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[t_co]

English translation: It's so sad that people are focusing more on the Chinese plot than on the policy that is spying on them."

Chinese plot?

 

[SajeevJino]

In 2009, Ed Snowden said leakers "should be shot." Then he became one​

In Internet chat, Snowden opined on travel, short-selling—and national security.

< TheTrueHOOHA> everybody hates gypsies apparently

< User5> what's there not to hate about gypsies

< TheTrueHOOHA> poor gypsies

< User6> Gypsies are the ******s of Europe. If not worse.

< User6> I honestly don't have anything against them... But everyone has such a kneejerk hateful reaction to them

< TheTrueHOOHA> yeah, i see that ALL the time in switz.

< TheTrueHOOHA> like, some crime happens ANYWHERE

< TheTrueHOOHA> immediately "those goddamned gypsies!"

< User6> [User5]: like I said, I didn't have much experience with them, besides seeing them dirty, begging on the streets.

< TheTrueHOOHA> "it wasn't a gypsy"

< TheTrueHOOHA> "oh, it must be those ----ing muslims!" "no? then those goddamned africans!"

< TheTrueHOOHA> i have never, EVER seen a people more racist than the swiss

jesus god they look down on EVERYONE. even each other.

< TheTrueHOOHA> you know who i liked?

< TheTrueHOOHA> the italians. man. friendly people. ----ing crazy, but good people

< User7> we don't have ghettos in the UK

< TheTrueHOOHA> sure you do

< TheTrueHOOHA> i went to london just last yearit's where all of your muslims live
I didn't want to get out of the car.

< User7> no, that's Bradford

< TheTrueHOOHA> I thought I had gotten off of plane in the wrong country
I don't know where it was, but it was by London City Airport and it was terrifyin

< User8> same thing in France

< User7> TheTrueHOOHA: east London
yeah, a lot of ethnic groups have settled there

< TheTrueHOOHA> I guess it's nice that they set up their own community, though

< User7> TheTrueHOOHA: not many people here share your opinion

< TheTrueHOOHA> they just seemed awfully... orthodox

< TheTrueHOOHA> i mean it wasn't like, "hi, we're your friendly neighborhood muslim community. welcome to our main street."
< TheTrueHOOHA> it was more like, "SUBMIT TO THE WILL OF ALLAH. SHARIAH REGULATIONS POSTED AT ALL CORNERS."

< TheTrueHOOHA> HOLY SHIT
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/washington/11iran.html?_r=1&hp

< TheTrueHOOHA> WTF NYTIMES

< TheTrueHOOHA> Are they TRYING to start a war?
Jesus christthey're like wikileak

< User19> they're just reporting, dude.


< TheTrueHOOHA> They're reporting classified shit

< User19> shrugs

< TheTrueHOOHA> about an unpopular country surrounded by enemies already engaged in a war
and about our interactions with said country regarding planning sovereignity violations of another country
you don't put that shit in the NEWSPAPER

< User19> meh

< TheTrueHOOHA> moreover, who the ---- are the anonymous sources telling them this?

< TheTrueHOOHA> those people should be shot in the balls.

< TheTrueHOOHA> But the tense exchanges also prompted the White House to step up intelligence-sharing with Israel and brief Israeli officials on new American efforts to subtly sabotage Iran's nuclear infrastructure, a major covert program that Mr. Bush is about to hand off to President-elect Barack Obama.

< TheTrueHOOHA> HELLO? HOW COVERT IS IT NOW? THANK YOU

< User19> meh

< TheTrueHOOHA> I wonder how many hundreds of millions of dollars they just completely blew.

< User19> you're over reacting. its fine.

< TheTrueHOOHA> It's not an overreaction. They have a HISTORY of this shit

< User19> with flowersand cake.

< User20> [User21]'s mushrooms are

< TheTrueHOOHA> these are the same people who blew the whole "we could listen to osama's cell phone" thingthe same people who screwed us on wiretappingover and over and over againThank god they're going out of business.

< User19> the NYT?

< TheTrueHOOHA> Hopefully they'll finally go bankrupt this year.
yeah.

The chat resumed a few minutes later:


< User19> meh.

< User19> I enjoy the news.

< User19> Its nice they report on stuff.

< TheTrueHOOHA> I enjoy it when it's ethical reporting.

< TheTrueHOOHA> political corruption, sure

< TheTrueHOOHA> scandal, yes

< User19> is it unethical to report on the government's intrigue?

< TheTrueHOOHA> VIOLATING NATIONAL SECURITY? no

< User19> meh.

< User19> national security.

< TheTrueHOOHA> Um, YEEEEEEEEEEEES.

< TheTrueHOOHA> that shit is classified for a reason

< TheTrueHOOHA> it's not because "oh we hope our citizens don't find out"

< TheTrueHOOHA> it's because "this shit won't work if iran knows what we're doing."

Jan 10 20:59:56 * User19 shrugs

< TheTrueHOOHA> None would speak on the record because of the great secrecy surrounding the intelligence developed on Iran.
< TheTrueHOOHA> direct. quote.

< TheTrueHOOHA> THEN WHY ARE YOU TALKING TO REPORTERS?!

Jan 10 21:01:25 * [User11] gives voice to TheTrueHOOHA

< TheTrueHOOHA> "Those covert operations, and the question of whether Israel will settle for something less than a conventional attack on Iran, pose immediate and wrenching decisions for Mr. Obama."

< TheTrueHOOHA> THEY'RE NOT COVERT ANYMORE

< TheTrueHOOHA> Oh you've got to be ----ing kidding me. Now the NYTimes is going to determine our foreign policy?

< TheTrueHOOHA> And Obama?

< TheTrueHOOHA> Obama just appointed a ----ing POLITICIAN to run the CIA!

< User11> yes unlike every other director of CIA ever

< User11> oh wait, no

< TheTrueHOOHA> I am so angry right now. This is completely unbelievable.

< User21> I'm appointing ur mom to run my penis

< User21> plus she can be secretary of my balls

< User11> i get the feeling that you're angry because you don't actually understand what's going on...

< TheTrueHOOHA> Actually, the whole "politician runs the CIA" thing is a new development

< User11> uhhh

< TheTrueHOOHA> Normally they were military or lawyers.

< User11> have you ever heard of a man named george herbert walker bush?

< User11> he ran the cia.

< TheTrueHOOHA> OH, YOU MEAN ONLY 25 YEARS AGO?

< TheTrueHOOHA> Dumbass.

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