Posted on 06/12/2013 1:58:38 PM PDT by servo1969
NSA leaker Ed Snowden claimed to have broken both of his legs while training for Special Forces.
"In 2003, he enlisted in the US army and began a training program to join the Special Forces. Invoking the same principles that he now cites to justify his leaks, he said: "I wanted to fight in the Iraq war because I felt like I had an obligation as a human being to help free people from oppression"."
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
Deputy
Office of Strategic Communications"
The 18 X-ray program is a way to go directly from the street to the Special Forces course. You first would attend basic and advanced individual training and then airborne school. Upon successful conclusion of those you head to Bragg for some prep training and the Special Forces Assessment and Selection course. If you pass all of those, then and only then do you start Special Forces training.
Mr. Snowden wasn't even eligible for this program as he didn't even graduate from High School. So the claim that he broke his legs in Special Forces training is BS and that makes him a poseur. Well actually not even a poseur, he claimed to be training to be SF, so that makes him a poseur wannabe, or a wannabe poseur. I'm not real sure how the semantics of that work out. But either way, not really a great way to build credibility. He also made this claim that never rang true when I first read it.
"He recounted how his beliefs about the war's purpose were quickly dispelled. "Most of the people training us seemed pumped up about killing Arabs, not helping anyone," he said."
Right, so the people who weren't training you for Special Forces also happened to be knuckle-dragging troglodytes who were simply looking for a chance to go smoke some A-Rabs. Well I'm not buying it Eddie. I ran into plenty of your types in the military, disaffected losers who never actually finish anything but always have a bucket-load of excuses and who were always whining about how the system sucks. They were never responsible for their own failures, it was always oppression by the man. They were just too smart for the fools running things to recognize their brilliance. Sound familiar? They were also all varying flavors of bats**t as well. Check out Ed's spymaster tradecraft.
"WASHINGTON — The source had instructed his media contacts to come to Hong Kong, visit a particular out-of-the-way corner of a certain hotel, and ask — loudly — for directions to another part of the hotel. If all seemed well, the source would walk past holding a Rubik’s Cube."
A Rubik's Cube, now there is a really good way to remain nondescript. Or this bit of counter-surveillance expertise.
"He is deeply worried about being spied on. He lines the door of his hotel room with pillows to prevent eavesdropping. He puts a large red hood over his head and laptop when entering his passwords to prevent any hidden cameras from detecting them."
A red hood? Even the writer who is taking in all of this BS and peddling it to the public is making fun of you dude. Why do I get the feeling Ed also had a ninja outfit and throwing stars?
Whether or not Ed has any information that the government was doing illegal or even improper things is a completely separate discussion. The fact that Ed is a BS-peddling wannabe poseur is now established and ought to be taken into account when judging his words and actions.
UPDATE: Jonn Lilyea at This Aint Hell is also looking at the other things about Snowden that seem to have an air of barnyard ordure about them and had a pretty good idea the PNG wasn't in the Q course earlier this week.
{"Keep your feet and knees together or we'll be here forever, Sgt. Airborne"
Hmm. I know people who “trained for special forces” long before they applied to get into special forces, and in some cases even before they ever joined the military. I am suspicious of the “Snowden lie hunt”. It sounds like a Chicago operation to me.
Is it true that Snowden was talking to the reporter who broke the NSA scandal story BEFORE Snowden has been hired by the company whose “secrets” he took and shared? Is it true that Snowden had only worked for that company for three months before leaking said information? There is something not right about all of this.
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
Sounds like semantics to me too........Snowden never claimed to be involved at the SWCS, he was training to get there...........At least they had the courtesy to admit that his claim to broken legs was legitimate.
An hour and 100 replies later, no further comment from you?
What I read said that he broke both legs while training for SF school. That sounds pretty accurate.
Folks need to buff up on their reading comprehension.
And you've verified that this gal is legitimate? Must be, it's on Facebook......LOL!
Let’s all ignore the fascist government attacking our civil rights and talk about whether a guy broke his leg.
Let's see, this blogger admits that Snowden was indeed in the military and intended to enter the X-ray program. Never happened? One would think that the military recruiter would gave known that a GED wouldn't have qualified Snowden for the training he signed up for........
THIS IS NOTHING BUT AN UNSUBSTANTIATED BLOG SPOT............
If the IRS could hammer Obama’s political opponents over their political views, why would anyone expect that this type of surveillance would NOT be used in the same way.
Bingo!!
5.56mm
speaking of that.... whatever happened to the suspected Boston bomber who was in the hospital and then got his records changed after a sudden, mysterious visit by a high-muckity-muck Arab to the white house.
Did they manage to sneak him out of the country while we were looking elsewhere?
Pretty weak tea.
CJ Roberts is the type to eat a bullet not confess. He alerted my gay-dar early on and I think it is his homo status not the illicit adoptions that got him in trouble.
Uhn huh.... worked directly for DOD you say.
Doing what?
I’m not seeing the lie here at all. Just sounds like he was training for SF and wasn’t completely aware of every requirement.
It seems to be grasping at straws to dismiss him, much like the 120,000/200,000 disparity which can be rather easily explained by benefits (assuming we are to believe Booz Allen).
Either way, this amounts to more messenger shooting. I predicted on day one that they’d have him painted as a child molesting communist Muslim Tea Partier by the time they’re done, and they’re well on their way. Sadly, some people are just lapping it up.
All the while, the entire surveillance state is focused on this one man for some reason. Odd thing to do to a liar.
Thanks for that info.
I’ll tell you one thing thats really pissing me off and thats this elitist additude everyone including freepers seem to have towards anyone who didnt get a big fat shiny high school diploma(yes, i have one) . Big flippin deal. Doesnt make him stupid or unemployable. The crap thats being spewed about people who have GRD’s is incredibly snotty. We dont know why he didnt get the diploma or what was going on in his life at the time but he went on to correct that lack and apparently did well for himself until now. Hawaii....200,000 a yr. Salary, cia job...geez everyone if he can do all that with just a GED id love to see what he could have done with a mgical h.s. diploma
You left out gun owner, Christian, and hunter. And you will also notice that a good number on this forum are after his scalp.
and thanks for that info. That clears up any questions about the SF issue.
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