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Obama, The NSA and the usual internet suspects: Google, Yahoo, Facebook are getting their asses kicked. This man is the Thomas Paine of our day: "Give me libert

• ianhawes 13y ago
  Actually he's coming off as arrogant with delusions of grandeur.
  • knotty66 13y ago
    That's a predictable smear that's aimed at every whistleblower.
    • jgross206 13y ago
      predictability doesn't imply innacuracy
      • jlgreco 13y ago
        Perhaps in the sense that predictably broken clocks are correct twice a day.
  • maaku 13y ago
    I'd say that described Thomas Paine.
  • MisterWebz 13y ago
    Why?
    • ianhawes 13y ago
      The theatrics around this entire story make me question his true intentions. His answers today are anything but straightforward, and the majority of them don't actually deal with information he leaked, but rather his opinions on surveillance, politics, and thinly veiled threats to the government. If his intentions are truly to change the state of NSA's surveillance, then given his position, he should be publicizing raw information (such as PowerPoints, documents, and actual events).
      • slouch 13y ago
        It's my understanding that he gave the Guardian a lot more raw data than what they've released so far.
      • jlgreco 13y ago
        What does leaking details slowly have to do with delusions of grandeur or arrogance? It seems like he is not operating as you would operate, so you are slinging unrelated insults. I think that a slow controlled leak that keeps the story in the media is more likely to cause positive change, as I expect he does. Does this make me arrogant as well?
• jpdoctor 13y ago
  > This man is the Thomas Paine of our day: "Give me liberty or give me death." Patrick Henry is known for that quote, not Paine.