“Edward Snowden, Devious And Calculating”: How Can I Forget You If You Don’t Go Away?

[Galraedia]

Throughout the NSA/Snowden saga, critics of the government’s surveillance programs have often accused defenders of these programs of focusing on the motives of Snowden himself (or of the journalists who have publicized his revelations) rather than what he has revealed.

That’s a fair and important point. But we are fast approaching the time where this complaint should be addressed more to Snowden than to his enemies.

As McClatchey’s Hannah Allam aptly notes, Snowden’s serial self-revelations (and his actual and potential travel itineraries) have kept the spotlight on him in ways that have undermined his credibility:

Even as Snowden is stuck in the transit lounge of a Moscow airport, his public image is constantly evolving, through the publication of his Internet chat logs, statements from his father, live online conversations and an interview he gave to a Chinese newspaper.

Snowden undoubtedly remains a polarizing figure, but both his supporters and detractors have received some curveballs as details of his life are revealed and in many ways eclipse the trove of government secrets he risked everything to expose.

Read more: http://mykeystrokes.com/2013/07/03/edward-snowden-devious-and-calculating-how-can-i-forget-you-if-you-dont-go-away/

[Bonhomme Richard]

1. Working overtime I see. n/t

[Downwinder]

2. Would the story still be in the news if he were gone?

[Thinkingabout]

3. How do you think he was ever going escape, no matter where he goes he will be

Denied the right to return to the USA unless he faces charges. He has managed to imprison himself.

[leftstreet]

4. Jesus. I can't even remember what he revealed n/t

[dipsydoodle]

5. Still attacking the messenger ?

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[Galraedia]

6. What proof do you have of Snowden's claim that he could...

"wiretap anyone from a federal judge to the president"?

[Cha]

7. thanks for the article, Galraedia