Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@idahoarellanes @aaronjmate He didn't chose to leak to the WashPost. He chose to work with me, then Laura Poitras. It ended up ultimately at the Post for complicated reasons, but not because Snowden chose to work with the WPost. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@italonogueira_ @demori @PDT_Nacional @cirogomes Esta é a mesma coisa que aconteceu nos EUA. Qualquer crítica a Lula/PT no governo será equiparada como apoio ao fascismo/bolsonarismo. Não to dizendo que Leandro faz isso - seu ponto é mais sobre o PDT - mas essa será 100% a tática para desacreditar qualquer desafio de Lula. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@aaronjmate The most pathetic part of the WashPost's argument against pardoning Snowden -- their own source who won them a Pulitzer -- was that he provided docs about US spying on non-Americans. But it was the Post that published such docs, sometimes angering Snowden by doing so. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@aaronjmate The Washington Post congratulated itself for its bravery in publishing Snowden articles. They heralded themselves for the Pulitzer they shared for it. Then they turned around and began attacking Snowden, arguing against a pardon. https://t.co/UZLaDLXhfR — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@theluisribeiro Que uso patético de insinuação. Jornalistas brasileiros – no O Globo e Fantástico – usaram os arquivos de Snowden para mostrar como as EUA estava espionando contra cidadãos e instituições brasileiras. Ganhou o Prêmio Esso. Criticar a CIA sugere que alguém é um espião russo? https://t.co/gYEDzEowYy — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

"Conspiracy theories are everywhere," pronounces @Theintercept in its latest begging-for-money email from @NaomiAKlein. Sadly, the first place to find "conspiracy theories" is in the Intercept, which never retracts them even when they come from CIA and are proven to be lies.👇 https://t.co/zHdoFNFyYT — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

*serf-like* — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

As a reminder, US courts repeatedly ruled the programs Edward Snowden disclosed to us and enabled us to report were *unconstitutional and illegal violations of Americans' privacy rights*. I can't imagine the self-like mentality needed to oppose this. https://t.co/Xhvif8sUYL — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

It's extra weird for the Wash Post of all papers to do this since they enthusiastically congratulated themselves for sharing in the 2014 Pulitzer for Public Service for having published hundreds of Snowden's top secret documents. Then they turn around and malign their own source. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@3rd_Way_Stinks Reality Winner wasn't my source. I never talked to her or had anything to do with that story. She mailed the document to the Intercept's NYC news room. I live and work in Brazil. The editor-in-chief of TI, Betsy Reed, is the one who handled, and fucked up, that story. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@LOLNeverTweet @Funkorific Ben Rhodes wrote a book where he bragged about all the steps he and Biden took to prevent Snowden from leaving Russia. Even when US officials rub in your face their lies, you still sweetly believe them. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@antoniojaguilar I'm sorry Snowden forced you to learn about the illegal and unconstitutional means that the US Security State used to spy on American citizens. It's nice that you want your repression to remain unknown to you: very serf-like. https://t.co/Xhvif8bjAb — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@antoniojaguilar I'm sorry Snowden forced you to learn about the illegal and unconstitutional means that the US Security State used to spy on American citizens. You don't even have the courage to identify yourself while accusing other actually brave people of treason. https://t.co/Xhvif8sUYL — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@3rd_Way_Stinks Not one of my US sources has ever ended up in prison. Snowden voluntarily identified himself. The only alleged source of mine who was ever caught was the one in Brazil. But totally: I'm probably a CIA op, which is why the US Security State has so much demonstrated love for me. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Virtually every major news outlet in the West published and reported on Snowden documents: WPost, Guardian, NYT, NBC, LeMonde, Globo, ElMundo, etc. etc. But liberal "journalists" with Putin in their head still think everything is a Russian spy operation. https://t.co/HFaGJ5EJg0 — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@3rd_Way_Stinks He voluntarily sat for an interview on the 5th day of our reporting because he was adamant that he didn't want to hide or remain anonymous but instead felt obliged to come forward and say why he did this. The whole world watched that happen, you imbecile: https://t.co/McvdS8wL9T — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

I talked about this on Rogan's show: even Obama officials admit Snowden desperately tried to leave Russia from the first second he landed in Moscow, but - led by Biden - they did everything to trap him there. Then they used it to say he was a Russian spy: https://t.co/ckJTEQIw2n — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Funkorific @LOLNeverTweet Yes, smart people voluntarily submit to life in prison in a US maximum-security prison, which everyone knows is an excellent and joyous way to live out one's days. Even the Obama Admin admits he was desperately trying to leave Russia, but they trapped him there. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@Funkorific @LOLNeverTweet Yes, smart people voluntarily submit to life in prison in a US maximum-security prison, which everyone knows is an excellent and joyous way to live out ones days. Even the Obama Admin admits he was desperately trying to leave Russia, but they trapped him there. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@LOLNeverTweet If he's a Russian spy, why did he go to Hong Kong rather than Russia in the first instance? Why didn't he just pass the secrets to the FSB instead of sharing them with journalists? Why was he desperately trying to leave Moscow as even Ben Rhodes admits? It's all so stupid. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@LOLNeverTweet Or it could be that the US has made repeatedly and explicitly clear that the minute he steps one inch outside of Russia, they will arrest him and bring him back to the US to stand trial under a Wilson-era espionage law that is basically impossible to escape conviction, by design. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ilpomodoro2 You actually think Putin - in the middle of this existential war -- is sitting around thinking about Snowden? Americans love to believe other countries have one ruler micro-managing everything ("Putin granted...."). It's a huge country and it's just about the timing of residency. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@ilpomodoro2 It's easy to be an anonymous Twitter troll telling someone else - a father of 2 young children -- to voluntarily go spend the rest of their life in a maximum security US prison. He knew that was a risk of his brave whistleblowing. But who would do that voluntarily? That's absurd. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@LOLNeverTweet That was two weeks ago. Why hasn't he left in the last 9 years, the way even Ben Rhodes and other goons from the Obama national security establishment admit he was desperately trying to do? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@LOLNeverTweet Why can't he just leave Russia? Has this question ever occurred to you? — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

And let's not lose sight of the key point: The only reason Snowden -- who revealed illegal domestic spying -- can't come home is because the Obama Admin abused the Espionage Act to prosecute more whistleblowers than all previous presidents combined.👇 https://t.co/FWH1oYPmcW — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

@AP https://t.co/3pKEfgdhyb — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Think about it: if Obama officials believed Snowden had possession of an extremely sensitive archive of top secret documents - as they insist but Snowden denies - why would they *want to trap him in Russia*? Because they knew it'd be easy to convince idiots he was a Kremlin spy. — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

You can read Ben Rhodes in his own words, bragging in his book about he forced the Cubans to withdraw the guarantee of safe passage they had given Snowden to allow him to leave Russia, as he was desperately trying to do. https://t.co/x1pePbAZBm — PolitiTweet.org

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

When Snowden left Hong Kong and landed in Moscow to transit to Latin America, Obama officials like @brhodes did everything possible to prevent him from leaving, to trap him in Russia. Rhodes boasted of it in his book. Ever since, they've use this to imply he's a Russian agent. — PolitiTweet.org