Snowden: Why hasn’t DNI Clapper been punished for lying to Congress?

I'm frequently not on Snowden's side (and Clapper being wrong doesn't necessarily make Snowden right), but he's completely on point here. Clapper directly lied to Congress under oath. He needs some kind of censure.

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Post by hadoukenio » Fri, May 02, 2014, 1:42 PM UTC

Answer: Because the United States is an Oligarchy.

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Post by mgamache » Fri, May 02, 2014, 1:45 PM UTC

Congressional testimony is just political kabuki. No one involved wants the truth they just want the show. It reminds me of pro wrestling without the steroids.

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Post by hadoukenio » Fri, May 02, 2014, 1:46 PM UTC

geetee wrote: post #3

I'm surprised by the amount of anti-Snowden sentiment in the WaPo comments.

See "Military's 'sock puppet' software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda":

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-ope...

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Post by krapp » Fri, May 02, 2014, 1:51 PM UTC

hadoukenio wrote: post #8

geetee wrote: post #3

I'm surprised by the amount of anti-Snowden sentiment in the WaPo comments.

See "Military's 'sock puppet' software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda": http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-ope...

Also see people actually having an opposing point of view. Not everything has to be parallel construction, false flag operations and conspiracy.

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Post by ianhawes » Fri, May 02, 2014, 2:03 PM UTC

hadoukenio wrote: post #8

geetee wrote: post #3

I'm surprised by the amount of anti-Snowden sentiment in the WaPo comments.

See "Military's 'sock puppet' software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda": http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-ope...

I'm personally sick and tired of Snowden opponents being immediately written off as "shills" and "sock-puppets".