Bob Cesca desconstructs Snowden's message from Moscow

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Snowden Emerges with Bizarre New Remarks, Implies that He Might Be Assassinated

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Snowden continued:

While the public has cried out support of my shining a light on this secret system of injustice, the Government of the United States of America responded with an extrajudicial man-hunt costing me my family, my freedom to travel, and my right to live peacefully without fear of illegal aggression.

There’s a lot to unpack in that sentence, so let’s start at the beginning

When Snowden wrote that he shined “a light on this secret system of injustice,” we can assume he meant that he was just one of many people who have shined lights on the NSA. As others have noted, the data mining process has been well documented by a variety of reporters and authors pre-Snowden. The FISA court warrants, overseas wiretaps, the minimization process, metadata collection — it’s all been written about before and received with varying degrees of public outrage.

[div class="excerpt"]When Snowden wrote that he shined “a light on this secret system of injustice,” we can assume he meant that he was just one of many people who have shined lights on the NSA. As others have noted, the data mining process has been well documented by a variety of reporters and authors pre-Snowden. The FISA court warrants, overseas wiretaps, the minimization process, metadata collection — it’s all been written about before and received with varying degrees of public outrage.

Next, Snowden wrote that the United States engaged in “an extrajudicial manhunt.” Extrajudicial manhunt? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Not to jump too far ahead, but he wrote something similar in the Wikileaks statement in which he accused the United States of using “extralegal” methods. What exactly has the U.S. done in pursuit of Snowden that’s fallen outside the bounds of the law? Nothing that we’re aware of, and if he has proof of illegal activity, he should let us know

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And finally, Snowden wrote, “I remain free and able to publish information that serves the public interest.” Obviously, he has more documents he intends to release to the press. However, this contradicts a tweet posted by Glenn Greenwald: “NOTE: Snowden’s leak is basically done. It’s newspapers – not Snowden – deciding what gets disclosed and in what sequence.” In other words, Snowden’s got nothing left and isn’t deciding what to publish.

These guys need to get their stories straight.

Later, Greenwald clarified with a twisty bit of verbal gymnastics: “I didn’t say Snowden couldn’t leak more documents if he wanted to.” Oh, so the “leak is basically done” is kind of like “mostly dead.”

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Much more.. the whole article is interesting from a reaily point of view..
http://thedailybanter.com/2013/07/snowden-emerges-with-new-remarks-implies-that-he-might-be-assassinated/

From Bob.. "Before these statements were released, Jonathan Capehart wrote that Snowden had “jumped the shark” by “flirting with Russia.” I appreciate the observation, but it wasn’t the first time and I’m afraid there are many more sharks still waiting to be jumped."

Snowden's a liar.. some people got that at the beginning.. when his resume was exposed.. now he's just playin' to his crowd.