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In reply to the discussion: Snowden: Vladimir Putin must be called to account on surveillance just like Obama [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)In his Guardian piece he could have at the BARE MINIMUM linked to these stories to prove Putin a liar beyond a doubt and bolstered his argument, instead of his usual "saying something without saying nothing style" (in fact, the writing style does hint strongly that Greenwald himself wrote it for Snowden):
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/17/sorry-snowden-putin-lied-to-you-about-his-surveillance-state-and-made-you-a-pawn-of-it.html
http://mrmeangenes.com/2013/10/30/russia-dont-look-at-us-when-we-are-spying/
http://thedailybanter.com/2014/02/meanwhile-in-greenwalds-brazil-and-snowdens-russia/
http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/mar/11/journalist-safety-vladimir-putin
http://www.wired.com/2012/11/russia-surveillance/all/
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/04/the-lies-edward-snowden-tells/360893/
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-10-21/business/sns-rt-us-russia-internet-20131021_1_spy-agency-draft-order-fsb
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/04/16/russias-largest-social-network-says-no-to-censorship/?gv_hidebutton_used=header-banner&gv_hidebutton_expiration=30
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/26/why-is-russia-leaking-all-these-private-phone-calls.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-will-spy-on-everyone-at-the-sochi-olympics-2013-10
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/04/17/putin-told-edward-snowden-that-russia-doesnt-use-mass-surveillance-on-its-citizens-heres-a-reality-check/
http://pando.com/2014/03/20/putin-ramps-up-internet-censorship-citing-google-and-snowden-to-ensure-public-support/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/business/global/nsa-leaks-stir-plans-in-russia-to-control-net.html?_r=0
And that's from not even 5 mins of searching...If Snowden wasn't prepared to *DO* anything, why even bother being part of the charade and enabling increased surveillance? Why are Snowden, Greenwald and DU still continuing to play dumb on this?