believe not allowing him to ever see his parents, and those he loves again will be a greater punishment than bringing him back to stand trial and giving him a platform to speak from...

Just my opinion and I still do not view him as a traitor nor a hero...

 

[Minotaur]

So let the government place a warrant for his arrest and if he ever enter the U.S. of her territories then arrest him and if not leave him as a man without a country...

I believe not allowing him to ever see his parents, and those he loves again will be a greater punishment than bringing him back to stand trial and giving him a platform to speak from...

Just my opinion and I still do not view him as a traitor nor a hero...

With only 3 month's of employment in that position and access to information I don't know what to call Mr. Snowden.

 

[Union_Jack_1972]

With only 3 month's of employment in that position and access to information I don't know what to call Mr. Snowden.

Paranoid idiot is what I would describe him and might be a mental midget after it is all said and done with...

What were his motives???

Was it political???

If so then why run to Hong Kong???

My opinion:

Snowden is a idiot that not only ruin his own life for good but has brought his family, friends and love ones under the NSA scrunity... He's Paranoid to think that someone as lowly would warrant a killing from the CIA or NSA...

Also let think for a moment and may I ask you do you believe this story would have seen the light of day had the DOJ and White House not pissed off the AP???

Think hard why the press has turn so quickly on their golden boy, and then maybe you can see this scandal as the AP way of slapping Obama and Holder upside the head...

Again justmy opinion and remembe I am insane so I can see when someone is crazier than me and Snowden ain't right in the head...

 

[as seen on tv]

i gave this a like, but here's something to consider - snowden was a cia/nsa asset for years before he went to booze allen. his 3 month tenure there could be explained as an evaluation to see how closely the government was watching him. or he could have simply been impulsively motivated to leak when everyone saw blood in the water a couple of weeks ago.

i dont see what agenda he could have had upon joining booze allen 3 months ago. although snowden "knew what he knew" back then, what advantages accrued to him by waiting 3 months?

 

[bdtex]

Classified Information stolen by someone described in this way:


http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...es-doj-investigation-and-diplomatic-game?lite

He's a traitor. He deserves to be in Leavenworth.

 

[Minotaur]

i gave this a like, but here's something to consider - snowden was a cia/nsa asset for years before he went to booze allen. his 3 month tenure there could be explained as an evaluation to see how closely the government was watching him. or he could have simply been impulsively motivated to leak when everyone saw blood in the water a couple of weeks ago.

i dont see what agenda he could have had upon joining booze allen 3 months ago. although snowden "knew what he knew" back then, what advantages accrued to him by waiting 3 months?

That is what we may never know; what the bigger picture or agenda is as it almost appears he overtly went after classified documents by systematically getting into the position to get to the database. That 3 months seems to stick out there like a neon of potential complexity if we consider that information on foreign entities is a part of this.