The following is a report of accusations of Edward Snowden that I have read online or seen on YouTube or other video sources. I do not know if the accusations are true, but I think some people would like to know about their existence.
Here are some of the things being said online about Snowden:
Snowden is what the intelligence community calls a "limited hangout." A Limited Hangout is the release of a limited amount of information that is carefully worded so that nothing damaging to any US agency or its interests, is said, but that part of the overall effect is to damage the image of one or more of the agency’s enemies, and/or promulgate misinformation.
Online analysts are also saying that Snowden is an asset of one or more US three-letter agencies.. More than a year after Snowden burst on the scene, only 1% of the promised files have been released by Glen Greenwald, and nothing really new has been learned. We have heard that one US agency listens to, and records phone calls and email of private citizens and some world leaders. This is not news, and some people have believed this for ten years or more.
The net effect of the 1% of files released so far has been to serve as a warning, to both whistleblowers and average citizens, that they should watch their back, and be careful what they say, and to whom they say it.
In the past, other whistleblowers have come forward with information very similar to that released so far in the 1% of the Snowden Files. (Note: this is exactly why the term LIMITED Hangout is used. Information actually is limited.) But those whistleblowers were ignored by nearly all media outlets in the US. When the Snowden news first broke, media rushed to cover every detail they had about what Snowden had done, his whereabouts, and the implications of that information being released publicly. Snowden was a household word: a hero to some, and a traitor to others. So, one question being asked by some people online recently is: Why is media so excited by the Snowden story when others who said more or less the same, or more, were roundly ignored?
Meanwhile, Greenwald, who is gatekeeper for the thousands of files, has already grown rich by making movie and book deals. Why is he not releasing more information? Why is it that the information in these secret files, has so far contained nothing really new, and is not damaging to any US government agency?
So, that is a brief summary of things being talked about online recently. What do you think?
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