Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
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
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
They didn't deface Wikipedia to claim it, though. I doubt it's Peter King having a (particularly) bad night, but we all can dream
Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that "anyone can edit." Although it might fly against the prevailing opinion online, I would not classify a one-word edit like this as a defacement. Whether Snowden is a dissident, traitor, or some other word (patriot?) is really a matter of opinion.
Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#33Feinstein (D-Calif.)? http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/304...
Have you seen her direct the NSA-related congressional hearings? She's definitely a dusty old battle-axe, but I'd wager that her computer skills (or lack thereof) impede her ability to edit Wikipedia articles.
Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#34FWIW, I think is a hero - and I suspect he will come to be regarded as such by most Americans.
Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#35Feinstein (D-Calif.)? http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/304...
Have you seen her direct the NSA-related congressional hearings? She's definitely a dusty old battle-axe, but I'd wager that her computer skills (or lack thereof) impede her ability to edit Wikipedia articles.
Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#36The 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 u…
Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#37Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#38Probably 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]…
[1]: http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/304...
Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#39Re: Snowden Wikipedia page edited to label him a "traitor" from Senate computer
#40Of course they are, they're only people. Which is why we shouldn't give them any power over us that isn't 100% transparent.