UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted June 24, 2013 Fabulous!!!!!! I hate Journo's...so this has made my feckin' day! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lazarus1177 164 Posted June 25, 2013 Almost seems fair! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Gepard 11,289 Posted June 25, 2013 Havanna is a nice place on a nice island. But i guess the journalists will not be happy about that trip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+whiteknight06604 934 Posted June 25, 2013 best part is it was a 15 hour ride with no food or booze. I may not be a fan of Snowden but anytime some of these asshat jouralists gets stuck on a 15 hour flight to a socialist sh!thole I'm a happy guy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted June 25, 2013 As they said on the Daily Show last night, this is how the US Gov't discredits him. He releases a story about the big too-powerful US gov't knowing everything about everyone...and then we can't find one amateur booking flights in his own name. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+CrazyhorseB34 937 Posted June 25, 2013 Cuba is not a "socialist shit hole." It is a "communist shit hole." I don't think this is funny or clever at all. Hang the traitor son of a bitch. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+CrazyhorseB34 937 Posted June 26, 2013 If you think Snowden is hanging out in the airport lounge you might be fooling yourself. I think he is in the Lubianka dungeon right now getting an old school KGB "debriefing." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Erik 1,812 Posted June 27, 2013 I think he is in the Lubianka dungeon right now getting an old school KGB "debriefing." If he's lucky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stratos 3,188 Posted June 27, 2013 Do you really think so? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted June 27, 2013 I think they have far better techniques now. Slip something into his food/water and he'll likely be very forthcoming with any questions they ask. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+CrazyhorseB34 937 Posted June 27, 2013 That's what I mean. Not him being water boarded or beaten, but the subtle "who is your real friend" approach. Anyone that would seek employment with a contractor with the sole purpose of stealing classified info is a spy. Spies swing, always have always will. Another issue that the "Snowden Affair" brings up is the feeling of individualism that young people in America have. How can a person like Snowden feel that he is responsible for the "liberation" of the American people. There is no team spirit in American youth anymore. No honor or integrity. When I was a kid I was taught that no matter what the circumstances the last thing you do is betray your country. It gives the impression that most young Americans views of patriotism is not one of hard work and sacrifice, but one of leave me alone and let me do what I want. Snowden defends that thesis by "revealing" the "tyranny" of the government to spy on it's citizens. Instead of the real facts that phone logs and such are only a small sacrifice we have had to endure in an effort to prevent terror attacks. Snowden is a fucking fool and anyone who holds him up as a defender of liberty is an imbalanced malcontent. Shut up and color Ed, I hope you rot in hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Jug 99 Posted June 27, 2013 Two facts are certain, Snowden could not have taken a laptop into work at NSA. Didn't happen. Second, if he knows so much, how long did it take for the Chinese take to shuffle him off to Russia. If we had any other President, Putin would have already returned him to the US. Snowden is an embarrassment to America, but his usefulness as a source for the "secret goodies" is questionable. Putin is just thumbing his nose at Obama. I think Obama took the high road today, but that says to me that he has no influence as to whether Snowden is handed over and wants to walk away from the issue. At least Obama is consistent. I say let Russia have the guy. Not sure at all about the judgment of anybody that defects to Russia. Makes me tremble to read about winters there........... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Erik 1,812 Posted June 27, 2013 I agree. I will also add that "apparently" information was removed via thumb drive and then transferred to this nefarious laptop, so I've read. Even a thumb drive being used is questionable, the screening, random searches, and various other entry and exit procedures I will only refer to as "the procedure" into and out of Crypto City make that extremely risky if not almost impossible. Regardless it appears to have happened, the root of which will be corrected while young Mr. Snowden lives out his miserable existence, though short I'm sure it will be, in the not so bad summer months abroad. Good luck Ed it was nice knowing you, dumbass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fubar512 1,350 Posted June 27, 2013 Even two bit, fly-by-night tax-preparation firms run encryption software nowadays. In order to use on thumb drive on any system so-equipped, one needs to encrypt the thumb drive as well, theoretically rendering the data on it unreadable on any "outside" system that lacks the same encryption key. I'm sure the NSA uses something more secure than that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+CrazyhorseB34 937 Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) Nobody has said that "Eddie the Worm" is not a skilled computer guy. Now the question is, what does President Obama have to do with this? If Mitt Romney was President would Putin cringe in fear? No. Is this worth starting a war with Russia over? No. POTUS is doing the right thing. To bad this did not happen in 2006. Dubya would have invaded Thailand to get to the bottom of it. Edited June 27, 2013 by CrazyhorseB34 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fubar512 1,350 Posted June 27, 2013 Because it happened on his watch, he owns it (just as Roosevelt & Kimmel owned Pearl Harbor, GW Bush owned 9/11, etc) That's just the reality of the situation. The one president who comes to mind as dealing with a similar situation the best, was JFK, with the Bay of Pigs. He had little to do with it, but he publicly took responsibility for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+CrazyhorseB34 937 Posted June 28, 2013 Excellent point. Possession is nine tenths of the law. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ruggbutt 45 Posted July 6, 2013 When I was a kid I was taught that no matter what the circumstances the last thing you do is betray your country. Same here. Then again, my country wasn't betraying me when I was a kid. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
