David McCloskey
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And in this case, so he basically has gone to his supervisor at the NSA facility in Hawaii, says he needs to be away from work for what he'll say is a couple of weeks to receive treatment for epilepsy, which has kind of been an ongoing medical problem for him throughout his career.
And then he basically, you know, that quote I read up front says nothing to his girlfriend about the true purpose for his trip, packs his bags, takes all these documents and goes to Hong Kong. That's right.
And then he basically, you know, that quote I read up front says nothing to his girlfriend about the true purpose for his trip, packs his bags, takes all these documents and goes to Hong Kong. That's right.
And then he basically, you know, that quote I read up front says nothing to his girlfriend about the true purpose for his trip, packs his bags, takes all these documents and goes to Hong Kong. That's right.
And it's insane, right? The journalists who are looking at this are like, look, this guy, it makes him look like, I would say, a privacy jihadist. Yeah. I'm not sure I'd use the jihadist term.
And it's insane, right? The journalists who are looking at this are like, look, this guy, it makes him look like, I would say, a privacy jihadist. Yeah. I'm not sure I'd use the jihadist term.
And it's insane, right? The journalists who are looking at this are like, look, this guy, it makes him look like, I would say, a privacy jihadist. Yeah. I'm not sure I'd use the jihadist term.
I believe that he's told them who he is. Yeah. Right. These journalists, because he up until this point, he'd been using. Yeah.
I believe that he's told them who he is. Yeah. Right. These journalists, because he up until this point, he'd been using. Yeah.
I believe that he's told them who he is. Yeah. Right. These journalists, because he up until this point, he'd been using. Yeah.
Yeah. And this time he reveals that he's Ed Snowden. He reveals his social security number. He reveals. I love this. His CIA funny name was Dave M. Churchyard. Yeah. Which is a relatively bizarre one. But those funny names, which are ridiculous, there was always a rumor.
Yeah. And this time he reveals that he's Ed Snowden. He reveals his social security number. He reveals. I love this. His CIA funny name was Dave M. Churchyard. Yeah. Which is a relatively bizarre one. But those funny names, which are ridiculous, there was always a rumor.
Yeah. And this time he reveals that he's Ed Snowden. He reveals his social security number. He reveals. I love this. His CIA funny name was Dave M. Churchyard. Yeah. Which is a relatively bizarre one. But those funny names, which are ridiculous, there was always a rumor.
They're generated by a computer, but there was always a rumor that the sort of, I guess, upstream, like the thing that was fed into that computer originally was a British phone book from the night, like a London phone book from the 1950s that would sort of go and pull pieces of names to put them together. Like I had a ridiculous one. I actually can't share it.
They're generated by a computer, but there was always a rumor that the sort of, I guess, upstream, like the thing that was fed into that computer originally was a British phone book from the night, like a London phone book from the 1950s that would sort of go and pull pieces of names to put them together. Like I had a ridiculous one. I actually can't share it.
They're generated by a computer, but there was always a rumor that the sort of, I guess, upstream, like the thing that was fed into that computer originally was a British phone book from the night, like a London phone book from the 1950s that would sort of go and pull pieces of names to put them together. Like I had a ridiculous one. I actually can't share it.
But it's always a first name. Yes. It's always a first name, middle initial. It doesn't necessarily mean anything, but we'd always come up with what it meant internally. And then a weird last name. And there were actually a few people I knew who the program... It just gets generated, right? When you join.
But it's always a first name. Yes. It's always a first name, middle initial. It doesn't necessarily mean anything, but we'd always come up with what it meant internally. And then a weird last name. And there were actually a few people I knew who the program... It just gets generated, right? When you join.
But it's always a first name. Yes. It's always a first name, middle initial. It doesn't necessarily mean anything, but we'd always come up with what it meant internally. And then a weird last name. And there were actually a few people I knew who the program... It just gets generated, right? When you join.
The program generated one for them that was so inappropriate that they actually had to go through a formal process to try to get it changed because it had already been issued. But Dave M. Churchyard...