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In post-Snowden era, 'the bad guys will take advantage of our blindness and deafness'
Ronen Bergman, New York
Published: 12.09.14, 15:25
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1. snowden
bisbisa ,   jerusalem   (09.12.14)
snowden used the data now the data use snowden hahaha
2. snowden affair is a huge intelligence failure
CJK   (09.13.14)
snowden was not vetted properly nor was he supervised properly. the us has seemingly not learned anything since george koval had stolen secrets from the manhattan project. koval, who had lived in the soviet union, was nevertheless hired to work at a number of labs connected to the manhattan project. he was allowed to leave the us and to return to the soviet union despite rising suspicions about his activities. he consequently led a very uneventful ordinary life in the ussr. he was decorated posthumously by vladimir putin. putin cited kovlov for much reducing the time it took the soviets to develop the atomic bomb.
3. nothing is obsolute and no man is GOD.
Calibi ,   Sydney Aust   (09.13.14)
nothing is absolute and no man is GOD. If someone knows you are reading his letter he will misleading in his words. If Snowden is a spy.......China and Russia will feed NSA false message. But is goood to know USA is the biggest peeping tom.
4. " SUCH A NICE MAN "
MR CYNIC ,   SAFED CYNIC HOUSE   (09.13.14)
Until you cross or upset him....
5. EDWARD SNOWDEN
MR CYNIC ,   SAFED CYNIC HOUSE   (09.13.14)
With respect , Snowden is HISTORY , yesterdays' news and forgotten ,that is until folk such as Messrs Bergman and Hayden keep bringing the subject up and reviving it. I am sure the good General Hayden has done an excellent and sterling job in protecting his ,and other countries so effectively and deserves our thanks and respect. But please stop mentioning Mr Snowden and giving him the oxygen of publicity ,he really aint that important .
6. #2 a difference
(09.13.14)
Snowden had no connection to US enemies: he was "clean". A young man, no history and no skills was offered a salary far beyond what he could ever earn outside. His handlers just could not imagine that he was a patriot, ready to sacrifice everything for the US constitution. Snowden saw what Obama did to other whistleblowers. He gave Obama a chance to clean-up the NSA, but when Biden called for his extrajudicial execution, Snowden had no choice. Did he cause damage to the US? The answer is no: the Russians, Chinese, Iranians, Pakistanians, drugs mafia and probably others know how to protect themselves from NSA spying, and just use the NSA backdoors to spy on their own opponents.
7. 6 your assertions are unproven
CJK   (09.14.14)
there is no proof that snowden was as you say, "clean," unconnected to us enemies. what is certain is that he disclosed top secret information that by all accounts has caused enormous harm not only to the us but also to her allies. your claim that us enemies knew how to protect themselves against nsa before snowden's disclosures are also unproven. what is known as a fact is that bin laden did not know that he was under electronic surveillance until this information was disclosed in open court. only once this information was disclosed did he stop using e-mail, cell phones, etc.... snowden is not simply a whistleblower but a spy.
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