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In reply to the discussion: Snowden: I Had More Access Than Almost Any Other Official [View all]joshcryer
(62,287 posts)46. It is certainly true.
The question is whether the NSA had a watchdog on privilege escalation on the systems.
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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