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Re:Feds Hunted for Snowden in Days Before NSA Programs Went ... by LowKarmaAccount on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @09:59PM (#5871871)
It looks like even Reuters engages in link baiting now. This is a non-story. In the original Guardian article, Snowden says that the FBI was at his house asking questions before the release, but only because they were concerned about his disappearance.

> When Booz Allen checked in with him, Snowden said he was suffering from epilepsy and needed more time off. When he failed to return after a longer period, and the company could not find him, it notified intelligence officials because of Snowden's high-level security clearance, one of the sources said...The government did not know Snowden was the source for the stories until he admitted it on Sunday, the sources said.

So the Feds "hunted" for him the same way a parent "hunts" for his child that has wandered off in a store.

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Re:Feds Hunted for Snowden in Days Before NSA Programs Went ... by wahsd on Thursday June 13, 2013 @09:14AM (#5873840)
The thing that allows me to rest assured at night is the sheer level of incompetence of our officials and agencies. I dread the day that the infrastructure that now exists and goes far deeper and broader than everyone realizes is taken control of by someone with authoritarian tendencies for efficiency and accountability.

It's the difference between your buddy cracking your phone and pulling some prank; and someone else cracking your phone and using the information to bleed you dry, torment you, and mess with your life for decades.

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Re:Feds Hunted for Snowden in Days Before NSA Programs Went ... by wavefunction on Thursday June 13, 2013 @12:02AM (#5872252)
>>So the Feds "hunted" for him the same way a parent "hunts" for his child that has wandered off in a store.

That's a fatuous analogy. Parents aren't primarily concerned with getting to their kid before the kid tells some "stranger" something.

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Re:Feds Hunted for Snowden in Days Before NSA Programs Went ... by nthj on Thursday June 13, 2013 @01:53AM (#5872536)
You missed his point, which was that the Feds weren't worried about him telling a stranger anything, until later.
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Re:Feds Hunted for Snowden in Days Before NSA Programs Went ... by tsotha on Thursday June 13, 2013 @03:22AM (#5872729)
I doubt this is true. When someone with that kind of clearance disappears the feds are going to put some effort into trying to figure out what's going on. That someone may have turned him is a possibility they have to consider, among others.
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