NSA chief Michael Rogers: Edward Snowden 'probably not' a foreign spy
New NSA director plays down speculation that 'our gentleman in Moscow' was working for a foreign intelligence agency
Spencer Ackerman in Washington
Tuesday 3 June 2014 11.30 EDT
In one of his first public remarks since becoming NSA director in April, Admiral Michael Rogers, who also leads the military’s cybersecurity and cyberattack command, distanced himself on Tuesday from contentions that Snowden is or has been a spy for Russia or another intelligence service.
“Could he have? Possibly. Do I believe that’s the case? Probably not,” Rogers said during a cybersecurity forum hosted by Bloomberg Government ...
“You gotta be very balanced. I thought he was an intelligent individual, articulate. <He> seemed fairly arrogant to me,” the NSA’s Rogers said on Snowden’s interview with NBC last week.
“He clearly believes in what he’s doing. I question that; I don’t agree with it. I fundamentally disagree with what he did. I believe it was wrong, I believe it was illegal” ...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/03/nsa-chief-michael-rogers-edward-snowden-probably-not-spy
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| If that lying SOB Mike Rogers says Snowden's not a foreign agent, we can be sure he is one! | |
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| Well, dayam, Mike! Your weird smoke signals are gonna confuse all the folk you pay to troll websites | |
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| Oh, dear! Poor Eddie has finally been sucked into the trap set by Obama and Putin | |
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| Some folk will believe whatever Rogers says that makes Snowden look good and disbelieve the rest | |
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| When I don't read the news, my grasp of current events always improves | |
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| Oooh! Now we need to find out what Greenwald the Magnificient thinks! | |
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| I won't trust the American justice system until Lizzie Borden is finally jailed | |
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| Just more bullshit from the Guardian as they try to expand into the US news market | |
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| Take that, Russian suckers! The NSA now officially calls Snowden "Our Gentleman in Moscow"! | |
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| A wonderful new era of NSA transparency is at hand | |
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