‘Fast Eddie’ Snowden’s Problem With the Truth - Skating on Stilts
The NBC interview with Edward Snowden was instructive in several ways. He continues to present himself as a reasonable man who tried to stop illegal programs but was left with no option but to go public. But the more closely you listen, especially when he says things that can be checked against the record, the more dubious his claim begins to seem.
In fact, the NBC interview, and the exchange with NSA that followed, reveal a lot about Snowden’s style of truth-telling, which turns out to be hard to distinguish from, well, lying.
When questioned about his claim to have raised concerns inside the NSA before breaking his promises of confidentiality, Snowden said, “I actually did go through channels, and that is documented. The NSA has records, they have copies of emails right now to their Office of General Counsel, to their oversight and compliance folks, from me raising concerns about the NSA’s interpretations of its legal authorities.”
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