Snowden, Manning, and Who Gets to Be a 'Celebrity' Leaker

• 58:35Tim argues that leakers who face no persecution are likely government psyops, citing Manning and Snowden as examples of real whistleblowers.
• 58:56Edward Snowden claimed in interviews that if he returned to the States for more than a week, they would kill him.
• 59:06Chelsea Manning spent years being tortured after leaking information, unlike celebrity leakers who walk around safely.
• 59:41Tim's theory: if you leak information and remain safe, you're likely some sort of intelligence psyop.
• 1:00:09Barack Obama pardoning Chelsea Manning was likely done under pressure from social media and left-wing journalists, not genuine conviction.
• 1:00:49Tim felt worse for Manning before she became active on Twitter, since social media makes everyone's case harder.
• 1:01:17Tim is thoroughly convinced Chelsea Manning probably has a government handler now.
• 1:01:34WikiLeaks started with genuine desire to disseminate information governments wanted hidden.
• 1:01:58Julian Assange shifted from that original mission and made WikiLeaks about his own celebrity instead.
• 1:02:15The caller is revealed to be Louis C.K. after discussing Assange's legal case.

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