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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by mike_d on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @01:08AM (#37401531)
> what he gave to the journalists.

We now know Glenn Greenwald was likely a Russian asset at the time he was given access to the Snowden files. For a member of the intelligence community, he sure did a piss poor job of vetting who he chose to whistleblow with.

https://thespectator.com/topic/why-glenn-greenwald-backs-put...

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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by esafak on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @02:00AM (#37401764)
No, we do not know that.
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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by boomboomsubban on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @02:14AM (#37401830)
Your own article concludes

>Greenwald is not, as many of his critics lazily allege, a Russian agent

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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by pgeorgi on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @02:18AM (#37401855)
> We now know ...

> ... was likely ...

That would be "suspect", not "know"

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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by pseudalopex on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @03:27AM (#37402234)
Glenn Greenwald advocating isolationism in 2022 is not evidence he was a Russian asset in 2013. Or 2022.
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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by hackandthink on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @03:28AM (#37402244)
The conclusion of the article you referenced is the opposite:

"Greenwald is not, as many of his critics lazily allege, a Russian agent; that would imply that his motivation is pecuniary rather than heartfelt. Greenwald remains what he has always been: a sincere enemy of liberal democracy and a genuine lickspittle for tyrants."

Glenn Greenwald is a real liberal democrat and fights for free speech. He even left "The Intercept" when they suppressed inconvenient facts.

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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by witchammer on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @03:48AM (#37402383)
An agent is a very different thing to an asset.
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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by darkclouds on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @04:08AM (#37402486)
So is a chip off the old block and a chip on one's shoulder.
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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by didntcheck on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @04:59AM (#37402790)
I've noticed that most criticisms of Greenwald seem to be "he sticks to his principles and calls things out consistently, even when it's Our Team doing them. He must be an enemy agent!". At both a domestic and geo politics level
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