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If he's got facts why does he not present them rather than cocktease?

50% of HN is just conjecture and NSA conspiracy theories.

This was an @-response to another commenter's claim that this story will be forgotten in a year. As such we shouldn't see it as a promotional 'tease' - it wouldn't even appear to all @ggreenwald followers. It's merely a specific refutation of that dismissive commenter's judgement based on incomplete information. (It looks more self-servingly promotional only because it's been ripped from its context.)

Not quite sure what you mean. I'm honestly starting to lose track of what is actually true here. Would be great if somebody who has studied this in some depth could summarize what we actually know for sure.

You have to scroll to the top of the page to see the full conversation. The tweet posted is Glenn Greenwald replying to a Twitter user who sent a tweet at him.

This is how the conversation went down:

Glenn Greenwald: "Ellsberg: "There has not been in US history a more important leak than Snowden's –and that definitely includes Pentagon Papers 40 years ago""

Twitter User: "@ggreenwald Sorry, a year from now we'll be snoozing about this. Not against you, just tired of your self-promotion."

Glenn Greenwald: "@TerenceBegleyNJ You have no idea what is coming; and I'm promoting the leaks, not myself"

Like dropping a thousand pages at 9 PM, EST on a long weekend Friday?

Drip, drip, drip...

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