Fwd: Intelligence Committee Approves Snowden Report (get your popcorn)
James M. Atkinson
I would merely ask that when the U.S. Marshall's are moving him, that they leave the vehicle behind a VA hospital while they go fetch him some coffee and donuts, and the veterans will be more then happy to keep an eye on the car while they step away. I would suspect that in under 15 seconds the veterans will assist the U.S. government in saving a great deal of money, although figuring out the unfortunate turn of events that took place when they stepped away might take a while.
Some of what Mr. Snowden stole and then released was not lawfully classified, and even through it had classified markings on it, the law says that nothing that a document that addresses certain types of activities can not and shall not be classified, so by placing that information into an otherwise classified document, the document that ends up being created is automatically declassified by the person who unclassified it by tainting it with information of one specific variety. But, only an extremely small portion of the information Mr. Snowden stole even remotely gets close to this one exemption which instantly renders the classified to be unclassified. In fact it is roughly .003% of 1% that could even fall into an uncertain gray area, and even under the most favorable of consideration even by the most liberal of definitions only about .4% of those gray area document even those do not fall into a clear zone. The released documents, need only to name one fragment of the exclusion rule of classification, and this is on a document basis, and not on a page by page basis. Even on a page basic and not a document basis, it still means that Mr. Snowden has run gravely afoul of highly forbidden disclosures, and while a government employee has a moral responsibility to disclose anything that is inside this exclusions that is also classified, Mr. Snowden leaked documents that are far, far outside the exclusion, and for this reason, her needs to be publicly executed, in the most horrific manner the U.S. government, and they need to do it legally, and to automatically assume that everything he leaked is already in the hands of our enemies, so that everything he leaked/stole is automatically admitted into the case records as declassified documents, so the public can clearly see the entire scope of what Mr. Snowden did, and not merely the select tidbits he is trying to gain a pardon for what he did.
Snowden also did not act alone, and the position he held in Hawaii was very carefully dial in well in advance, because his handlers knew that no matter how strong a link he had with his handlers that they (his handlers) could not be linked back to the country who was actually controlling Snowden in advance of his thefts, and then the cover leaks to try to justify the thefts.
Only about 0.0000012% of what he stole/copied falls under the automatic exclusion statute, and given page count of the theft against the page count on the anti-classified data, he is in a very grave situation, as the one aspect that very few people can get their head around is that Mr. Snowden will be eligible for the death penalty, and Mr. Snowden knows this, his family knows this, and the U.S. Government knows this, and more then a few veterans, at VA hospitals know this, and they are standing by and anticipating watching the car when the U.S. Marshall's leave his sitting, in the parking lot, by himself, for one minute or less, and it really does not matter if the car is on video or not, merely that the Marshall's are safely away from the vehicles at the time.
Do you want to see what a parking lot full of wolves will do to a rabbit dropped into the middle of the parking lot? well get ready to watch, there will be popcorn.
To be quite clear, I do not advocate violence, until such time the courts of the United States has ordered it that it take place, and then once the court says it is appropriate for it to take place, it can either be a matter of the rabbit and the wolves having an interaction measured in fractions of a second, or it can be some long drawn out public expression that ends up trying to keep him alive on camera for the longest period possible with a nation horrified by the gruesomeness of what took place. Remember, the law says "cruel AND unusual" so if it is cruel but not unusual it might be legal, or maybe they first need to do it and then later for the Supreme Court to weigh in, after the fact, well after the fact actually. Or, to save the general population having to be a witness, think about a single rabbit, and many wolves, and popcorn, lots and lots of popcorn.
Snowden is not actually a hero, but rather a very carefully groomed traitor, and by "groomed" I do not refer to his hair or clothing, but rather the illusion that has been advanced about his and the idealistic version of what he did, most of which is an utter fiction, and the truth about what he did, and how he slipped away is actually quite disturbing. What is even more disturbing is the vast number of other-Snowdens that are still on the loose as a result of the FSB very carefully exploiting a major hole in "the system" and to short-cuts imposed by the Executive Branch which the FSB exploited to get Snowden in the position he held, and how in 2007 the exploitation was well documented inside the U.S. government.
Snowden stole a huge chunk of classified data, and a huge volume of unclassified data, and some of the document he stole were "anti-classified" but these were only a tiny splinter of what he stole and then gave to other intelligence agencies, and in so doing he drastically and gravely damaged the national security of this nation and vastly improved the national security of other nations.
{Note that I used a specific reference to the FSB, this is a very specific reference, very carefully made, and it it not a typographical error, and this is separate from the SVR, for those of you who might not know that it is two different agencies, specifically, the FSB, specifically. In 2007, specifically, very specifically, one very specifically vulnerability, that was being exploited at that exact period in time, specifically. The specific vulnerability, being specifically exploited, on a specific date, at a specific time, at a superficial place on U.S. soil, who cause the specific death of three U.S. citizen at the hands of the SVR, on U.S. soil, and the specific acts being initiated in 2005 and consummating in 2007, and then again deaths on U.S. soil of U.S. citizens in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, a rather large number in 2015. Specifically, authorized by the SVR Director, and if you understand the very specific regional authority of the SVR and specially where a person would need to be located to be exploited by, well... you can figure it out on your own, and if/when you can not, you have not been on this list for very long. Yeah, I know, Snowden is a pansy, but more a SVR pansy, and not so much a CIA pansy, not really. Also, there is counter-intelligence, and then there is COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE, and one does one that the other does not, and you can figure out which refers to which.}
A true whistle-blower is a tremendous benefit to national security, a shit-head like Snowden is not a hero, but he is made to seem like one by privacy advocate who are really only seeing a tiny fragment of what is going on, and rather they do not a see the bug picture or the true implications of what is actually afoot. If someone truly wises to understand that is afoot, they need to understand the counter-intelligence in terms of "Plato's Cave" and understand that you never really get out of the cave until you have a security clearance, plus completely unrestricted access, and you get solicited by the agents of a foreign intelligence service, AFTER you have been trained on how to turn the foreign agents against their motherland, and so on.
Remember, wolves and rabbits, very hungry wolves, with a taste for rabbits, and a rabbit that smells like a rabbit.
Let nature take its time and course, during the Super Bowl or the World Series would be a good time, and as far as "course" might go, well, things proceed the way it proceeds and legally, and specifically... That is all, carry on ;-)
To be very clear, I am advocating that Edward Snowden be put to death (legally), on TV, during the Super Bowl as the half time show, and that popcorn be served. He can serve as the football in the second half of the game, or at least what is left of him can be.
http://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hpsci_snowden_review_-_unclass_summary_-_final.pdf
-jma
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| Subject: | Intelligence Committee Approves Snowden Report |
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| Date: | Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:25:02 +0000 |
| From: | Langer, Jack <Jack....@MAIL.HOUSE.GOV> |
| Reply-To: | Langer, Jack <Jack....@MAIL.HOUSE.GOV> |
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For immediate release Contact September 15, 2016 Jack Langer (Chairman Nunes) Patrick Boland (Ranking Member Schiff) Cason Hightower (Chairman Westmoreland) Patrick Malone (Ranking Member Himes)
Intelligence Committee Approves Snowden Report HPSCI Members Also Send Letter to Obama Urging No Pardon
WASHINGTON, D.C. â The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence today unanimously voted to adopt an investigative report on Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who fled to China and then Russia after stealing 1.5 million classified documents. The result of a two-year inquiry, the report describes Snowdenâs background, likely motivations, and methods of theft, as well as the damage done to U.S. national security as a result of his actions.
Contrary to Snowdenâs self-portrayal as a principled whistleblower, the report reveals that he was a disgruntled employee who had frequent conflicts with his managers and was reprimanded just two weeks before he began illegally downloading classified documents. Although he claims to have been motivated by privacy concerns, the report finds that Snowden did not voice such concerns to any oversight officials, and his actions infringed on the privacy of thousands of government employees and contractors. Additionally, the vast majority of the documents he stole had no connection to privacy or civil liberties. Furthermore, Snowdenâs basic knowledge of NSA programs is thrown into doubt by his failure to pass NSAâs basic annual training on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Snowdenâs actions did severe damage to U.S. national security, compromising the Intelligence Communityâs anti-terror efforts and endangering the security of the American people as well as active-duty U.S. troops.
Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said, âEdward Snowden is no hero â heâs a traitor who willfully betrayed his colleagues and his country. He put our servicemembers and the American people at risk after perceived slights by his superiors. In light of his long list of exaggerations and outright fabrications detailed in this report, no one should take him at his word. I look forward to his eventual return to the United States, where he will face justice for his damaging crimes.â
Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff said, âSnowden has long portrayed himself as a truth-seeking whistleblower whose actions were designed solely to defend privacy, and whose disclosures did no harm to the countryâs security. The Committeeâs Reviewâa product of two years of extensive researchâshows his claims to be self-serving and false, and the damage done to our national security to be profound. The Review also shows that the Intelligence Community still has much to do to institutionalize post-Snowden reforms to protect the nation's sources and methods.â
NSA and Cybersecurity Subcommittee Chairman Lynn Westmoreland said, âEdward Snowden made a decision that did more damage to U.S. national security than any other individual in our nationâs history. His actions harmed our relationships around the world, endangered American soldiers in warzones, and reduced our alliesâ collective ability to prevent terrorist attacks. Snowden must be prosecuted and he should receive the full punishment afforded by law for his actions. The resolve of those of us who fully understand the nature of the man and the damage he caused will not falter in our quest to bring him to justice.â
NSA and Cybersecurity Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim Himes said, âI appreciate this report and regret only that more of its conclusions cannot be made public. Two things are clear: Snowden stole immense quantities of classified information irrelevant to the important debate on privacy and surveillance, much of which puts at risk our men and women in uniform. Furthermore, this, and Snowdenâs flight to our adversaries is inconsistent with the estimable tradition of civil disobedience.â
Although the Intelligence Committeeâs 36-page report, which contains 230 footnotes, is classified, it is available to all members of the House of Representatives. An unclassified executive summary is available here.
Separately, all Intelligence Committee members sent a bipartisan letter to President Obama today urging him not to pardon Edward Snowden. The letter is available here.
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