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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by jacobush on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @05:56PM (#13422285)
Snowden also had hindsight of sorts, "don't release it to Assange" was probably pretty obvious.
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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by hendersoon on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @06:01PM (#13422331)
Absolutely. Whether you attribute his superior strategy to learning from Manning's mistake or his own native intelligence, there's simply no doubt that Snowden leaked his data in a more effective and less damaging way.
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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by mcv on Thursday January 19, 2017 @07:54PM (#13440903)
He learned not just from Manning, but also from Thomas Drake and other NSA whistleblowers before him.
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