Tinker:
Our 2013 real world is worse
than I really thought it was, especially here in the United States of
America. I now feel like that I am simply being allowed to live what
slice of life that I am living here in America because I am not a danger
to the power structure of the American aristocracy government, now
running Washington DC.
I kid you not ladies and gentlemen our American
government has become a thriving instrument of treachery thanks to the
news media allowing the politicians to to get away with abusing the
American citizens everyday life.
They are now our society's aristocracy ruling class of treachery, birds of a feather flying high around our country performing in the big American show.
They are now our society's aristocracy ruling class of treachery, birds of a feather flying high around our country performing in the big American show.
If we don't stop them now this government will just get worse.
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DEAL WITH THIS
Holed Up In Hong Kong Hotel...
What Will China Do?...
Seeking Asylum... 'I Do Not Expect To See Home Again'...
'I Will Be Made To Suffer'
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Paul Szoldra, provided by
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
• Q&A with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I do not expect to see home again'
Link to video: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things'
The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA
and current employee of the defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton.
Snowden has been working at the National Security Agency for the last
four years as an employee of various outside contractors, including Booz
Allen and Dell.
The Guardian, after several days of interviews, is revealing his identity at his request. From the moment he decided to disclose numerous top-secret documents to the public, he was determined not to opt for the protection of anonymity. "I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong," he said.
Snowden will go down in history as one of America's most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning. He is responsible for handing over material from one of the world's most secretive organisations – the NSA.
In a note accompanying the first set of documents he provided, he wrote: "I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions," but "I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant."
Read more...http://www.guardian.co.
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Edward Snowden, who works for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, told The Guardian that he knows there will punishment for exposing the classified information, but said he could not in good conscience “allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, Internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building.”
Following the report, the office of James Clapper, the director of
national intelligence, said it was “currently reviewing the damage that
has been done by these recent disclosures” and referred any further
comment to the Justice Department.
A Justice Department statement went no further than acknowledging it is in the initial stages of an investigation.
Booz Allen Hamilton confirmed that Snowden worked there less than three months. The firm called the news reports "shocking" and said it would work closely with authorities during the investigation.
The Guardian reported last week that the Obama administration had been collecting Verizon customers’ phone records in the U.S. Shortly after, The Washington Post reported on a massive NSA program called PRISM, a surveillance program that gathered vast amounts of information about foreigners abroad from the world’s largest web services.
The disclosures led President Barack Obama to declare: “Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.” Late last week, the president defended the programs and said Americans must understand that there are “some tradeoffs” between privacy concerns and keeping Americans safe.
The Post also identified Snowden as the source of its information on Sunday.
Snowden told The Guardian, "I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions," but "I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant."
The self-identified source of documents and information pertaining to government data collection program said he has been hiding in a hotel room in Hong Kong since divulging the government secrets. For the past three weeks he has only left his room three times and fears he is being spied on, he told the newspaper.
Rep. Peter King, chair of the House Homeland Security subcommittee and a member of the Intelligence Committee, made the first public declaration to prosecute Snowden hours after he revealed himself.
"If Edward Snowden did in fact leak the NSA data as he claims, the United States government must prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law and begin extradition proceedings at the earliest date,” the New York Republican said in a statement. “The United States must make it clear that no country should be granting this individual asylum. This is a matter of extraordinary consequence to American intelligence."
Snowden said he has been pleased so far with the fallout from making the information public, and has no regrets.
"You can't wait around for someone else to act," he said. "I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act."
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June 10, 2013
DEAL WITH THIS
THE BIG REVEAL...
'I Have Done Nothing Wrong'... Claims Stunning Access... WARNS: Surveillance State 'An Existential Threat To Democracy'...
'I Don't Want To Live In A Society That Does These Sorts Of Things'...
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NSA WHISTLEBLOWER REVEALED: Edward Snowden Says He Is The Leaker
Paul Szoldra, provided by
Published 11:44 am, Sunday, June 9, 2013
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Edward Snowden: former CIA man behind the NSA intelligence leak
The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows• Q&A with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I do not expect to see home again'
- Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras in Hong Kong
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- guardian.co.uk, Monday 10 June 2013 04.50 EDT
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The Guardian, after several days of interviews, is revealing his identity at his request. From the moment he decided to disclose numerous top-secret documents to the public, he was determined not to opt for the protection of anonymity. "I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong," he said.
Snowden will go down in history as one of America's most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning. He is responsible for handing over material from one of the world's most secretive organisations – the NSA.
In a note accompanying the first set of documents he provided, he wrote: "I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions," but "I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant."
Read more...http://www.guardian.co.
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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_
'I will be made to suffer for my actions': Self-identified source for NSA leaks comes forward
The
self-identified source that exposed top-secret government data
collection programs has revealed himself, NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
By Andrew Rafferty, Staff Writer, NBC News
A 29-year-old former CIA technical assistant revealed in the British newspaper The Guardian
on Sunday that he is the source who leaked information about vast
National Security Agency surveillance programs collecting data about
American citizens and foreigners.Edward Snowden, who works for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, told The Guardian that he knows there will punishment for exposing the classified information, but said he could not in good conscience “allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, Internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building.”
A Justice Department statement went no further than acknowledging it is in the initial stages of an investigation.
Booz Allen Hamilton confirmed that Snowden worked there less than three months. The firm called the news reports "shocking" and said it would work closely with authorities during the investigation.
The Guardian reported last week that the Obama administration had been collecting Verizon customers’ phone records in the U.S. Shortly after, The Washington Post reported on a massive NSA program called PRISM, a surveillance program that gathered vast amounts of information about foreigners abroad from the world’s largest web services.
The disclosures led President Barack Obama to declare: “Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.” Late last week, the president defended the programs and said Americans must understand that there are “some tradeoffs” between privacy concerns and keeping Americans safe.
The Post also identified Snowden as the source of its information on Sunday.
Snowden told The Guardian, "I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions," but "I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant."
The self-identified source of documents and information pertaining to government data collection program said he has been hiding in a hotel room in Hong Kong since divulging the government secrets. For the past three weeks he has only left his room three times and fears he is being spied on, he told the newspaper.
Rep. Peter King, chair of the House Homeland Security subcommittee and a member of the Intelligence Committee, made the first public declaration to prosecute Snowden hours after he revealed himself.
"If Edward Snowden did in fact leak the NSA data as he claims, the United States government must prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law and begin extradition proceedings at the earliest date,” the New York Republican said in a statement. “The United States must make it clear that no country should be granting this individual asylum. This is a matter of extraordinary consequence to American intelligence."
Snowden said he has been pleased so far with the fallout from making the information public, and has no regrets.
"You can't wait around for someone else to act," he said. "I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act."
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By LUKE JOHNSON
Tiger Rag Assistant Editor
Shakespeare couldn’t have written a much better sendoff for the large group of Tigers likely playing in their final game at Alex Box Stadium.
LSU had already built up a big lead — one that was wasn’t going to fall with Chris Cotton nailing the game down. It was the top of the ninth, LSU led by four, and its praised-yet-maligned group came together to put on a show.
Praised, because of all the individual accomplishments they’ve put together in three or four years. Maligned, because even all those flashy statistics never resulted in a trip to Omaha
With Omaha all but cinched up, they used the ninth inning as their extended curtain call.
The crowd recognized what it was seeing. Mason Katz, Raph Rhymes and Alex Edward had exhausted their eligibility and were definitely digging into the LSU batter’s box for the final time. JaCoby Jones and Ty Ross are as good as gone after going fairly high in the draft, and the fans recognized that, too.
The LSU-record 11,401 fans got loud and stayed loud when Katz came to the plate with two on and nobody out in the ninth.
“Mason Katz comes up and everybody in the ballpark realizes that this is his last at bat in Alex Box Stadium — and so does his coach,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “I called him over and I said, ‘Hey, you realize this is your last at bat in this stadium? Forget about the situation (with runners on) first and second, just go for it.’”
“’Just try to hit one over the scoreboard.’”
Trying to give it everything he got, Katz didn’t make his best contact, flying out to right field. But as he jogged off the field for the last time after an at bat, the crowd’s cheers were louder than they were for any home run he’s ever clubbed into the left field bleachers. He tipped his hat to them, and they responded by staying loud for the man behind him.
Rhymes isn’t a four-year senior. He transferred after a year of destroying pitchers at LSU-Eunice. But he’s endeared himself to the LSU faithful with the limitless supply of singles in his bat, and he’s endured the heartbreak, too.
So they cheered Rhymes, who was given the same green light by Mainieri. Rhymes said he’d decide when he got to the plate whether he’d swing for the fence.
He didn’t. Instead, he was the standard every day Raphael Ray Rhymes IV the fans have come to adore. He yanked a two-run double down the left field line and was lifted for a pinch runner. Rhymes walked off the field draped in admiration, but he was just setting the stage.
Jones, who might have turned in his greatest performance ever in what will likely be his last game, was intentionally walked to load the bases for Ross after he abused the Sooners’ pitching staff for four hits in his first four at bats, including a laser of a home run in the previous inning.
Ross made them pay the way he always seems to do when there are runners in scoring position. He drove two more Tigers in with a single.
“It was a special inning,” Ross said. “Everyone knew it might be their last at bat here in Alex Box Stadium. We took advantage of it … everyone wanted to keep hitting. We wanted to keep going.”
Everyone thought Edward’s last at bat came the inning before, when he struck out to strand two runners.
Of course, the way things were going, he’d get another shot.
Of course, the way things were going, he delivered. He singled to left-center field, driving in the Tigers’ final run of the night when Andrew Stevenson motored home all the way from first. That in itself is a special moment, when the kid hustles from first to home in a nine-run game to give the senior the proper send off.
Cotton couldn’t have played in the top of the ninth, but he looked exactly the same pitching with a 10-run lead as he does when he pitches with a one-run lead. He retired all six batters he faced, to send the team to Omaha for the first time since 2009.
Remember, in 2010 Chris Cotton walked onto the team with a sub-80 mile an hour fastball.
Their story isn’t done yet, not when the Intimidator could use some redecorating. But this group of players likely playing its last game in the friendly confines of Alex Box Stadium left the fans that have watched them grow up a lasting memory.
Now, they’ll get to watch them where they feel they’ve belonged the whole time: Omaha.
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JOHNSON: Tigers seniors, draftees send it off right in the 9th
June 8, 2013 - © 2013 Tiger Rag
Script couldn’t have gone much better for those getting their final at bats
By LUKE JOHNSON
Tiger Rag Assistant Editor
Shakespeare couldn’t have written a much better sendoff for the large group of Tigers likely playing in their final game at Alex Box Stadium.
LSU had already built up a big lead — one that was wasn’t going to fall with Chris Cotton nailing the game down. It was the top of the ninth, LSU led by four, and its praised-yet-maligned group came together to put on a show.
Praised, because of all the individual accomplishments they’ve put together in three or four years. Maligned, because even all those flashy statistics never resulted in a trip to Omaha
With Omaha all but cinched up, they used the ninth inning as their extended curtain call.
The crowd recognized what it was seeing. Mason Katz, Raph Rhymes and Alex Edward had exhausted their eligibility and were definitely digging into the LSU batter’s box for the final time. JaCoby Jones and Ty Ross are as good as gone after going fairly high in the draft, and the fans recognized that, too.
The LSU-record 11,401 fans got loud and stayed loud when Katz came to the plate with two on and nobody out in the ninth.
“Mason Katz comes up and everybody in the ballpark realizes that this is his last at bat in Alex Box Stadium — and so does his coach,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “I called him over and I said, ‘Hey, you realize this is your last at bat in this stadium? Forget about the situation (with runners on) first and second, just go for it.’”
“’Just try to hit one over the scoreboard.’”
Trying to give it everything he got, Katz didn’t make his best contact, flying out to right field. But as he jogged off the field for the last time after an at bat, the crowd’s cheers were louder than they were for any home run he’s ever clubbed into the left field bleachers. He tipped his hat to them, and they responded by staying loud for the man behind him.
Rhymes isn’t a four-year senior. He transferred after a year of destroying pitchers at LSU-Eunice. But he’s endeared himself to the LSU faithful with the limitless supply of singles in his bat, and he’s endured the heartbreak, too.
So they cheered Rhymes, who was given the same green light by Mainieri. Rhymes said he’d decide when he got to the plate whether he’d swing for the fence.
He didn’t. Instead, he was the standard every day Raphael Ray Rhymes IV the fans have come to adore. He yanked a two-run double down the left field line and was lifted for a pinch runner. Rhymes walked off the field draped in admiration, but he was just setting the stage.
Jones, who might have turned in his greatest performance ever in what will likely be his last game, was intentionally walked to load the bases for Ross after he abused the Sooners’ pitching staff for four hits in his first four at bats, including a laser of a home run in the previous inning.
Ross made them pay the way he always seems to do when there are runners in scoring position. He drove two more Tigers in with a single.
“It was a special inning,” Ross said. “Everyone knew it might be their last at bat here in Alex Box Stadium. We took advantage of it … everyone wanted to keep hitting. We wanted to keep going.”
Everyone thought Edward’s last at bat came the inning before, when he struck out to strand two runners.
Of course, the way things were going, he’d get another shot.
Of course, the way things were going, he delivered. He singled to left-center field, driving in the Tigers’ final run of the night when Andrew Stevenson motored home all the way from first. That in itself is a special moment, when the kid hustles from first to home in a nine-run game to give the senior the proper send off.
Cotton couldn’t have played in the top of the ninth, but he looked exactly the same pitching with a 10-run lead as he does when he pitches with a one-run lead. He retired all six batters he faced, to send the team to Omaha for the first time since 2009.
Remember, in 2010 Chris Cotton walked onto the team with a sub-80 mile an hour fastball.
Their story isn’t done yet, not when the Intimidator could use some redecorating. But this group of players likely playing its last game in the friendly confines of Alex Box Stadium left the fans that have watched them grow up a lasting memory.
Now, they’ll get to watch them where they feel they’ve belonged the whole time: Omaha.
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