Posted on 06/12/2013 6:28:09 AM PDT by don-o
When Edward Snowden decided he wanted to release details about the NSA's intelligence operations to the public, he reached out to Laura Poitras, a 49-year-old film maker and political activist opposed to the war on terror. As the Washington Post noted on Monday, Poitras had "the odd distinction of sharing a byline in The Washington Post and in London’s Guardian newspaper last week on two blockbuster stories."
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But perhaps it isn't such a mystery why the U.S. government might want to question Poitras if you simply crack open John R. Bruning's 2006 book, The Devil's Sandbox: With the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry at War in Iraq. Contary to Greenwald's claim that Poitras has never been accused of any wrongdoing, Devil's Sandbox details the explosive allegation that Poitras had foreknowledge of a November 20, 2004 ambush of U.S. troops but did nothing to warn them.
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She is a George Soros commie drone:
http://www.guidestar.org/PartnerReport.aspx?partner=justgivews&ein=94-2282759
I am thinking that way too. His association with this woman really calls his intentions into question.
Think about Snowden s resume timeline:
Worked for CIA (as a tech in Sweden or Switzerland )
Went to media in FEBRUARY
Has only worked for data mining for three months
Left in May
Staying at expensive hotel down the street from Hong Kong CIA branch
People are often placed in cover jobs behind enemy line. Would the film maker fit that mold?
Things are not always as they are googled or first appear.
Yep....I am not convinced yet that he is not a planned leaker to take the heat of IRS and Benghazi abuse of power and high crimes by this administration. Looks like a mixed bag.
No high school graduation— no record
No college deploys — no record
Resume says worked for CIA That I believe !
But I know for a fact they create cover by placing in jobs or near people needing investigating.
They can create a person with a resume to fit the situation and they can make a person disappear. And continue life as someone else.
Google can be used as a tool in either situation
Has anyone looked for family? Snowden lake Snowden road. Where are they located?
Even horrible people can have their uses.
Chicago radio station WIND am 560 does delayed post midnight broadcasts (d-bcast) of both Hugh Hewitt amd Dennis Praeger. On Fridays broadcast Prager dennouced the revelations as being directed, without naming the individual nor speculating who he had in mind , towards eliminating this monitoring by NSA which leaves US vunerable to terrorist attack.
In Mondays d-bcast from France he reasserted that position. Mike Gallagher who preceeds Prager (9-12pm) also has taken a similar position, citing the news story attention grabbing from other issues including Bengahzi, and Hewitt on a Norvegen tour boat hiatus taking Praegers position.
The most recent example of NSA success being used was the 2009 New York subway bombing attempt. Where a call was monitored going to Pakistan. Not the most recent Boston Marathon bombing which involved local calls.
Not the first reports which did credit NSA, now morgued, where the Florida soon to be divorcee was mailing Castor Oil (ricin) letters to Obama and Bloomberg. Here dates of emails were cited that eliminated her husband (who was at work)that she accused of mailing. That information came from that NSA program under examination .
Now that’s the problem....They’re wathing US not “Them” whom they can’t even call terrorists...
Chicago radio station WIND am 560 does delayed post midnight broadcasts (d-bcast) of both Hugh Hewitt amd Dennis Praeger. On Fridays broadcast Prager dennouced the revelations as being directed, without naming the individual nor speculating who he had in mind , towards eliminating this monitoring by NSA which leaves US vunerable to terrorist attack.
In Mondays d-bcast from France he reasserted that position. Mike Gallagher who preceeds Prager (9-12pm) also has taken a similar position, citing the news story attention grabbing from other issues including Bengahzi, and Hewitt on a Norvegen tour boat hiatus taking Praegers position.
The most recent example of NSA success being used was the 2009 New York subway bombing attempt. Where a call was monitored going to Pakistan. Not the most recent Boston Marathon bombing which involved local calls.
Not the first reports which did credit NSA, now morgued, where the Florida soon to be divorcee was mailing Castor Oil (ricin) letters to Obama and Bloomberg. Here dates of emails were cited that eliminated her husband (who was at work)that she accused of mailing. That information came from that NSA program under examination .
Now that’s the problem....They’re watching US not “Them” whom they can’t even call terrorists...
Heh, okay. They were all busy jumping from bed to bed with the frequency of a cheap ham radio...
Seriously, though. He went with her because they had a past history, if I understand that correctly.
True, so true. They are called Liberal Useful Idiots.
Very interesting details and questions. The man...much like Obama...appears to have little or no traceable past.
Where IS his family?
Yes, looked at family. I pinged you a blurb on his mother. Father lives in Allentown, PA.
(Note: Not sure I’m believing the GF angle.)
One told The Daily Telegraph: “They were here about four months and he didn’t come out much. He had a lot of boxes in his garage which blocked it off and there was just a little gap to walk through. His girlfriend was, I’d say, in her 20s with blonde hair.”
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Mr Snowden’s mother, Wendy, is listed as working as chief deputy clerk at the federal court in Baltimore.
By apparent coincidence that is the same court where members of the media petitioned for open access to the military trial of Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of secret documents to WikiLeaks.
http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/39fed/02usd/html/02usd.html
ADMINISTRATION & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Elizabeth (Wendy) Snowden, Chief Deputy Clerk
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I’m not convinced that Snowden acted alone. I am leaning towards a WikiLeaks connection, one pointing towards Greenwald...Poitras...???
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_detained_at_border/
By Glenn Greenwald
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This government abuse has received some recent attention in the context of WikiLeaks. Over the past couple of years, any American remotely associated with that group — or even those who have advocated on behalf of Bradley Manning — have been detained at the airport and had their laptops, cellphones and cameras seized: sometimes for months, sometimes forever. But this practice usually targets people having nothing to do with WikiLeaks.
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Poitras is now forced to take extreme steps — ones that hamper her ability to do her work — to ensure that she can engage in her journalism and produce her films without the U.S. Government intruding into everything she is doing. She now avoids traveling with any electronic devices. She uses alternative methods to deliver the most sensitive parts of her work — raw film and interview notes — to secure locations. She spends substantial time and resources protecting her computers with encryption and password defenses. Especially when she is in the U.S., she avoids talking on the phone about her work, particularly to sources. And she simply will not edit her films at her home out of fear — obviously well-grounded — that government agents will attempt to search and seize the raw footage.
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FTR, Greenwald, Poitras and Manning are openly gay.
wikipedia:
Denver Nicks writes that Manning would travel back to Washington, D.C., for visits, where an ex-boyfriend helped him find his way around the city’s vibrant gay community, introducing him to lobbyists, activists, and White House aides
Thanks Maggie.
Interesting
Sound advice? Assange advises Snowden to seek refuge in Latin America.
The WikiLeaks founder has a lot to thank Latin America for – specifically Ecuador. And though many regional countries have defied US priorities there, plenty have extradition agreements with the States.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11966193
Wikileaks: Brazil President Lula backs Julian Assange
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Greenwald lives in Brazil.
http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/06/glenn-greenwald-nsa-verizon-guardian-spying/
Right now, Bone-er says he’s a “traitor” so I’m thinking he’s a good guy...
Will see.
Conniving women Bump
bump.
One of the most reprehensible examples of disregard for humanity in the name of “news”, were the journalist and photographer who, several years ago, filmed a man pouring gasoline on himself, then taking several attempts to get his lighter to work, before finally setting himself on fire, while they watched and filmed, instead of trying to help prevent the tragedy. I suppose such “journalists” feel they should be lionized for their superior works, when in reality, they are simply attention seeking whores, thriving on the misery of others, and the kudos they receive for their brilliant “work”.
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