[tor-talk] OT - Snowden - was Re: Heartbleed bug / Mainstream information

[Brian Kenny]

Great.  Another OFF-TOPIC NSA conspiracy theory discussion. Let's get
something straight. If the CIA wanted Snowden dead, he would be dead.
Period. No verification of that unsubstantiated rumor is possible,
since it is not true. Can we talk about TOR now?

Cheers,
Brian

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 9:09 AM, mick <mbm at rlogin.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 06:02:20 +0000
> Артур Истомин <art.istom at yandex.ru> allegedly wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:19:52PM +0100, mick wrote:
>> > On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:48:04 -0400
>> > "Christopher J. Walters" <cwal989 at comcast.net> allegedly wrote:
>> >
>> > > On 4/14/2014 4:40 PM, mick wrote:
>> > > > On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:03:09 -0400
>> > > > "Christopher J. Walters" <cwal989 at comcast.net> allegedly wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Or maybe Snowden really was just an attention seeker, who
>> > > >> really knew nothing. That must be why the US sent a CIA kill
>> > > >> squad after him - so he wouldn't spread "conspiracy theories"
>> > > >> around.
>> > > >
>> > > > Do you have a reference (independent reporting) for that
>> > > > assertion that you could share?
>> > > >
>> > > > Mick
>> > >
>> > > What assertion?  Never mind.  This story is very old, and frankly
>> > > I don't care whether you believe whatever assertion you are
>> > > talking about.
>> >
>> > You asserted that the "US sent a CIA kill squad" after Snowden. I
>> > simply asked for an independent reference for that story.
>>
>> I am independent reference. I can confirm that such behavior of
>> Empires is as old as hills.
>>
>> What references do you want for obvious and axiomatic things?
>
> I'm sorry, but I am a little old fashioned. I do not take bald
> statements such as these as fact without some form of verification.
> And, with respect, some random correspondent on a mail list "confirming"
> the assertion of some other random person on a mail list does not, in my
> view, constitute such verification.
>
> What /would/ constitute verification (for this or any other flat
> assertion) would be some reference to independent journalistic
> investigative reporting in a respected journal pointing to
> on-the-record, source verified, commentary.
>
> Best
>
> Mick
>
>
>
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