First, the article specifically says how the government WILL smear. That means he knows they haven't yet done most of the points but is saying watch out for them in the future.
"It is entirely legitimate to challenge Snowden's grasp of what NSA was doing". Obviously he doesn't understand the secret programs but neither does the general public because, guess what, those programs are kept secret.
"It will be alleged that the domestic surveillance is legal. NOT PROPAGANDA." Maybe this is not propaganda but it's irrelevant to the case at hand. If it's unconstitutional, it's not legal. But the courts have not been allowed to rule on whether it is unconstitutional or not.
"It will be alleged that what Snowden did was wrong. NOT PROPAGANDA". I think the point is the administration will want to move the focus from investigating themselves to investigating him.
I am being serious, so much so that you seem to agree with a lot of what I said; obviously, you say, Snowden doesn't understand all the secret programs he's been a part of disclosing, yet there he is, telling journalists that he easily could have read Barack Obama's email had he only had his private email address.
It doesn't matter for the material he disclosed, which we can indeed evaluate on our own. But it does matter for the things Snowden is saying that aren't backed up by that material, such as his supposed ability to read Barack Obama's emails.
I'm still waiting for the NSA to send me back the information I requested off of my personal dovecot installation. Hopefully they'll get around to it soon as I accidentally deleted an email and don't want to have to go through the 'Reset Password' route. :(
First, the article specifically says how the government WILL smear. That means he knows they haven't yet done most of the points but is saying watch out for them in the future.
"It is entirely legitimate to challenge Snowden's grasp of what NSA was doing". Obviously he doesn't understand the secret programs but neither does the general public because, guess what, those programs are kept secret.
"It will be alleged that the domestic surveillance is legal. NOT PROPAGANDA." Maybe this is not propaganda but it's irrelevant to the case at hand. If it's unconstitutional, it's not legal. But the courts have not been allowed to rule on whether it is unconstitutional or not.
"It will be alleged that what Snowden did was wrong. NOT PROPAGANDA". I think the point is the administration will want to move the focus from investigating themselves to investigating him.