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MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2
06-12-2013, 03:56 PM
Who would hire Snowden for a giant spy program, knowing he contributed to Ron Paul?

Who would give him that sort of "security clearance?"

The NSA didn't know his public political contributions? Is that proof that they are 100% inept, or an inkling that something else was going on?

I ran this past a girl I know, who would (rightly or wrongly) describe herself as socialist leaning. She thinks "liberals" in congress protect us from "conservatives" in congress. Upon mentioning that Snowden donated to RP in 2012, her first statement was "oh, then he's already a political dissident."

Can anyone make sense of this for me? How would a public Ron Paul supporter be given such clearance? Keep in mind... we've seen what happens to RP supporters in LA and other smaller places. They don't even want RP supporters present, represented, or talking, let alone having access to their secret spy shit.

So how did this happen?

TheTexan
06-12-2013, 04:07 PM
Shh, dont give them ideas

MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2
06-12-2013, 05:54 PM
Shh, dont give them ideas


You mean the people that break fingers? lol. You mean hacks who don't want RP supporters to even be part of an electoral process? I'm the last dummy to come up with this idea, believe me.

AuH20
06-12-2013, 05:56 PM
He was already vetted prior when he worked for the CIA, which preceded his donation. Once you pass the initial phase of background checks, you can glide through the system.

MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2
06-12-2013, 06:01 PM
He was already vetted prior when he worked for the CIA, which preceded his donation. Once you pass the initial phase of background checks, you can glide through the system.


Sounds like an admission of complete incompetence, in that case.

A regular citizen needs constant surveillance, but NSA employees/contractors, guarding their bullshit secrets, only need a single point (in time) check?

AuH20
06-12-2013, 06:04 PM
Sounds like an admission of complete incompetence, in that case.

A regular citizen needs constant surveillance, but NSA employees/contractors, guarding their bullshit secrets, only need a single point (in time) check?

It's tough to pass the initial security probe, but once you do (assuming you don't anything profoundly dumb or outrageous), it can carry you though to other governmental orgs.

BlackTerrel
06-12-2013, 06:28 PM
First off we don't know how high his security clearance is. He's 29 so I doubt it's that high. Probably tens of thousands of people at that level.

Second off - is the obvious - they don't screen people just because they donated to Ron Paul. Apologies to people who want to believe that to be true.


Sounds like an admission of complete incompetence, in that case.

A regular citizen needs constant surveillance, but NSA employees/contractors, guarding their bullshit secrets, only need a single point (in time) check?

Inside job.

MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2
06-12-2013, 06:48 PM
First off we don't know how high his security clearance is. He's 29 so I doubt it's that high. Probably tens of thousands of people at that level.

Second off - is the obvious - they don't screen people just because they donated to Ron Paul. Apologies to people who want to believe that to be true.


I'm not a spook... but if I were a tyrannical dickhead and felt like the state needed to keep track of americans, a RP donation would be an easy red flag. The political establishment does everything they can to keep them from even participating. Why expose these giant state secrets to such a person? If nothing else, it sounds like a giant failure of their intelligence.

State party leaders have a goal to identify and purge RP supporters, but not the NSA?

I'm pleasantly shocked by the current outrage... I'm just saying the story is a little fishy, given my experience and watchful eye in the last 8 years.

BlackTerrel
06-21-2013, 08:01 PM
I'm not a spook.... but


Is exactly what a spook would say :D