• Mikufan@ani.social
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    5 months ago

    Small reminder that Snowden became a Russian asset and not to take what he says now as too credible.

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      5 months ago

      There is a big difference in being a “Russian asset” and chosing exile in Russia over going to prison for the rest of his life for blowing the whistle on a highly illegal, immoral and unethical spy program. The man is a hero and sacrificed a lot to tell us about it.

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        5 months ago

        Not really, his exile is bound to some things. He married a Russian woman…

        He definitely did something good, but beyond that its not good to just trust him with everything he says.

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            5 months ago

            Bro its relevant that he is basically putins puppet since he is in Russia and that Russia/Putin will use him for propaganda purposes.

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      5 months ago

      Not to poke the trolls, but what in this article relies on snowden’s authority?

      Seems like to me he’s only drawing attention to something easily verifiable.

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        5 months ago

        Read the other comments, its about using Snowden as a authority argument, not that this is wrong, its absolutely correct what he said here.