Counterpoints / Edward Snowden, St George 2.0 - Computer Point

of M. Mantellini – Martyr of the third millennium. Or simply compulsive liar. The debate moves by his revelations to his person. But does it really matter who the mole has unveiled Prism?

Rome – From what I can imagine, the reasons why Edward Snowden got up one morning in his house in Hawaii, dressed, is left home and boarded a plane to go to slip in the biggest trouble among those who could give him his young life, could be the following:

Into 1 – Snowden is a psychiatric patient. His is a bipolar syndrome that leads him from one side to get depressed about the fate of the world watched from the bad (NSA, CIA, FBI, the reptilians, you name it) on the other, in moments of euphoria and hyperactivity, to imagine in the role of the savior of the destinies of mankind, revealing to the world the many secrets of which it is aware.

2 – Snowden is perfectly healthy but it paid / blackmailed by the Chinese (or the Russians, the North Koreans or from whom you want). The operation Prism serves to discredit the American intelligence system scardinandolo inside.

3 – Snowden is not paid / blackmailed by the Chinese but it is a high degree of narcissistic (he also wrote a columnist for the NYT who dedicated an accurate psychological profile without having ever met). He wanted the world to speak to him, that his photos were closer to those of Assange, that the journalists should pursue in Hong Kong for an interview. After all he has not succeeded even finish high school: imagine what it means for someone who has not even finished high school, and he has a girlfriend acrobatic dancer, imagine yourself on the front page at the same time on Washington Post and Le Monde .

4 – Snowden is not a narcissist but is a very vindictive. Someone among his bosses at NSA has treated him badly and he is simply telling avenged (indeed spifferando) what little he knew of his work, of course ingigantendolo lot. If he had worked as a florist would cut irrigation tubing over the weekend.

5 – Snowden is not vindictive and does not cut the tubes into the weekend, but he’s gone from home because his girlfriend had another. He invented the story and Verizon Prism because he was ashamed to admit to being on the run from a love disappointment. For all the PowerPoint slides that has passed to Guardian are so chaotic and colorful.

6 – Snowden was not betrayed, simply to Hawaii was too hot. Not by chance according to some rumors maybe ask for political asylum to Iceland.

It is in place for a few days a noticeable hushing the case of the NSA analyst who leaked the secrets of the company and is now in danger of being hunted, imprisoned and prosecuted. Minimize all, in every possible way. It is of interest that the case Snowden many steps in the coming weeks with a lower level of media and political attention. So now Prism starts to become something that deep down you knew, the mining of all users of Verizon almost a standard procedure, which is guaranteed by a strict grid of stakes Democrats. Those who still believe in the revelations of Snowden gullible are easily separated from one side and the other conspiracy theorists. European governments are silent in substance, platforms Network compact deny any broad involvement. All are good, in short, everyone except Edward.

But if nothing really happened we will be forced to rely to any of the six cases (including those playful even) mentioned above to understand what happened in the head of a 29 year-old boy who woke up one morning and decided to face the dragon alone. Even if you, like me, none of the thesis dietrologiche ssembra convincing, it is perhaps worth considering one last chance. Perhaps the least likely, certainly the most fascinating. Every now and then, very rarely, a San Giorgio was born.

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