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cali

(114,904 posts)
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 08:32 AM Jun 2013

Naomi Wolf Thinks Edward Snowden and His Sexy Girlfriend Might Be Government Plants

Moron CT alert:



The Beauty Myth and Vagina author Naomi Wolf is not sure about this Edward Snowden character. "I hate to do this but I feel obligated to share, as the story unfolds, my creeping concern that the NSA leaker is not who he purports to be, and that the motivations involved in the story may be more complex than they appear to be," the political and intellectual firebrand writes in a Facebook note today, as noted by Gawker. Before she gets to the evidence, though, she warns that her thoughts are nothing against the Guardian, which may have been duped: "It is just to raise some cautions as the story unfolds, and to raise some questions about how it is unfolding, based on my experience with high-level political messaging." Just saying!

Wolf begins by wondering about the neatness of Snowden's plan:

He is super-organized, for a whistleblower, in terms of what candidates, the White House, the State Dept. et al call ‘message discipline.’ He insisted on publishing a power point in the newspapers that ran his initial revelations. I gather that he arranged for a talented filmmaker to shoot the Greenwald interview. These two steps — which are evidence of great media training, really ‘PR 101″ — are virtually never done (to my great distress) by other whistleblowers, or by progressive activists involved in breaking news, or by real courageous people who are under stress and getting the word out. They are always done, though, by high-level political surrogates.

And that he's too well-spoken:

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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/06/naomi-wolf-edward-snowden-false-flag-conspiracy.html







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flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
14. There is a meeting in July in Washington between top level Chinese and US
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 11:56 AM
Jun 2013

leaders -- an article yesterday posited the idea that the Snowden affair will be resolved by then. As in he'll be returned to the US.

Another article however pointed out that the wheels of justice move slowly between China and Hong Kong, so any edicts from China may take a while to effect and this is cover to keep him around in Hong Kong for a very long time, while pretending that action is being taken.

 

usGovOwesUs3Trillion

(2,022 posts)
4. He went to the media, they know a thing or two about presentation
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 10:51 AM
Jun 2013

I respect Naomi, but not sure about this idea.

DirkGently

(12,151 posts)
6. Echh. Sorry, but that's patented Conspiracy Theory talk.
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 10:52 AM
Jun 2013

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Throwing up a lot of vague, "what about this and that?" queries without any kind of rational narrative is the hallmark of the worst species of conspiracy talk. It implies and suggests and whispers that the "official story" cannot be so, while offering no plausible narrative of its own, and asking for an unsupported conclusion.

"I don't know what this hair is, so ... Bigfoot!" "I don't understand how an airliner could knock down a building so ... something something demolition!"

Guy strikes me as being a little full of himself. But he's not the issue. No one has suggested the docs produced are not real, or that the program we were told was "fixed" has not continued or expanded exactly as has been suggested.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
8. I would like to point out that Naomi Wolf is not Naomi Klein.
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 11:00 AM
Jun 2013

Naomi Klein wrote The Shock Doctrine.
Naomi Wolf writes somewhat lighter subject matter.

These two Naomis get mixed up all the time, so I just thought I'd remind people.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
15. I mix them up too. Naomi Klein is brilliant in the sense that she
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 11:58 AM
Jun 2013

foresaw so much going on by defining the Shock Doctrine

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
13. I expect we'll hear from Laura Poitras soon.
Sat Jun 15, 2013, 11:51 AM
Jun 2013

"Hey, I just made the film. He seemed fishy to me, too."

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