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In reply to the discussion: Snowden: I Had More Access Than Almost Any Other Official [View all]Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)33. Well, a coworker, in the press, said that Snowden had all the keys because he was given the keys.
But an NSA staffer who contacted me last month and asked not to be identifiedand whose claims we checked with Snowden himself via his ACLU lawyer Ben Wizneroffered me a very different, firsthand portrait of how Snowden was seen by his colleagues in the agencys Hawaii office: A principled and ultra-competent, if somewhat eccentric employee, and one who earned the access used to pull off his leak by impressing superiors with sheer talent.
The anonymous NSA staffers priority in contacting me, in fact, was to refute stories that have surfaced as the NSA and the media attempt to explain how a contractor was able to obtain and leak the tens of thousands of highly classified documents that have become the biggest public disclosure of NSA secrets in history. According to the source, Snowden didnt dupe coworkers into handing over their passwords, as one report has claimed. Nor did Snowden fabricate SSH keys to gain unauthorized access, he or she says.
Instead, theres little mystery as to how Snowden gained his access: It was given to him.
That kid was a genius among geniuses, says the NSA staffer. NSA is full of smart people, but anybody who sat in a meeting with Ed will tell you he was in a class of his own Ive never seen anything like it.
The anonymous NSA staffers priority in contacting me, in fact, was to refute stories that have surfaced as the NSA and the media attempt to explain how a contractor was able to obtain and leak the tens of thousands of highly classified documents that have become the biggest public disclosure of NSA secrets in history. According to the source, Snowden didnt dupe coworkers into handing over their passwords, as one report has claimed. Nor did Snowden fabricate SSH keys to gain unauthorized access, he or she says.
Instead, theres little mystery as to how Snowden gained his access: It was given to him.
That kid was a genius among geniuses, says the NSA staffer. NSA is full of smart people, but anybody who sat in a meeting with Ed will tell you he was in a class of his own Ive never seen anything like it.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/12/16/an-nsa-coworker-remembers-the-real-edward-snowden-a-genius-among-geniuses/
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Of course he had more access than any other official, HE'S A DOUBLE NAUGHT SPY!!!
MohRokTah
Jun 2014
#1
Dribble dribble dribble, next he will be saying he wrote our Constitution also.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2014
#3
Now that was some kind of news, like the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2014
#12
Waiting for the delusional Snowdenistas to stop by & attempt to defend this one...
baldguy
Jun 2014
#5
Calling DUers delusional is a response to the OP? As one of those 'delusional Snowdenistas' and
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#54
Really? Chelsea Manning, do you remember the access that 'low level' analyst had to just
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#72
Depending on how the security was set up, if he was the systen administrator, he may
djean111
Jun 2014
#6
Because Americans have a short attention span and the effort would be lost with one dump.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#30
There are more than 100 programs or NSA capabilities revealed in the press based on Snowden's docs.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2014
#32
Er... so he's saying he'll face court in the US provided they make everything he did legal?
LadyHawkAZ
Jun 2014
#10
You can't think clearly if you don't get your facts right, and "The Obama Administration
struggle4progress
Jun 2014
#42
You're right. I forgot the words "for whistle blowing or leaking information."
MannyGoldstein
Jun 2014
#43
To regard Snowden's activities as "whistle-blowing," you have to define "whistle-blowing"
struggle4progress
Jun 2014
#63
Government workers. The Obama Admin has prosecuted more government workers than all other Presidents
Luminous Animal
Jun 2014
#65
Apparently he doesn't understand that changes in the law aren't typically retroactive:
struggle4progress
Jun 2014
#17
Well, a coworker, in the press, said that Snowden had all the keys because he was given the keys.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2014
#33
...except for emails proving he went through proper channels questioning NSA practices
uponit7771
Jun 2014
#27
Nowadays I can already get a whopping dose of anti-Obama propaganda here at DU
struggle4progress
Jun 2014
#40