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LIVE AT FIVE: 06.12.13

Posted on | June 12, 2013 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Google Chief Legal Officer Pushes Back On NSA Spy Program

h/t Punk Rock Libertarians on FB

h/t Punk Rock Libertarians on FB

Asks Feds for permission to make FISA documents public
Related: The real story in the NSA scandal is the collapse of journalism
Also: Government Reviews Security Damage In Wake Of Snowden Disclosures

Greek State Broadcaster Refuses To Close
Journalist protest splits government




POLITICS
Senate Immigration Bill Clears First Hurdles

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

GOP still pushing for tighter border security; McConnell: “This bill has serious flaws”

Democrats Speier And Gillibrand Say “Military Sex Assault Culture” Needs To Change

Opening Arguments To Begin In Whitey Bulger Trial

State Department Accused Of Covering Up Sex, Prostitution Scandals


Bloomberg Proposes $20 Billion Plan To Protect NYC From Climate Change

States Looking To Tax Hybrid, Electric Car Owners To Recoup Lost Gas Tax Revenue

Justice Says Roe v. Wade Ruling May Have Been Mistake; Gave Pro-Life Groups Target

House Asks IRS About Purported Seizure Of Millions Of Medical Records

Sarah Michelle Gellar Making Child Vaccination A Priority



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Falls As US Inventories Climb: NYMEX $94.62, Brent $102.36
Behind The Rout In Emerging Market Stocks
Volatile Stocks Tumble In Global Sell-Off
US Government Forced To Pay Real Rates On Debt
Sales of Orwell’s 1984 Soar On Amazon After NSA Surveillance Reports
Stocks End Down 1%, Dow Drops 100 In Choppy Session
Microsoft And Sony In Videogame Faceoff
E3: Nintendo Brings Back Mario, Donkey Kong, And Pokemon
Pandora Buys SD Radio Station To Get Lower Rates On Music
Lenovo Rebranding All Iomega Storage, Social Media Products
Apple Dumps Big Cat OS Nicknames, Zips Lips On Price, Release Date



SPORTS
Spurs Shut Down LeBron, Beat Heat 113-77

Spurs guards Neal and Green exchange a hug at halftime

Spurs guards Neal and Green exchange a hug at halftime

With Game Three win, San Antonio leads Miami 2-1; Game 3 winner has gone on to win in 12 of 13 finals when first two games are split


Six Ejected After Dodgers-Snakes Brawl

Tebow Signs Two-Year Deal With Patriots

After Mets Demote Davis, Alderson Says More Changes To Come

Jason Kidd Emerges As Nyets’ Top Candidate

Harang Goes The Distance, Shuts Out Astros


Markakis Makes The Difference For O’s In 3-2 Win Against Angels

Pirates’ Cole Has Debut To Remember With 8-2 Thrashing Of Giants

5-2 Defeat Of Rangers Stops Tribe’s Eight-Game Skid

A’s Pound Sabathia, Hold Off Yanks For 6-4 Win

Reds Skin Cubs 12-2 At Wrigley

Haren Unravels In Fifth As Nats Fall To Rockies



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Salma Hayek Wears Leather To Please Her French Husband

Still going strapless at 47

Still going strapless at 47, because she still can

“I don’t think my first priority in life has ever been beauty.”

Lauren Conrad: Golden Girl

Kate Upton Dating Maksim Chmerkovskiy?

“Man Of Steel” Sequel Underway With Zack Snyder, David Goyer

Jiah Khan’s Boyfriend Arrested After Bollywood Star Commits Suicide

Michael Bay To Develop Ubisoft’s “Ghost Recon” Film At Warner Brothers


Jon M. Chu Re-Enlisting To Film “G.I. Joe 3”

“Dumb And Dumber” Sequel Dropped

Heidi Klum Gets Into Public Fight With Bodyguard Boyfriend

Jennifer Aniston Has Chicken Coop Built At Bel Air Mansion



FOREIGNERS
Erdogan To Convene Public Meeting On Protests After Night Of Renewed Clashes

World’s Oldest Man Dies In Japan, 116

Syrian Rebels Attack Shiite Village, Killing Dozens Of Loyalist Fighters

Austrians Begin Withdrawal Of Peacekeepers From Golan

Norks Call Off Proposed Talks

Riot Police Storm Soho G8 Protest Squat

Pope Laments “Gay Lobby” At Work In Vatican

Russian Duma Passes Law Banning “Gay Propaganda”

JD(U)-BJP Split Certain, Decision Within A Week



BLOGS & STUFF
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: The High Cost Of Free Money
Michelle Malkin: Amnesty? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Legal Insurection: Lasciviousness In The Defense Of Liberty Is A Vice (h/t Little Miss Attila on FB)
Allahpundit: FBI Requests For Records Under Patriot Act Up 1000% In Four Years
Gateway Pundit: ACLU Sues Administration Over Phone Record Collection
AmSpecBlog: Lawsuits Abound For NSA
Weasel Zippers: Steny Hoyer Claims No Comparison Between Bush, Obama On Domestic Spying
Patterico: Experts Say Snowden’s Claims Absurd
Power Line: Miss Me Yet? Yup.
Althouse: Drudge At His Best – “Wanna Come To Russia?”
Volokh Conspiracy: Did James Clapper Lie To Congress?
Sen. Ron Wyden: Response To Director Clapper


Category: Live at Five

Online Evidence Shows Kaitlyn Hunt Contacted Victim After Sex Arrest

Posted on | June 11, 2013 | 63 Comments

At least twice in May, accused sex offender Kaitlyn Ashley Hunt used her Twitter account to “favorite” messages by the girl she has admitted having sex with when the younger girl was only 14.

The “favorites,” which occurred just days before Hunt’s family launched a high-profile “Free Kate” campaign to persuade Florida authorities to end the prosecution of felony charges against the 18-year-old, could violate customary legal requirements that forbid criminal suspects released on bond from contacting their victims.

On Sunday, May 12, Kaitlyn Hunt clicked “favorite” on two messages by the younger girl, who turned 15 in April, more than two months after Hunt was arrested and charged with two felony counts under Florida law that establishes the legal age of consent at 16. While a Twitter “favorite” is visible to the person who sent the original message, it does not show up on the timeline of the person who “favorites” the message, so that the younger girl could see Kaitlyn’s “favorite,” but no one monitoring Kaitlyn’s account would have noticed it. Therefore, these “favorites” — shortly before 7 p.m. May 12 — may have been attempts by Hunt to send a signal to the younger girl. Click on any of the images to see them larger:


Here is a close-up of Hunt’s “favorite” on the second message, enlarged to show it was sent from Hunt’s account (click on image to see larger):

Hunt’s Twitter account (@katebbbyy) was deleted after her attorney hired a public-relations firm. Critics of the “Free Kate” campaign,  had called attention to content on the accused teenager’s Twitter account that contradicted the claims of her defenders that Hunt was a “model citizen” prior to her arrest on charges of lewd and lascivious battery on a child. The Hunt family have claimed their daughter is a victim of “hate and bigotry” of the younger girl’s parents who objected to a “mutual consenting relationship” between the girls. In a May 17 Facebook message that started the “Free Kate” campaign, Kaitlyn’s mother Kelley Hunt Smith named the younger girl’s parents nine times, saying they were “trying to ruin my daughters life” because they are “bigoted, religious zealots.”

In an online petition, also published May 17, Hunt’s father claimed that sex between his daughter and the younger girl occurred when Kaitlyn was 17 and her victim was 15. In fact, Kaitlyn turned 18 before she ever met the younger girl, who was 14 throughout their sexual involvement, which began in December when they had sex in a restroom toilet stall at Sebastian River High School, where Hunt was a senior and the 14-year-old was a freshman.

In the online petition, which garnered more than 300,00 signatures, Steve Hunt described his daughter’s involvement with the 14-year-old as an innocent “high school romance,” and did not mention an incident in January where the younger girl ran away from home to have sex with his Kaitlyn. The parents of the 14-year-old told a local TV station that they feared their daughter had been abducted, but later learned she had been picked up by Kaitlyn and taken to the Hunt family’s home for a night of sex. The younger girl’s parents said they twice asked Kaitlyn to leave their daughter alone, and only in February reported the case to authorities.

When more facts about the case became public — the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office released the arrest affidavit on May 20 — some of Hunt’s original supporters repudiated the “Free Kate” campaign. On May 23, Joan McCarter of the progressive Daily Kos site said that “the initial dishonesty of Hunt’s parents” made the story “problematic,” and deactivated a Daily Kos petition on Hunt’s behalf.

However, corrections of facts in the case came too late to spare the younger girl and her parents from harassment by Hunt’s online supporters, who “doxed” the victim’s family May 19-20 — publicizing their home and workplace addresses and phone numbers — after denouncing them as a “f–king bunch of bible-thumpers.”

Evidence that Kaitlyn Hunt was using the Twitter “favorite” tool to communicate online with the younger girl would appear to violate the usual terms under which accused criminals are released on bond. Records at the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office show Hunt was released on $2,500 bond the day she was arrested, Feb. 16. Violation of terms of release can result in revocation of bond.

On May 24, Hunt rejected a plea bargain offer by prosecutors that would have permitted her to avoid prison. Her attorney has asked for a postponement of court trial in the case.

 

Category: Kaitlyn Hunt

Senator @TedCruz Demolishes Gang Of 8 Immigration Bill

Posted on | June 11, 2013 | 26 Comments

by Smitty

Nice Deb over at Breitbart posts a 23:10 shot to the dome for Rubio’s Folly:

Spread this far and wide. And let the GOP be on notice that the immigration bill is not the place to fail.

Hang on until after 15:00 for the exposure of the mechanics of the vote buying scheme. At 18:00, Cruz talks about the coming crash & burn of the immigration bill in the House as a deliberate ploy, presumably to be a cause célèbre for 2014. Bravo, Senator. You rock, I don’t care what Doug Mataconis says about your sanity. And to the Senate RINO herd that just can’t seem to get enough of that sweet, sweet tool grease: fall off the planet, you sad little Commies.

Category: Immigration, Republicans

‘It’s for the Children!’

Posted on | June 11, 2013 | 12 Comments

Next time you hear a Democrat make that kind of argument, please keep in mind this headline from Ace of Spades HQ:

Ambassador Who Ran off to Have Sex
With Minor Children ID’d as Major Obama Bundler
& Political Appointee; Hillary’s Lawyer Cheryl Mills
Once Again Stepped In to “Fix” Matters

Or how about this for a book title?

“It Takes a Village to Rape a Child.”

Because, after all, it was Hillary Clinton’s State Department — indeed, her personal fixer — that tried to cover this up:

A [diplomatic security] agent was called off a case against US Ambassador to Belgium Howard Gutman over claims that he solicited prostitutes, including minors.
“The agent began his investigation and had determined that the ambassador routinely ditched his protective security detail in order to solicit sexual favors from both prostitutes and minor children,” says the memo.
“The ambassador’s protective detail and the embassy’s surveillance detection team . . . were well aware of the behavior.”

For the record, Gutman denies it:

“I am angered and saddened by the baseless allegations that have appeared in the press . . . at no point have I ever engaged in any improper activity.”

Translation: “You can’t prove it, hahaha!”

Exit Question: What Obama administration scandal is this Obama administration scandal supposed to distract our attention from?

 

Category: Barack Obama, Crime, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Scandal, Sex

Hollywood Script: Hipster Geek With Hot Girlfriend Fights ‘Omniscient’ Government

Posted on | June 11, 2013 | 65 Comments

Edward Snowden’s ex-girlfriend: He left her for a trip to federal prison.

“[Snowden] rails against ‘the dangerous truth behind the U.S. policies that seek to develop secret, irresistible powers and concentrate them in the hands of an unaccountable few.’
“He declares that ‘At this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life comes from the reasonable fear of omniscient State powers kept in check by nothing but policy documents.'”
— Marc Thiessen, American Enterprise Institute

Over-imaginative narcissists living out hero fantasies inspired by pop culture are not an unfamiliar phenomenon . . . says the former newspaper editor who quit his job, started a blog, and went out on the 2012 campaign trail like Hunter S. Thompson had done 40 years before. But my role model for that bizarre gonzo adventure was a real human being, a working professional journalist, not the protagonist of a spy thriller, and I broke no laws — well, OK, I violated the speed limit in 14 states, but what the hell? — in the process of Living the Dream.

Edward Snowden? Not so much:

Talk of Snowden as a “hero” was rejected by former military intelligence officer Ralph Peters. Appearing on Fox News, Peters criticized the celebration of the NSA leaker. “Now you’ve got this 29-year-old high school dropout … making foreign policy for our country, our security policy,” said Peters, a retired Army lieutenant colonel. “And this guy, I think it’s sad … we’ve made treason cool. Betraying your country’s kind of a fashion statment. [Snowden] wants to be the national security Kim Kardashian. He cites Bradley Manning as a hero.” Manning is an Army private who is being court-martialed for his 2010 leaks of classified information. For both Manning and Snowden, Peters said, “We need to get very, very serious about treason … bring back the death penalty.”

Drawing the line between reality and fantasy, and between heroism and criminality, seems to be increasingly difficult for young people, and some not-so-young people have also spent too much time consuming science fiction and spy novels that tell us that we have more to fear from government computers than we do from Muslim radicals who want to kill us all. People who think life is like a Matt Damon movie need to stop watching so many Matt Damon movies.

This is how I managed to keep my sanity during all the craziness of the Brett Kimberlin episode: As weird as that was — and trust me, it was plenty weird at times — I avoided the flattering thought that I was the protagonist of the story, even when Kimberlin’s people were trying to destroy me. “No, damn it, I’m just the storyteller.”

My resistance to the heroic view of Edward Snowden has an awful lot to do with the way his Courageous Truth-Teller Narrative looks like it was inspired by an ambition to get a book contract and a Hollywood movie deal — Code Name: Verax — “Based on a True Story.”

Unfortunately for Snowden, federal law forbids convicted criminals from profiting from the story of their crimes, which means that Snowden’s “friends” — including Glenn Greenwald and Barton Gellman — have played him for a chump. Snowden’s going to end up in Leavenworth, while his “friends” will be cashing in on his story.

“The Kook Who Knew Too Much” — yeah, I’ve seen this story before. Barrett Brown boasted he had a “six-figure” book deal to tell the inside story of the Anonymous hacker conspiracy, but if you’re inside the conspiracy, aren’t you also a criminal? And once the feds started tightening the screws on Barrett, the punk couldn’t handle the pressure, so he flipped out, went paranoid, and had the most memorable YouTube meltdown in the history of YouTube meltdowns. And federal inmates can’t collect book royalties.

Oops.

Pro Tip: If you want to live out a fantasy, pick a fantasy that doesn’t involve a trip to federal prison.

For decades, America has been plagued by these grandiose Walter Mitty types who can’t be satisfied doing regular jobs and living regular lives, and instead feel the need to Make a Difference — to see their name in headlines and, they hope, make their mark in history — and they never seem to notice that, in real life, these stories seldom end “happily ever after.” But let’s round up today’s headlines:

NSA leak is treason, says Feinstein
— The Hill

U.S. explores criminal charges against Snowden
— USA Today

Transcript: Exclusive Interview
With House Speaker John Boehner on NSA Leak
— ABC News

U.S. Preparing Charges Against Leaker of Data
— New York Times

Edward Snowden: Russia offers
to consider asylum request
— Guardian

“We’ve made treason cool”
Lt. Col. Ralph Peters on NSA leaker: We need
to bring back the death penalty for treason
— The Right Scoop

Booz Allen: We fired NSA leaker on Monday
— Yahoo News

 And — as I expected all along — Edward Snowden’s story doesn’t add up. When are people going to wise up to these bullshit artists?

Is there such a shortage of common sense that people no longer have any ordinary kind of skepticism? A high-school dropout flies to Hong Kong, claims he was paid $200,000 a year and the people who hired him say he exaggerated that by $80,000, and yet you’re telling me that everything else Snowden said was true?

Liars lie, and braggarts brag, and kooks are crazy for Cuckoo Puffs.

This computer geek had a six-figure salary and a hot girlfriend — if you like the skinny long-legged blonde ballerina acrobat type — and yet, his life in Hawaii wasn’t exciting enough for him, so he decides to become an international fugitive from justice.

Way to go, World Famous Douchebag.

Andy Warhol just called to say your 15 minutes are over.

If you want to see your name in headlines, there are lots of ways to do it. Me, I’m  just the guy who’s telling the story:

The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee condemned as traitorous the unauthorized release of top-secret information about National Security Agency (NSA) data-mining operations. Even while thousands of Americans signed a petition urging President Obama to pardon the contractor who leaked classified documents about the program — and Republican Sen. Rand Paul slammed the NSA’s surveillance as unconstitutional — Sen. Dianne Feinstein joined other lawmakers urging the prosecution of Edward Snowden.
“I don’t look at this as being a whistle-blower, I think it’s an act of treason,” the California Democrat told reporters on Capitol Hill. “He took an oath — that oath is important. He violated the oath, he violated the law. It’s an act of treason in my view.”
Debate swirled over the constitutionality of the NSA program Snowden exposed, but Feinstein’s condemnations of the leaker were echoed by Republicans, including South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham: “I hope we follow Mr. Snowden to the ends of the earth to bring him to justice.” And in an interview with ABC News, House Speaker John Boehner called Snowden a “traitor,” adding: “The disclosure of this information puts Americans at risk. It shows our adversaries what our capabilities are. And it’s a giant violation of the law.” . . .

Read the whole thing at ViralRead. While I don’t want to make you paranoid, you should wonder why so many people on social media are trying to convince you Edward Snowden is a  hero.

Our enemies have Internet access, too. And all the “progressive” friends of our enemies are really into this Snowden guy, aren’t they?

Think about that. And stop watching Matt Damon movies, you kooks.

 

 

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Category: Crime, Culture, Fear. Loathing.

This Was Probably Inevitable

Posted on | June 11, 2013 | 2 Comments

I denounce myself for laughing at this:

While I’m sure Kaitlyn Hunt‘s admirers will reject this sarcasm as perversely inappropriate, let’s remember that they are the ones defending toilet sex with 14-year-olds as a constitutional right.

 

 


Category: Kaitlyn Hunt

LIVE AT FIVESEVEN: 06.11.13

Posted on | June 11, 2013 | 6 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Obama Administration Reverts To Form On Morning After Pill

Not old enough to drink, but old enough to buy abortion pills OTC?

Not old enough to drink, but old enough to buy abortion pills OTC?

Will comply with judge’s ruling giving 14-year-olds access to pill

Greenwald Says More Stories To Come From Snowden Docs
“There are dozens of stories generated by the documents he provided, and we intend to pursue every last one of them.”


BJP In Disarray After Advani Resignation
Veteran quits all party posts, accuses BJP leaders of pursuing “personal agendas”.



POLITICS
Farm Bill Passes Senate

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee

Senate cuts subsidies, increases crop insurance; bitter fight expected in House

Manning Trial Resumes As New Leak Scandal Unfolds

Military Women Working To Change Culture “From The Inside Out”


Obama Nominates Jason Furman To Head Council Of Economic Advisers

Tea Party Groups Make Progress Against “ObamaCore” Education Standards

Is The Army Criminalizing Conservatism? (Video)



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Slips On Rising Supply, Weak PRC Demand: NYMEX $95.62, Brent $103.68
World Shares Slip As BOJ Disappoints
SoftBank Sweetens Deal For Sprint, Offers $21.6 Billion
UK Industrial Output Rises On Mining As Manufacturing Slips
PNC To Phase Out Free Checking Accounts
Lululemon CEO To Step Down, Stock Slumps
McDonalds May Store Sales Rise
Wheat Drops A Fifth Day On Propsects For Better Ctop Conditions
Apple Reveals iOS7 Revamp, iTunes Radio
Sony Shows Microsoft How To Do A Pre-Owned Games Swap
Project Spark For XBox One Lets You Create The Game
“Elder Scrolls Online” Coming To PS4 In Spring 2014
Could Waze Drive Better Social Tools At Google?
Dell Updates Alienware Gaming Laptops With Haswell Chips But Sticks With Windows 7
LG Smart TVs Get GameNow Cloud Gaming



SPORTS
Patriots Signing Tim Tebow

Tebow and Brady: together again - this time on the same team.

Tebow and Brady: together again – this time on the same team.

Will be reporting to Pats’ mini-camp today. (h/t Jeff Quinton on FB)

Red Sox Outlast Rays In 14 Testy Innings

Maurice Cheeks Signs Three-Year Deal To Coach Pistons

Keuchel Outpitched As Astros Drop 5th Straight

Bryce Harper Can’t Return Soon Enough For Nationals



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis Vacation At St. Tropez With Princess Beatrice

On the beach

On the beach

Double dating with royalty

Chad Johnson Gets 30 Days For Slapping His Lawyer’s Ass In Court

Jane Lynch’s Big Gay Divorce

Did Neil Patrick Harris Drop The N-Word During His Musical Number With Mike Tyson?

Diana Ross “Extremely Concerned” About Paris Jackson

Rachel Uchitel Getting Divorced

Justin Bieber Kicked Out Of LA Hot Spot

Amanda Bynes Offered Hip-Hop Record Deal

Couric’s ABC Future Is Hazy



FOREIGNERS
French Air Traffic Controllers Go On Strike
Turkey Protests: Riot Police Storm Taksim Square
Bombs Kill 14 In Central Damascus
Related: BNP’s Nick Griffin compares Damascus to Belfast during the Troubles
Mandela Spends Fourth Day In The Hospital
Thousands Of Mexicans Ride Naked In Protest
Deputy Defense Minister Says Majority Of Cabinet Against Palestinian State



BLOGS & STUFF
Michelle Malkin: Harris v. Quinn – Families Battle SEIU Over Thuggish Home Invasion Tactics
Twitchy: Jay Carney Blows Needle Off The Laugh Meter With Claim About Obama’s Transparency Record
NRO Corner: Computer Access Not Restricted, Lerner Still Logging Into IRS Systems
LifeNews: IRS Caught On Tape Telling Pro-Life Group “Keep Your Religion To Yourself”
Eliana Johnson: Stop Blaming The “Rogue Agents”
Power Line: Loose Lips Sink Stocks
Hit & Run: Switzerland Furious At Snowden Leaks Indicating CIA Waged Economic Warfare Against Swiss Banks
John Yoo: Prosecute Snowden
American Power: Majority Of Americans Support Snooping To Expose Terrorists, Even At Risk Of Privacy, Poll Says
Gateway Pundit: Marco Rubio Says Legalization Comes First
Avik Roy: Ohio Insurance Department Says Obamacare Will Jack Up Premiums By 88%
Rush Limbaugh: Obama Returns To The War On Women


Category: Live at Five

Edward Snowden’s Dubious Heroism

Posted on | June 10, 2013 | 87 Comments

Lindsay Mills is a dancer, acrobat and blogger:

“My world has opened and closed all at once. Leaving me lost at sea without a compass. . . . But at the moment all I can feel is alone. . . . As I type this on my tear-streaked keyboard I’m reflecting on all the faces that have graced my path.”

Until quite recently, she also hoped and expected to become Mrs. Edward Snowden, but without warning, he decided to abscond abroad and release the secrets he had been paid to keep:

Federal agents this afternoon visited the Pennsylvania home of Edward Snowden’s father and stepmother, just hours after the 29-year-old NSA whistleblower checked out of his plush Hong Kong hotel and went on the run from U.S. and Chinese authorities.
Two men, identifying themselves as FBI agents, dropped in on Lonnie Snowden, 52, and his wife Karen Snowden, 48, at their property in Upper Macungie Township, as the couple were still ‘digesting and processing’ the news about their son.

The explanations offered by Edward Snowden just don’t add up. They are rationalizations or excuses, more than explanations. And while there are people who desperately want Snowden to be the hero of this story, I think it’s not really going to work out that way, because Snowden appears to be a deeply flawed personality.

Michael Moynihan is one of the few people who isn’t joining in the rush to beatify Saint Edward of Whistleblower.

OK, that makes me and you, Mike.

We know why the Left loves Snowden: Because they hate America.

Anyone who damages U.S. prestige and undermines America’s national security, they love. You know . . . like Barack Obama.

Meanwhile, vast swaths of the Right seem to be following this syllogism: The NSA revelations are good, because they’re bad for Obama, and therefore Snowden must be hailed as heroic. But where’s the political payoff in that calculus? I think the celebration of Snowden is unnecessary to blaming Obama for this mess, and I suspect Obama will manage to evade the blame.

My Twitter timeline is crowded with hostile characters ranting about the Fourth Amendment in a tone reminiscent of 9/11 Truthers ranting about how fire can’t melt steel: “Inside job!”

Chill out. You think this guy is going to (a) burn the entire U.S. intelligence community and (b) have no dirt for the entire U.S. intelligence community to dig up and leak out?

Within 48 hours, “sources close to the investigation” will bring out damaging material about Snowden, and meanwhile, reporters will be quoting Snowden’s former colleagues to the effect that, since being diagnosed with epilepsy last year, this guy has been acting weird. He was, let’s say . . . depressed. Emotionally unstable. A kook, really.

Charles Krauthammer, on the other hand, is not a kook:

 

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