Snowden 2009 "Leakers Should Get Shot In The Balls."

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When I made the choice to report aggressively on top-secret NSA programs, I knew that I would inevitably be the target of all sorts of personal attacks and smears. You don't challenge the most powerful state on earth and expect to do so without being attacked. As a superb Guardian editorial noted today: "Those who leak official information will often be denounced, prosecuted or smeared. The more serious the leak, the fiercer the pursuit and the greater the punishment."

One of the greatest honors I've had in my years of writing about politics is the opportunity to work with and befriend my long-time political hero, Daniel Ellsberg. I never quite understood why the Nixon administration, in response to his release of the Pentagon Papers, would want to break into the office of Ellsberg's psychoanalyst and steal his files. That always seemed like a non sequitur to me: how would disclosing Ellsberg's most private thoughts and psychosexual assessments discredit the revelations of the Pentagon Papers?

When I asked Ellsberg about that several years ago, he explained that the state uses those tactics against anyone who dissents from or challenges it simply to distract from the revelations and personally smear the person with whatever they can find to make people uncomfortable with the disclosures.

The personal side of taking on the NSA:*emerging smears | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

 

[ltheghost]

It doesn't matter if he gets caught by the US or not...his life is over. The question now is he going to "live" in cell for the rest of his life or get done like Megatron.

 

[kickz]

The guy is obviously are formely pro-government delusional fanboy. I guess working for the demonic governmental organziations have caused him to realize the evil in which he was pariticipating and he then decided he no longer wanted to be a part of it.

I for one applaud the bravery and cahojones of this American patriot! God willing and God speed to the OG Swoden!

Nicca is an inside agent, they would've had the dude by the balls 2 wks ago if he were real.