Read Snowden’s Comments On 9/11 That NBC Didn’t Broadcast

[Magda Hassan]

There have been any number of "whistleblowers" that said their piece and then stayed to bear the personal consequences of their service to their country. Some of them on this same issue. That's a patriot.

He claims he wanted to join the Army, defend the Constitution, and/or take a bullet for his country, but we can see, from his flight to avoid the consequences, that's not really the case. It's apparent to me that Snowden doesn't have the courage of his alleged "convictions," and as such, is entirely unworthy to be called a "patriot". It sullies the names and memories of the million Americans that have died in service to our country to mention that term in connection with his name. (I have no specific opinion about whether what he has done constitutes "treason.")

Neither does he qualify as a "whistleblower" in that he failed to bring his specific concerns up the chain of command, nor resign his position in protest. There are many folks who contribute to this website that, daily, show more of the courage of their convictions than Snowden can muster.

He did try to bring it to the attention of the people up the food chain. Nothing was done. And I don't hold it against him that he tries to seek asylum elsewhere. Currently in Russia. There are convictions and there is insanity. He likely would have been disappeared into the secret American gulag system and we'd never hear from him again nor he see the light of day. Certainly no such thing as a fair trial or justice when it comes to the national security state and its secret and closed legal system.

"Before Edward Snowden's interview with NBC's Brian Williams, body-language expert Dr. Nick Morgan considered Snowden a young guy who got a hold of a bunch of classified documents and was just telling his story about exposing intrusive American surveillance.
"I came away [from the NBC interview] with a very different impression," Morgan, a top U.S. communication theorist and best-selling author, told Business Insider. "As a body-language expert, I'd say this is a disingenuous performance, which surprised me."
A particularly telling moment came when Brian Williams asked Snowden, "What is your relationship with the host government?" Morgan, who didn't previously know that Snowden's Moscow lawyer is a Putin loyalist linked to the FSB, was struck by Snowden's lack of eye contact and the slowing of his voice as he denied having any relationship with the Kremlin.
"He was obviously lying," Morgan said.
The result is that Dr. Morgan, who sympathized with Snowden over the past year, now believes that Snowden is hiding something.
"I wouldn't trust anything the man said," Morgan told Business Insider. "There is something else going on here." "

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/body-lang...z33REfveE5

I'm sure we'll be hearing from the "micro-expression" experts in due course.

That's a silly question to ask him really. What did they expect him to say? He is on temporary asylum in Russia as long as Putin is in power. Things may change and he is hardly in a position of security even if he is safe for the moment. He has already stated that he has been extensively interviewed by the Russian intel services. He doesn't have any thing to give them even he if wanted, and he doesn't, because Greenwald and Potrias have all the data. He is not like a spy selling secrets to Russia but an asylum seeker needing protection from his own country's rogue national security state. He probably thought he was talking to an idiot or being set up and wanted to break away and end the meaningless conversation.