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Amazing. Endorsed by Snowden makes me trust this so much „Snowden didn’t just steal information about “domestic spying” operations. The truth is Snowden appare
by qnsi 7y ago
Amazing. Endorsed by Snowden makes me trust this so much
„Snowden didn’t just steal information about “domestic spying” operations. The truth is Snowden apparently stole many more files related to what most in the intelligence community and beyond see as legitimate, overseas spy operations — including anti-terror operations and those targeted against the U.S. by our enemies. He reportedly focused his theft on the most sensitive “Level 3” data that includes lists of sources and methods in China, Russia and Iran.
This is the type of information that “could invalidate America’s entire intelligence enterprise if it were placed in the hands of an adversary,” Esptein writes. He suggests Snowden would have known Booz-Allen Hamilton in Hawaii (his last contractor position) was one of the few contractor facilities that had the authority to hold “Level 3” data and former co-workers believe he took the lesser paying gig”
- 0x262d 7y agoembarrassing level of police bootlicking in this post my friend
- noir_lord 7y agoHe did take potentially damaging information but he was very careful to hand it over to responsible journalists who then filtered out what was relevant. Given his circumstances at the time he did the best he could in balancing peoples right to know against legitimate stuff I think.
- throwaway189310 7y agoAnd also hand it over to China and Russia, of course.
- lern_too_spel 7y agoYou mean the "responsible journalists" of the PRC? https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1266777/exclusive-snowden-safe-hong-kong-more-us-cyberspying-details-revealed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1266777/exclusiv...
- throwaway189310 7y agoSeriously. Snowden worship makes me sick. If Trump actually had any influence with Russia, I wish he’d use it to get Snowden extradited. I want to see him on this list with Hanssen et al.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence#Double_agents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence#Double_agents
- brianpgordon 7y agoSnowden successfully evaded notice and basically "got away with it" to the extent that he tried. Whether or not you think he was justified has no bearing on his obvious opsec competence.
- pmoriarty 7y agoWhy would you trust anything a spy agency tells you?
- isnetea 7y agoDespite the unnecessary tone, nothing stated seems likely to be false. It seems likely that adversaries would have adjusted their methods based on Snowden’s disclosures. Which parts seem unlikely?
- nabla9 7y agoThe data Snowden took relative to his access level does not support your theory. The most amazing thing about Snowden case was his access to information. Normally NSA employees have a combination of clearances: TS (top secret) and then SI (signals intelligence), TK (talent keyhole), and Gamma (with subcompartments). But then they gave some IT staff like Snowden special "root access like" clearance called PRIVAC (Privileged Access) where people had access to all data collected. Snowden had open list of live feeds from all active operations, drone feeds and other information regardless of classification all over the world. PRIVAC didn't have two man rule, restricted access to contractors or compartmentalization until Snowden came out and Senate hearings happened. NSA clearly prioritized cost and data collecting over security. If there was actual spy in the same position as Snowden, or if Snowden really had the intention to spill everything to harm the US, the damage done would be catastrophic.
- lern_too_spel 7y ago> The data Snowden took relative to his access level does not support your theory. How do you know that? The only people who know what Snowden took are Snowden, the journalists, the NSA, and the foreign intelligence agencies who took the data from the journalists. Nobody thinks Snowden had the intention to damage the US. He was just so stupid that he did it accidentally.
- Dylan16807 7y ago"It's impossible to know what he took, therefore your claim about what he took is baseless. MY claim about what he took, however:"
- lern_too_spel 7y agoWe know at the very least that he took lists of Chinese targets and when they were compromised and gave them to the SCMP, who reported in broad terms about the content of the lists. We know he gave a list of war zone and drug trafficking targets to Greenwald because he reported them. We know he gave a list of Western European political targets to Greenwald because he reported them as well. We have no idea what Russian target lists he took.