Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey
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Re: Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey
#2This young man is an American hero
Re: Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey
#3"Further, no intelligence service - not even our own - has the capacity to compromise the secrets I continue to protect. While it has not been reported in the media, one of my specializations was to teach our people at DIA how to keep such information from being compromised even in the highest threat counter-intelligence environments (i.e. China).
You may rest easy knowing I cannot be coerced into revealing that information, even under torture."
I am very interested to hear some of his anti-intelligence efforts. I assume he's either talking about the Defense Intelligence Agency [1], or that this is a typo for CIA?
Also, everytime I hear from Snowden, I can't help but "fist pump" and cheer for the guy.
Re: Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey
#4The most interesting part of this is the following paragraphs from Snowden:
Further, no intelligence service - not even our own - has the capacity to compromise the secrets I continue to protect. While it has not been reported in the media, one of my specializations was to teach our people at DIA how to keep such information from being compromised even in the highest threat counter-intelligence environments (i.e. China).
You may rest easy knowing I cannot be coerced into revealing that information, even under torture.
While he may be overconfident (it's easy to say you can resist torture, at least until you're tortured), this shoots down the unverified claims that the Chinese or Russians could easily already have copies of his data. Not unless he's willingly handed it over or he's much less competent than his data theft would suggest.
Re: Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey
#5"Further, no intelligence service - not even our own - has the capacity to compromise the secrets I continue to protect. While it has not been reported in the media, one of my specializations was to teach our people at DIA how to keep such information from being compromised even in the highest threat counter-intelligence environments (i.e. China). You may rest easy knowing I cannot be coerced into revealing that info…
To offer an opposing view:
I cannot be coerced into revealing that information, even under torture.
That is a huge claim. I do not imagine that his training involved being tortured to make sure. If he's wrong, there could be dire consequences for the US.
You might even say his ego is writing checks his body can't cash.
Re: Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey
#6The most interesting part of this is the following paragraphs from Snowden: Further, no intelligence service - not even our own - has the capacity to compromise the secrets I continue to protect. While it has not been reported in the media, one of my specializations was to teach our people at DIA how to keep such information from being compromised even in the highest threat counter-intelligence environments (i.e. Chi…
> it's easy to say you can resist torture, at least until you're tortured
I interpret this as it's protected in such a way that any information he can give is not sufficient to access the documents.
Re: Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey
#7"Further, no intelligence service - not even our own - has the capacity to compromise the secrets I continue to protect. While it has not been reported in the media, one of my specializations was to teach our people at DIA how to keep such information from being compromised even in the highest threat counter-intelligence environments (i.e. China). You may rest easy knowing I cannot be coerced into revealing that info…
To offer an opposing view: I cannot be coerced into revealing that information, even under torture. That is a huge claim. I do not imagine that his training involved being tortured to make sure. If he's wrong, there could be dire consequences for the US. You might even say his ego is writing checks his body can't cash.
I interpret this as it's protected in such a way that any information he can give is not sufficient to access the documents.
(copy pasted from my reply on another comment below)
Re: Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey
#8"Further, no intelligence service - not even our own - has the capacity to compromise the secrets I continue to protect. While it has not been reported in the media, one of my specializations was to teach our people at DIA how to keep such information from being compromised even in the highest threat counter-intelligence environments (i.e. China). You may rest easy knowing I cannot be coerced into revealing that info…
To offer an opposing view: I cannot be coerced into revealing that information, even under torture. That is a huge claim. I do not imagine that his training involved being tortured to make sure. If he's wrong, there could be dire consequences for the US. You might even say his ego is writing checks his body can't cash.
Snowden is FULL of crap.
Re: Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey
#9This young man is an American hero
No, he is not.
Re: Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey
#10Edward Snowden makes me proud of my country, and the people that fight for it. But he also makes me ashamed of my Government and the people that hide behind it.