There is no evidence that this is a Senator or anyone in a position of power. It is more likely that it is just a bored intern.
No one's claiming that it is a Senator, but then again, is this what my tax dollars are funding?
Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
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Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#12Probably not a shocker, or news worthy, but amusing to get busted like this. Snowden has been publicly called a traitor by at least two senators, "I think Snowden is a traitor -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid [1], and Kerry characterized former NSA contractor as a "traitor to his country." -- US Secretary of State John Kerry [2], and there are lots of hits in Google News [3], so there are probably others.
[1] http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/senators-demand-repercussi...
Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#13Feinstein (D-Calif.)?
http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/304...
Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#14diff in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Snowden&di... screenshot of both diff and above-linked user page as of now: http://i.imgur.com/I6HlpPX.png
My money is on a Dianne Feinstein staffer or DiFi herself.
Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#15The latest revision reads as "American fugitive intelligence analyst".
On a side note, the user is registered to WikiPedia, and his contributions page [1] hints at his awareness of the public availability of these contributions (and of their IP address). Maybe he didn't want to hide the origin of this edit, or maybe it was a clumsy mistake. There isn't much more to tell.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/156.33.2...
Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#16diff in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Snowden&di... screenshot of both diff and above-linked user page as of now: http://i.imgur.com/I6HlpPX.png
Personally my money is on the obvious explanation, i.e. that a bored/edgy staffer did this with full knowledge that people would notice. Prank or not, pretty great catch, which I can't credit myself for: https://twitter.com/TimKarr/status/363475470332854272
Looks like the first person noticed around 5pm: https://twitter.com/schuettebop/status/363403815166296064
Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#17Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#18The United States government is serving as a cash funnel/legal immunity shield to corporations sometimes made by the government itself[1].
Anyone who defects from or defies them is labeled a traitor or prosecuted in full[2]. Those who attempt to collate information on these entities and persons are tracked by the sitting government at the behest of these immune corporations[3].
All the while tax payer resources are used to forcibly alter public opinion on a subject involving government conflict of interests. Great.
[1] (Project PM) http://wiki.echelon2.org/wiki/Endgame_Systems
[2] (Started Project PM) http://www.thenation.com/article/174851/strange-case-barrett...
[3] (DoJ Seeking Info on Project PM) http://leaksource.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/doj-issues-subpoe...
Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#19The latest revision reads as "American fugitive intelligence analyst". On a side note, the user is registered to WikiPedia, and his contributions page [1] hints at his awareness of the public availability of these contributions (and of their IP address). Maybe he didn't want to hide the origin of this edit, or maybe it was a clumsy mistake. There isn't much more to tell. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Cont…
Now all we have to do is pinpoint the one US Senator interested in revolvers, Islamic historical sites, people straddling the exec boards of multiple large corporations, and tiki bars in San Francisco.
Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#20The latest revision reads as "American fugitive intelligence analyst". On a side note, the user is registered to WikiPedia, and his contributions page [1] hints at his awareness of the public availability of these contributions (and of their IP address). Maybe he didn't want to hide the origin of this edit, or maybe it was a clumsy mistake. There isn't much more to tell. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Cont…
Now all we have to do is pinpoint the one US Senator interested in revolvers, Islamic historical sites, people straddling the exec boards of multiple large corporations, and tiki bars in San Francisco.
Actually, a McCain wedding was at that tiki bar: http://sfist.com/2013/06/03/a_very_sf_mccain_wedding.php