Phony “SF-trainee” Snowden wants to go to prison now
Fox News reports that Edward Snowden says that he has offered to go to prison in the US, but prosecutors aren’t taking him up on his offer;
Snowden told the BBC that he’d “volunteered to go to prison with the government many times,” but had not received a formal plea-deal offer.
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Michael Hayden, the former head of the NSA, told the BBC, “If you’re asking me my opinion, he’s going to die in Moscow.”
In an interview broadcast Monday on the BBC’s “Panorama” program, Snowden said he and his lawyers were waiting for U.S. officials “to call us back.”
Earlier this year, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said a plea deal with Snowden was a possibility.
So, I’m guessing that Snowden isn’t having a good time in Russia if he’s more attracted to prison in the US than his current situation. I’m thinking that he misses the press about him and being a wanted criminal isn’t all that movies make it out to be. Or maybe he’s a little jealous of Brad Manning getting all of that attention.
Category: Dumbass Bullshit
I have an idea for this traitorous MF’er. How about we give you the Brianna Manning treatment and cut off your ding-a-ling. Then you can go to prison, bitch.
Only speculating, but I bet Snowden’s data dump had a lot to do with Putin feeling like he could waltz into Syria like a figure skater, doing interpretive ice dances of Obama’s life’s journey.
As C. Long would say, “Blood, hands…” you know the rest.
Word.
Hey Eddie, get fucked you piece of shit. You and your Russian intelligence/pedophile friend Assange.
It has finally dawned on Snowden that his continued respiration is at the tender mercies of a structure that has made a fine art out of ‘disappearing’ people. And he is, and always will be, a traitor. The Russians don’t like traitors any more than we do, even when they’re moderately useful. The cold hard fact is, Snowden could end up fertilizing a small section of Russian soil — because once he’s outlived his usefulness, the Russians will conclude that what he did to us, he could possibly do to them, and they aren’t going to let him live long enough to try.
Poor Ed. You know your life is fucked when even the government doesn’t give two shits about putting you in prison.
And memo to the FB comment above: why the hell would anyone here support a traitorous piece of shit who ran and hid years ago rather than face the music when he released those documents?
Another memo to FB comment:
I worked in the NSA world for 25 years. We do NOT collect on U.S. citizens. It is a foundation of our profession. It is pounded into our head from day one that we do NOT collect on U.S. persons. There are all kinds of restrictions on access to any data even vaguely pertaining to a U.S. person. The gates are strong and the gatekeepers are rigorous in making sure no one gets past unless they absolutely have to.
Snowden is one of those “smart” people who is dumber than a rock with lips. For all his “intelligence”, he had no clue what he was seeing.
I heard that when Snowden was in Army basic, he got upset cause the DI’s talked about killing. Are you fucking kidding me?
Snowden and Bergdahl are two of a kind that has become too common in this world. Not all the spark plugs are in the engine and they’re definitely not firing right.
Snowden is a fucking traitor and a pussy to boot who won’t stand up for his principles. He needs to rot in jail or in Russia for the rest of his contemptible life. I’m happy to give him that choice. It just tickles me to no end that it is obvious that he hates his life in Russia. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Karma is a fucking BITCH, ain’t it Snowmeister?
Also – people keep saying that he “hacked” the system to get his data. What he did was convince people to give him their credentials and then logged in as them. This, is not hacking. This, is being a dick and abusing the trust that IT professionals depend on to do our job. I tell my users over and over that if I need your credentials to do something, I also need you sitting there to watch me do it. And 99% of the time, I can do what I need to do with my own credentials.
Not. A. Hacker.
While I agree, he is not a hacker in the traditional sense of the “word.” Social engineering is definitely part of the framework that a hacker would use to gain access to a system. Additionally, Shoulder-Surfing is actually in the SEO Framework for social engineering. While he may have no intimate knowledge of breaking into systems, his actions do resemble those of social engineering.
As an aside, the fucker deserves to rot in Russia or come back to the USA and be hung til his head falls off.
Cheers,
MrFace
C|EH, CHFI, ECSA, CEPT
Standing ovation for you, my good sir.
I served as well in the MI community but I certainly am aware enough to know that I don’t know everything and purposefully so.
We both know there are things taking place that are well and above our pay grade that will ‘did not happen’ nor will they ‘ever exist’
I don’t particularity like Snowden. He seems almost neurotic to the point of appearing to fall on the autistic spectrum of social awkwardness. But he has at least some integrity to his actions.
“His motivations weren’t for money or notoriety but to expose illegally activity conducted by our own government.”
Notoriety is exactly why he did it. He just misjudged the power of the good PR he received to protect him from the repercussions.
If he’s willing to go to jail all he has to do is get on a plane.
If he’s willing to go to jail all he has to do is get on a plane.
Holy shit–he actually said something with which I agree.
Haha. A sign of the apocalypse.
It would probably be more complicated than just getting on a plane. Put yourself in this situation. You gave valuable intelligence to the Russians; you’ve probably spent hours if not days in the close proximity to Russian Intelligence. Let’s just say that the Russians actually DO let you get on a plane to come home. Who do you think will meet that plane? The NSA? CIA? FBI? All three together? Without some kind of agreement in advance, he might as well throw himself into a shark tank — it’d be quicker and hurt less.
I think the State Department invalidated his passport.
True, but if the US wanted him back badly enough, all Ed would have to show up at the nearest US Embassy/consulate and ask for a ride home.
But also to Pinto’s point, the Russians might not be so eager to let him do that, not so much for what they can get from him but what Snowden might be able to give our intel agencies.
Bottom line, he fucked himself nine ways from Sunday the second he hatched this plan.
I can almost guarantee that the information sharing between Eddie boy and Russian intel was only one way. They’d probably be happy to get rid of him except that Putin likes sticking Obama in the eye with it.
Sure, but the questions they asked him can be very interesting to know about. If I were Russia, I’d rather let the details of those interrogation sessions die with him…
Might be easy to fix that.
Just say to Eddie, “Comrade, we are letting you go back to America. You know that we will know if you talk about some things we discussed. All you need to know, tovarishch, is that the Americans may not have been able to get you here, but we will definitely get you there. Have a nice flight…comrade.”
Bummer.
Can we trade the DRC to Russia for him?
One ticket from BWI, two from Tampa or Orlando to Moscow, one-way?
Kayak says about $2200 for all 3 tickets.
I’ll kick in for that!
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Driving to Russia? Bit problematic, even if Bernath makes sure there’s gas in the tank.
Reminds me of the George Carlin newsline: “A man who was attempting to walk around the world today DROWNED.”
I doubt Bernath could even fly (minus the gas issue) because he would be to busy trying to work his/their balls.
Yeah, too bad Ted Kennedy died before Uber came along.
,,, And let the Dis-barred, disgraced NEVER a CPO pilot he plane….
He doesn’t even need a plane. Grab a cab and walk into the Embassy in Moscow.
He used notoriety as a way to publicly insulate himself. Watch the Snowden documentary (Citizenfour)on HBO.
Not every good decision will get you a pat on the back.
He hates it there in Mother Russia. Good. Let him rot in Siberia. Better than any U.S. prison.
But…if he comes back here, convict him, give him a life sentence without parole, straight to a SuperMax with NO computer or internet access.
He’ll be begging to go back to Russia in about 5 minutes.
I wonder if he’d like Siberia in the winter. I hear it’s frequently a pleasantly balmy -90f at times, especially on sunny days.
Yeah, with mosquitoes the size of Buicks. LOTS of mosquitoes.
“Speedo weather”…
Fat Russian tourists in Speedos…(shudder)
Thailand was beautiful, but the tourists, not so much.
Ah, y’all are being outfoxed here! See, here’s Eddie’s plan:
He arranges a plea deal and comes back to the US. Pleads guilty, does a bunch of interviews about how he’s a martyr to the cause of exposing government intel collecting, and the media fawns all over him. Hell, he could even become Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year.”
Then he goes away to Federal PMITA Prison. And if Hillary gets elected, there he stays.
BUT WAIT! If a Republican gets elected, then one of Obama’s last acts as a “fawk you!” to the incoming R president is a full pardon.
He’s playing the long game here….
I agree. However, John Forbes Kerry wants Snowden to stay right the f*** where he is. Less competition for the Nobel Peace Prize coming up I agree. However, john forms carrie wants snowed in to stay right the f*** where he is. Les competition for the nobel peace prize coming up
Sorry. In case it is not painfully obvious, my phone is on crack today.
I was gonna say, that’s the kind of typing I only expect at 2am on a Friday or Saturday night.
A little observation for Facebook commenter “John Rambo” above: when dissent becomes actively assisting your nation’s adversaries, it ceases to become dissent and becomes (as the term is commonly used) treason.
I might buy Snowden’s actions had he stayed in the US and spilled his gut to a US reporter. But going to Hong Kong, then Russia to shop his haul? Um, no.
That’s not “supporting US freedom”. That’s deliberately working to benefit a foreign government at the expense of your own nation’s security.
Had he done that (stayed here, spilled to a US reporter), he would still be a goddamn traitor deserving of a rope and a tree – but at least I’d understand the other side’s argument a little better.
I dismissed that FB comment for two reasons. The first was the tag name, John Rambo. Really? The second was Rambo’s claim of special insight into Benedict Snowden’s motivations. I have this image of “Rambo” sitting in a dark room with a metal strainer on his head. With that image, it really is tough to take his comments seriously.
Uh, what’s the matter with wearing a metal strainer on your head?
It’s ok, as long as you are not into nipple clamps wired to a field telephone, like Johnny Rambutt is…
Wow! I REALLY have to rethink my free time activities.
He needs one of Skippy’s custom made foil helmets, constructed of genuine Arizona copper. Ground rod not included.
Says the guy with the Air Cav handle…I want you to know that I fully support your alternative lifestyle.
Maybe I can’t speak for motivations, but I can’t imagine they were to end up a pariah and isolated from everything he’s ever known.
Maybe not all that came out was supposed to but it raised awareness in matters of a very large and comprehensive intelligence program that prayed on otherwise innocent citizens of a country that is supposed to be free of exactly that kind of tyranny.
Additionally, it’s not like he released only evidence of what he felt was wrongdoing. If he had only released information about programs that target American citizens, I’d have probably called him a hero as well. But no… this motherfucker released millions of files – way more than cockbite Manning – and then admitted later he didn’t even realize what he released because he didn’t even read most of that shit. He just stole a bunch of files and released them to the media, exposing information about efforts against terrorists and TCOs and other legitimate targets. And then admitted there was a fuck up. Ooops! I should have redacted that shit!
Fuck Snowden. Fuck him with a chainsaw. He didn’t give a fuck about freedom or safeguarding Americans’ rights. He wanted attention, and now that it’s waning and he’s stuck in Russia using newspaper to wipe his ass and drinking cheap rubbing alcohol, he wants to come home.
FUCK. HIM.
And once again Nicki reminds us all just why we love her
Let the Russians pay for his upkeep.
Cut the US taxpayers a break.
^^^WORD^^^
So pooooor widdwe Eddie-boy Snowden doesn’t like sleeping in his nest after shitting in it nine ways to Sunday, *AAAAAWWWW*, dat just bweaks my heart – NOT!!!
This is a douchebag that said he wouldn’t go back to the United States because he couldn’t get a fair trial here. NOW, he claims he wants to go back home and face prison? My guess is now that Moscow is done with him and has exploited him for as much information as they could, he’s now being booted out.
Oh, they’ll probably let him stay. He’ll just have to move to an unheated wood hut in Murmansk.
Snowden will be asked to come in for another interview, He will be ushered thru a door. Once he has entered, a man will step up behind him and shoot him in the base of the skull. Interview concluded! There will be no immediate announcement of his death. Some years later we will learn that he died of a brain aneurysm or a cardiac arrest. Old habits die hard in the KGB.
That or he gets strangled and they say he choked to death, eats something and gets lethal for poisoning… The Ivans are done with his ass by now, did he REALLY think that Putin & Company really would give a shit about him once they got what they wanted? Since when have the Ivans been known for being “Mr. Nice Guy”?
Back in the Soviet Union days, they had a saying among their foreign service types that said when they returned home, they’d kiss lead, whether a medal or a bullet.
The more things change….
Fuck ’em. His Russian girlfriend musta changed her mind about cohabitation with him, too. Haven’t seen her name being flung around anywhere as of late, so…guess he did it for the nookie. Heh.
IIRC, his GF is American. Her name is Laura Somethingorother.
When are Lars and C. Long going to show up and defend this turd?
They are slacking the fuck off.
Unsat.
Maybe Larsie-poo would offer him a place to stay in Berserkely?
He wouldn’t even have to go to the US. IIRC he spilled some serious secrets regarding us allies so if he takes the train to Berlin I’m sure the BRD would be happy to give him a ride from the train station to a place with a bed just for him.
Whoops meant to type BND: Bundesnachrictendeinst, the German intelligence service.
Maybe the German Polizei could use him as a baton practice dummy before they hauled him in as well?
Choices have consequences in the adult world Eddie. Say “hi” to Pooty Poot for me you communist traitor bastard.
Hmmm either he’s sick of eating cabbage 4 times a day or he’s figured out that Vlad no longer has any use for him. May he spend the rest of his days throwing cabbage from the wagon to pay soldiers in Dushanbe, Tajikistan!!
Methinks two things:
1. Eddie hasn’t been able to collect a penny from the people writing books and films about him, its chapping his ass he is missing out on the gravy train he engineered.
2. Her finally realized that Russia IS the country that he made the USA out to be.
He must be getting worried Putin will send him to Syria. He’s practically SF after all.
According to a lot of the pros at his former employer (members of a club I do not belong to), he’s been run by the Russians from day #1; as in long before he actually stole all the data and skipped town.
They also believe that ever single announcement he’s made since winding up in Russia is well scripted classic Russian intel ‘disinformation theater’.
So based on their far more knowledgeable hunches, I’d say the entire offer to return and face trial is BS. If someone in the US govt. took him up on his offer, there would be complications, delays, etc. and it would never happen.