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   Does Da Lama know that bees and bee hives are dying after decades of   
   shock'n awe "war on terror"?   
      
   Talking about sentient beings, talk to the Iraqis, the Afghans, and   
   the Pakistanis.   
      
   And to ensure their "war on terror" can keep going with impunity, the   
   neocons set up a system of surveillance on America - land of the free   
   - to make sure that dissent is stifled.   
      
   Da Lama is yet to denounce the Iraq War and other adventures of the   
   "war on terror" variety, just as he has yet to denounce or oppose   
   self-immolations.   
      
   Da Lama, tsk, tsk, he is a phony!   
      
   lo yeeOn   
      
   For a bio of Edward J. Snowden, please see the bio from the Wikipedia   
   below.   
      
   In article <2072238.bcOYfTRG2D@Dharma>,   
   Peter Terpstra   wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >A mind wishing to benefit other people and other sentient beings is the   
   >very basis of peace and happiness.   
   >   
   >--Dalai Lama   
   >   
      
   Then, meet Daniel Ellsberg, Bradley Manning, Aaron Swartz, Julian   
   Assange, and not the least, Edward Snowden.   
      
   Edward Snowden's latest action certainly comes from a thinking soul -   
   a "mind wishing to benefit other people and other sentient beings".   
      
   lo yeeOn   
      
   Edward Joseph Snowden[1] (born 1984) is an American technical   
   contractor and a whistleblower who released classified material on the   
   United States National Security Agency's PRISM surveillance program to   
   The Guardian.[2]   
      
   Early life and career   
      
   Snowden was brought up in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, later moving   
   with his family to Maryland where he studied computing at community   
   college.[2]   
      
   In 2003, Edward Snowden enlisted in the United States Army. He was   
   discharged after breaking both of his legs in a training accident. He   
   then went to work as a security guard for a covert NSA facility at the   
   University of Maryland. After that he went to the CIA, where he worked   
   on IT security. In 2007 the CIA stationed him with diplomatic cover in   
   Geneva, Switzerland, where he was responsible for maintaining computer   
   network security. Leaving the CIA in 2009, he worked for a private   
   contractor inside an NSA facility on a United States military base in   
   Japan.[2]   
      
   At the time of his departure from the US in May 2013, he was working   
   as a system administrator for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton   
   inside of the NSA in Hawaii.[3] He described his life as "very   
   comfortable", living with his girlfriend and earning a salary of   
   "roughly US$200,000."[2]   
      
   The Guardian describes Snowden as intensely passionate about the value   
   of privacy; his laptop adorned with stickers supporting internet   
   freedom organisations including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and   
   the Tor Project.[2]   
      
   Whistleblowing   
      
   In May 2013, Snowden was granted temporary leave from his position   
   with Booz Allen Hamilton in Hawaii, on the premise of receiving   
   treatment for his epilepsy.[2] On May 20, he flew to Hong Kong and   
   began living in a hotel room, from which he leaked documents and   
   provided an interview to The Guardian.[2]   
      
   Explaining his justification for the disclosure, Snowden stated that   
   he "can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy   
   privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the   
   world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly   
   building."[4]   
      
   Snowden's identity was made public by The Guardian and The Washington   
   Post at his request, days after the leak. He explained his reasoning   
   for forgoing anonymity: "I have no intention of hiding who I am   
   because I know I have done nothing wrong".[2]   
      
   He has said that he has a "predisposition to seek asylum in a country   
   with shared values," and that his ideal choice would be Iceland.[1][2]   
      
   Response   
      
   The National Security Agency have requested a criminal probe into   
   Snowden's actions from the United States Department of Justice. James   
   R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, said that his "reckless   
   disclosures" have resulted in "significant misimpressions" in the   
   media.[5] Speaking before Snowden was named, chairman of the US Select   
   Committee on Intelligence Mike Rogers said of the whistleblower: "I   
   absolutely think they should be prosecuted".[6]   
      
   Snowden's employer Booz Allen Hamilton released a statement condemning   
   his actions as "shocking" and "a grave violation of the code of   
   conduct and core values of our firm".[7] The statement says he had   
   been with the firm for under three months.   
      
   Daniel Ellsberg, who released the Pentagon Papers to The New York   
   Times in 1971, described Snowden as "a hero" and that he has "been   
   waiting for him for 40 years".[8] Similarly, American conservative   
   political commentator Glenn Beck said he was "the man for which I have   
   waited", and had earmarks of "a real hero".[9]   
      
   See Also   
      
     Thomas Andrews Drake, Mark Klein, William Binney, Thomas Tamm,   
     Russ Tice (NSA Whistleblowers)   
     PRISM (surveillance program)   
     Classified information in the United States   
     Information sensitivity   
     Hepting v. AT&T   
     NSA warrantless surveillance controversy (2005)   
      
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