[Oztrich Boy]

That's the way I read it.....this article even says so: "In 2003, he enlisted in the US army and began a training program to join the Special Forces. "

He never said he was in the Special Forces....and as far as the GED thing.....could be one of two things. His recruiter neglected to mention that requirement and/or he thought an exception could be made for his special skills. Who knows. People are picking apart little details that could be interpreted one way or another and saying....see...see he was lieing.

Three things... dezinformatsia from Ms Janice Burton

That is simply not true as the statement from the Special Warfare Center & School below clearly points out.

"Snowden was never a student at SWCS. He broke his legs while at Fort Benning. His intent was to enter the X-ray program – but that never happened and would not have happened because he only had a GED. Hope this helps.

Janice Burton

Snowden was accurate if sparse in that section of his CV

Burton starts with misleading irrelevant info, and finishes on lie

From 18X - Special Forces Enlistment Option (Page 2)

(10) Must be a high school graduate or have a general equivalency diploma (GED).

[Girlene]

Thanks for the GED info. Corlorde had some additional info in post 98:

..........”His records indicate he enlisted in the army reserve as a special forces recruit (18X) on 7 May 2004 but was discharged 28 September 2004,” an army spokesperson told The Guardian in an email. “He did not complete any training or receive any awards.”

So he began a training program to enter Special Forces. Not really a lie, he just didn’t make it very far, as most do not. “