First, read three-time Pulitzer-winner @BartonGellman's takedown of several documented, provably false claims:https://tcf.org/content/commentary/house-intelligence-committees-terrible-horrible-bad-snowden-report/ …
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They characterize many of the best things I ever did -- standing up for co-workers, reporting XSS vulns in TS/SCI systems -- as wrongs.
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Not one page mentions this journalism won the Pulitzer Prize for Public service, reformed our laws, and changed even the President's mind.
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Yet they argue at length I should have gone to NSA's Inspector General. That he would end these abuses and protect whistleblowers.
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But George Ellard, the NSA Inspector General, was just fired for retaliating against a whistleblower just like me.http://www.pogo.org/blog/2016/12/intelligence-community-landmark.html …
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John Crane, who worked for DOD's IG, claims they intentionally destroyed exculpatory evidence about
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Bottom line: this report's core claims are made without evidence, and are often contrary to both common sense and the public record.
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Was I a pain in the ass to work with? Perhaps; many technologists are. But this report establishes no worse.
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Final note: HPSCI's report admits I purged and abandoned hard drives rather than risk bringing them through Russia. Glad it's settled.
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That's what
@Thomas_Drake1 attempted to do and look what ended up happening to him. You learned from that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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ONE EMAIL THAT WAS NO SUCH COMPLAINT. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY OTHERS YOU LIAR
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You clearly don't understand what cognitive dissonance is.
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Keep up the good fight. You do have friends out there and hopefully soon they will wise up and give you the pardon you deserve.
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didn't they watch your movie man?
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it is clear there was no transparent avenue/point of reference for that...
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