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2/ That's the purport of @edwardepstein in his WSJ piece and forthcoming book, which I've read in galleys. http://on.wsj.com/2irsm7O .
1/ I'm writing a book on Snowden and surveillance that looks closely at all sides. I'm not immune from error but I care about evidence.
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3/ I won't try to address every Bizarro claim. No time, space or inclination. Past a certain point, bad faith work doesn't merit the effort.
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4/ But some sensible people are taking Epstein (& the HPSCI report) at face value. I addressed the latter before. https://tcf.org/content/commentary/house-intelligence-committees-terrible-horrible-bad-snowden-report/ ….
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5/ Maybe there's a pony somewhere in those stables, but the muck pile ought to shake the faith of an open-minded reader.
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6/ Samples of Epstein-style logic are noted by
@erratarob, who is no Snowden fan. http://blog.erratasec.com/2016/12/your-absurd-story-doesnt-make-me.html …pic.twitter.com/UlEwEWPJJY
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7/ There are many more distortions and baseless claims in that WSJ piece. Far more are reserved for the book's 400 page indictment.
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8/ Some examples I'll mention may seem insignificant. They're not. Epstein builds his whole fantastic edifice on these & others like them.
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9/ All USG sworn testimony says "1.5m" is surmise & it was Snowden's job to copy/move documents. Like HPSCI, Epstein just disregards both.pic.twitter.com/U8OuChrhct
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@bartongellman One thing we can assume true -- Putin did not let Snowden stay because he is a humanitarian. The FSB got things from him. -
@mikelotus@bartongellman …Or because giving him asylum is a PR coup: it gives America a black eye. -
@dysphoria_net@bartongellman Sure, Putin does PR coups all the time. Like invading Crimea, Georgia, the Ukraine, bombing Aleppo to rubble. - Show more
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@StarMtnMedia@bartongellman Both articles torture logic in defense of creeping authoritarianism. Huzzah to@Snowden. Harrumph to the rest
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@DigitalPlebeian Snowden is a traitor to the West.@StarMtnMedia@bartongellman@Snowden -
@MJoyce2244@StarMtnMedia@bartongellman@Snowden Snowden is a traitor only to authoritarians. -
@DigitalPlebeian no. Snowden is a tool (kompromat) of the authoritarians.@StarMtnMedia@bartongellman@Snowden -
@MJoyce2244@DigitalPlebeian@StarMtnMedia@bartongellman@Snowden Who cares whether he's a traitor or not? Only what he revealed matters. -
@IntrepidDemise got bigger problems on our hands now than meta data thanks to Snowden@DigitalPlebeian@StarMtnMedia@bartongellman@Snowden -
@MJoyce2244 All I'm hearing is fearmongering. Stop making excuses for intelligence overreach and failure. - Show more
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