The beautiful ballerina girlfriend whistleblower Ed Snowden was set to wed...

[Little Star]

Daily Mail
By Daniel Bates, Michael Zennie and Helen Pow
10 June 2013

Lindsay Mills, 28, is reportedly the girlfriend Edward Snowden left behind when he leaked information about PRISM surveillance
She wrote on a blog about romantic heartbreak after Snowden fled to Hong Kong
'My world has opened and closed all at once. Leaving me lost at sea without a compass' she wrote
Couple previously went to Hong Kong for romantic getaway

Mills is a ballerina who attended the Maryland Institute College of Art
She performs with the Waikiki Acrobatic Troupe


The whistleblower who leaked the NSA's secrets thought about marrying his girlfriend and had previously taken her on a romantic break to Hong Kong - where he was last seen fearing arrest.


Family friends told MailOnline that Ed Snowden, 29, wanted to be with stunning pole dancer Lindsay Mills for the rest of his life but took the decision to throw it all away to expose the US government.

They were deeply in love and on her blog Mills, 28, dotingly called him her ‘man of mystery’ who she had followed around the world for the last four years.

On Monday she took to the blog - where she has posted dozens of photos of herself semi-naked - to tell of her heartbreak.

Mills wrote: 'My world has opened and closed all at once. Leaving me lost at sea without a compass

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2339202/Lindsay-Mills-girlfriend-Edward-Snowden-Woman-NSA-leaker-left-member-acrobat-troupe.html

This makes me feel sad for her.

[SummerSnow]

1. Sorry she is hurt...

But she dodged the bullet on that one.

[In_The_Wind]

2. Her heart must be breaking.

[WinkyDink]

3. And here I couldn't care less about "pole dancer Lindsay Mills."

[Whisp]

6. is that what ballerinas are called now?

or is it acrobat?

[Javaman]

14. I know, that jumped out at me too.

somehow I don't think they confused "working the bar" with "pole dancer".

[msanthrope]

31. Ahem--her Facebook account shows pictures of her pole dancing. nt

[uppityperson]

47. No it doesn't. It shows doing acrobatics like these guys Photos of The Waikiki Acrobatic Troupe

[msanthrope]

49. Ahem---this is NSFW....pics from her Facebook account

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2339202/Lindsay-Mills-girlfriend-Edward-Snowden-Woman-NSA-leaker-left-member-acrobat-troupe.html


Not for anything, but the pic of her on the pole does not indicate an 'acrobatic troupe' to me, but I may be wrong.

[uppityperson]

52. Ahem, read the caption under the picture.

"Performer: Lindsay Mills performs in the Waikiki Acrobatic Troupe and in dance shows in Hawaii"

[msanthrope]

57. On a pole, yes? Was that picture from the 'Troupe' or a 'dance show?'

Regardless, there's nothing wrong with it, is there?

[uppityperson]

75. I see nothing wrong with it.

I have been "mom" to a circus group and they do all sorts of things on all sorts of equipment. I guess I was reacting to the "stripper pole dancing" thing as there are others who use the same equipment to entertain beyond sexualy titillation.

[rbixby]

81. Here you go, here's the evidence.

http://gawker.com/this-is-reportedly-the-girlfriend-of-nsa-whistleblower-512472906


check the youtube video.....doesn't look much like a ballet performance to me.

[uppityperson]

85. Not ballet indeed, more burlesque. Thanks for the link.

Eta, it is possible for one person to be a ballet and a burlesque dancer, and hiphop and jazz and hula and raqs sharqi and.....

[one_voice]

98. looks like she...

has talent to me. The amount of strength it takes to do a dance like that...wow.

[rbixby]

106. I'm sure her abilities as a dancer made that a lot easier

But she has pole danced at least once. I don't think that it means anything in particular, you can take pole dancing classes all over the place now. I'm not quite sure why so many women want to dance like strippers, but hey, if it makes them happy, go for it, no?

[Blue_Tires]

90. That's one of many things I don't get...

If you were Snowden and knowing what you know, why wouldn't you tell her to minimize her online presence as much as humanly possible??

[WinkyDink]

37. I wouldn't know; do ballerinas normally pose "semi-naked"? Do you know what quotes are?

[uppityperson]

48. She performs with the Waikiki Acrobatic Troupe and they use a bar as well as other

equipment.

[msanthrope]

51. I think the picture of her, using a book to obscure her breasts, and

in thigh-high stockings is tastefully done.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2339202/Lindsay-Mills-girlfriend-Edward-Snowden-Woman-NSA-leaker-left-member-acrobat-troupe.html

[snooper2]

59. I think she needs a sam-wich, like this one I just posted here

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022992266

[freeplessinseattle]

103. How on earth is this relevant to her value as a human being? sheesh n/t

[MADem]

108. Apparently, she belongs to, and is VERY active in, an organization of pole dancers.

They are not strippers, they do not remove clothing, and they do artistic stuff. She also does some kind of modern dance that involves a lot of lifts and acrobatics, but no toe shoes. She has posted many of her (pole and modern dance) performances on YOUTUBE.

[JaneyVee]

65. PRIVACY! PRIVACY! PRIVACY! Now lets find out everything we can about Snowden's love life!

[HappyMe]

69. It's pretty easily found.

Facebook, Twits, ye ancient My Space, YouTube..... people put crap out there. Lots of crap. Then they act all shocked when people find it.

[HappyMe]

4. Nothing says heartbreak like

semi-naked pictures.

[Vinnie From Indy]

58. lmfao!

Well done!

Cheers!

[apples and oranges]

96. I caught that too

What an odd article. Not clear if it's meant to garner sympathy or scorn.

[freeplessinseattle]

104. Yeah 'cuz it's common knowledge "those" kind of women lack feelings

Sometimes DU really disappoints me.

[RainDog]

114. You have to be a real piece of trash to attack this woman

and, apparently, DU is full of such pieces of trash.

[Whisp]

5. On Monday she took to the blog - where she has posted dozens of photos of herself semi-naked -

to tell of her heartbreak.

eh?

Pierce Morgan is calling her for a spot right now

[jehop61]

7. It just shows

how self-absorbed this guy is. He could have gone to a member of congress and kept it quieter, but he wanted the publicity.

[Mojorabbit]

80. Would you really trust a congressman to investigate this?

The safest thing he could have done with his info is what he did IMO. No way to quiet it secretly as could be done if given to a lawmaker who might not want to do anything about it. This way if he disappears questions will be asked.

[deutsey]

8. The older I get, the more surreal life becomes.

[madaboutharry]

28. +1

[LongTomH]

43. You've noticed that too?

[okwmember]

9. If she's already followed him half way around the world,

what's another flight to Hong Kong?

[Blue_Tires]

71. that's my question as well...

it's not like she has some long-entrenched roots or high profile career to walk away from...

[frazzled]

10. Um... ballerina, acrobat, or pole dancer?

All three terms were used in this "article." That about gives me the validity of something written in the Daily Mail.

[OKNancy]

12. ha! we were writing at the same time. n/t

[Javaman]

15. Cirque Du Soleil'?

[OKNancy]

11. what makes me sad is calling her a "ballerina"

She is a pole dancer. I realize that anyone can be called a ballerina who puts on a tutu and may have studied ballet in the past, but a ballerina is really, in the real dance world a moniker for an elite dancer in a ballet company. A real ballet company.

Sorry for the off topic post, but it bugs me.

[Javaman]

16. +1 nt

[REP]

18. Same here

I'm not a dancer (pole or otherwise), but one of my closest friends is an actual ballet dancer, and it's a hard job. He works with stress fractures in his feet more often than not.

[one_voice]

100. I know a ballet dancer and...

you're right...

Though I have to give some credit to this young lady, it takes a good amount of strength and some training to do many of the moves she was doing.

[zappaman]

33. +100

I look great in a tutu, but would never refer to myself as a ballerina.

[sibelian]

13. Cool story, bro.

I'm, like, seriously moved.

That Snowden guy - what a JERK, huh?

Jerky poopyhead guy.

THAT POOR DANCER!!!!!!

Beer?

[newmember]

19. You must hate America

[sibelian]

35. I don't HATE America.

I think me and America can still be friends. I think we just both need to start seeing other people.

[deutsey]

39. +1

[newmember]

44. lol

[emulatorloo]

53. I hear Lindsey Mills is available!

[sibelian]

56. She's TAINTED.

That's what's so tragic.

[emulatorloo]

64. She shouldn't be drug thru the mud like this, that is for sure.

It sucks to get dumped.

[sibelian]

66. THAT I will not make light of.

Indicative, isn't it?

[emulatorloo]

70. yes.

Girlfriends, etc are not "fair game"

[hfojvt]

94. the story is supposed to make him look heroic

look at how much he gave up because of his love of the 4th amendment and the American people.

[sibelian]

110. Heroic?

My goodness, is dumping your girlfriend heroic now?

Anyway, not quite the point of my post. I don't much care if he's heroic or naughty.

[newmember]

17. Not a ballerina

[tridim]

20. Don't feel sad for her, the whole Snowden story is scripted, it's all BS.

"'My world has opened and closed all at once. Leaving me lost at sea without a compass..." LOL Yea, right.

Could be ripped straight from any random cheesy romance novel ever written.

[HiPointDem]

73. does seem a bit scripted.

[QC]

21. Not only is he an unfriendly neighbor with a messy garage,

he is also a ballerina-abandoner.

[newmember]

23. WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!.... A messy garage also

[Puglover]

24. LOL!

[leftyladyfrommo]

26. The Cad!

What a loser.

He is kind of nice looking, tho.

[sibelian]

30. I can't "support" him anymore.

HE IS DEAD TO ME.

[leftstreet]

63. LOL

[kwassa]

22. She attended MICA? That is an art school, not a dance school.

A very well-known art school.

http://www.mica.edu/Programs_of_Study/Undergraduate_Programs.html

[HipChick]

46. Oh Noes!..more lies

[bunnies]

25. "Im heartbroken. Check out my butt."

[Whisp]

87. . . .

[LTR]

27. And he gave it all up to leak information...

...that everyone knew about seven years ago.

[darkangel218]

77. Are you mad that the truth is being exposed??

[LTR]

113. Funny, I thought it already had been

[FarCenter]

29. A lot more girls study ballet, some get to join the corp de ballet, very few become ballerinas

So they go on to other types of related show business careers. A woman has to have an independent way to make a living. Can't depend on a man.

[tridim]

32. Balloon Boy 2013.

[alcibiades_mystery]

34. Gahahaha: perfect!

Except his reality show is going to be MSNBC's Lockup.



Like the imbecilic people around Petraeus, I wish I'd never heard of any of these shitheads.

[hunter]

55. Perfect!!!

[Initech]

79. I'd actually say more Manti Te'o than Balloon Boy.

[tridim]

95. I think more than just the GF is made up.

I think the whole story is fake.

It feels like....



BTW, where is that fucker hiding out these days? Hmmm....

[backscatter712]

36. The slimers must be really desperate. n/t

[WinkyDink]

38. You DO know she posted herself, right? Wasn't forced?

[OilemFirchen]

67. How do you know?

Could be a Stasi subterfuge.

<Yeah like I need a snark tag><Or do I?>

[Brickbat]

40. I find this hilarious.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

41. "semi-naked". Oh, the horror!!

The attacks on Snowden are becoming even more ludicrous.

[Floyd_Gondolli]

42. Dayuuuuuummmmmm

What a moron.

[KamaAina]

45. This seems to be Spam DU With Bilge From The Daily Fail Week

it makes the National Enquirer seem like stodgy, old-school journalism.

[backscatter712]

50. The Weekly World News's material gets Pulitzers when compared to this shit. n/t

[emulatorloo]

60. Stupid shit gets posted on DU all the time

Nature of the beast, I guess. I always get blasted when I complain about the POLITICO. Dailymail can't keep consistency going from paragraph to paragraph.

[DevonRex]

54. People should be ashamed. Trashing his girlfriend. She actually studied dancing

with dance troupes. She wasn't Just a pole dancer. But she did follow her significant other all around, apparently, which might have made it difficult to work as a dancer. It doesn't say she worked as a pole dancer, either, though. I didn't watch any of the videos, I confess. Just read the article, so I could be wrong.

The point is, she isn't a villain just because she got dumped. And she isn't a villain because of her profession, whatever that may be. She's a young woman who apparently dreamed, and maybe can't let go of the dream, of being a ballerina. Many a girl has had that dream. She's not bad for having it.

ETA: NO, that was never my dream. After I decided I didn't want to be Miss America by age 6 I decided I would be a Marine like my father. He forbade it. So I joined the Army.

[emulatorloo]

61. Agreed.

[Little Star]

68. +1

[Marr]

72. No kidding-- I can't believe how low these people are sinking.

This is freeper-level stuff. I'm disgusted.

[DevonRex]

74. ...

Just so you know, I don't buy Snowden's story. I have good reason not to believe some of what he has said. I have also done a lot of independent study on the programs, as much as is possible in the circumstances. I am not as freaked out as most people are. I used to work in MI. I took my oath seriously. I just thought that you should know those things in all fairness.

What I have written about the programs:

http://election.democraticunderground.com/10022986995#post61
http://election.democraticunderground.com/10022989031#post14

[OKNancy]

86. Upthread, I was criticizing the writer of the article, not her n/t

[DevonRex]

91. I know. I know you. :-) nt

[LittleBlue]

89. The attacks get more absurd by the day. nt

[Baitball Blogger]

62. A modern day Ygritte.

[darkangel218]

76. This only shows how much he has given up just to expose the truth

Is not just money he has given up, but his loved ones as well.

I dare anyone to question his motive.

[OilemFirchen]

101. I'll take that dare.

Is there a prize involved?

[darkangel218]

107. Yes there is.

You get a quarter :p

[Initech]

78. I have this suspicion that he's Te'oing us.

I mean really - has anyone seen any actual photos of this woman? Every single article I've clicked on has her either as a stock photo, or it shows photos of Hawaiian sunsets. Just like the fake dead internet girlfriend that Manti Te'o made up, I think the media is playing us for chumps on this one. Please tell me I'm wrong.

[former9thward]

88. The Washington Post says she is real.

But that doesn't fit the Smear Machine's "he's a desperate loner" talking point. See: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022990822

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/snowdens-girlfriend-a-dancer-and-nature-lover-said-to-be-shocked-by-his-actions/2013/06/11/01e2f31c-d29b-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story.html?wpisrc=nl_pmpol

[Initech]

109. I swear in a week we're going to find this woman doesn't exist.

If I'm right -

If I'm wrong -

[former9thward]

112. They interviewed her father in USA Today, today (Wednesday June 12).

Maybe he doesn't exist either....

[apples and oranges]

99. The woman looks a lot like him...

[William769]

82. I wish her well, I also wish him well.

Someday may they meet up again.

[UTUSN]

83. His love is abstract, his "idealism" is abstract. She sounds as flaky as he does. Just 2 cyberkids.

Let's see how they deal with the loss of their PRIVACY (thanks to him). Here she is, "Fish Out of Water" (SHE data-released on her blog: )

[JI7]

84. 'My world has opened and closed all at once. Leaving me lost at sea without a compass"

[pnwmom]

92. The beautiful half-naked blogging ballerina got her wish.

In an early post on August 17 2011 she also writes: 'I’ve always wanted to be splashed on the cover of magazines, with my best air-brushed look. Unfortunately I wasn’t born a greek, amazon, sex goddess - but a petite dreamer.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2339202/Lindsay-Mills-girlfriend-Edward-Snowden-Woman-NSA-leaker-left-member-acrobat-troupe.html#ixzz2VwOgpygs

[Quantess]

97. Who the fuck cares?

If you're this bored: Get a life.

[baldguy]

102. She would only be a "ballerina" if this was Canada.

[olddots]

105. I see the makings of a reality show

[JI7]

111. Lindsay Mills looks kind of like Heather Mills

the woman paul mccartney use to be married to