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1. Recognition: From a Stranger to a Hunch
a. Repetition of Clauses:

(WIRED spoken interview with James Bamford)

b. Unusual Mass, Speed, and Cogency:

In less than an hour, the Stranger had produced approx. 2,300 words, which is
nearly unheard of for a website of casual users such as Omegle. The rapidity
with which the messages were sent, their size, and their supreme cogency is
grounds for suspicion.
c. Latin Inclusion:

(Terminal F documentary Alea iacta est, the die is cast @ 3:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd6qN167wKo) ES is known to use Latin
terms/phrases in interviews. Also went by the pseudonym Verax.
d. Parallels to Public Appearance/ Espousal of General Principles:

The Omegle conversation took place on Oct 3 2015. ES has publicly voiced his
issues with the US educational system. In late September, he was featured on a
podcast with fellow agnostic NdGT where he also talked about learning and
educational systems. The fusion of these topics is noteworthy, it continues as
fused (education/religion) from his personal life into his online persona.

ES had previously publicly indicated his agnosticism.

2. Substantiation: From a Hunch to ES Proper

a. Ellipses, Parentheses, Em Dashes:

Bank2:

Parentheses and em dashes (Reddit AMA)

Em dash (Ars Technica)

Ellipses (Ars Technica)

b. Blah Blah:

Bank2:

blah blah (Ars Technica)

ES is also a proponent of ftw, lol, crap/shit interchangeably, and bullshit.
c. Riffs:
ES usually expounds on dialogue with hypothetical quotes and humorous riffs.

Bank2:

(Reddit)

Bank2:

(Ars Technica)
Regarding quotations, ES places periods inside of the end quote, outside of the
end quote, or uses no period at all, interchangeably.

d. Emphasis through Capitalization:

ES uses various methods to show emphasis in text, but in chat has consistently
preferred capitalization.
Bank2:

(Ars Technica)

e. International/UK Spelling & Abbreviation (yet maintained US terms):

philosophise

emphasised

organised

maths abbreviation of mathematics as opposed to math

U.S.-preferred term man rather than mate or intl. equiv.
Bank2:

UK-preferred analyses (Reddit AMA)

US-preferred organizing (Reddit AMA)

Use of international spelling/abbreviation but retaining of US-indicative terms
such as man instead of mate or organizing, plus a lack of intl. voice creates an
odd, pointed disparity.

Text Sources:
Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/06/exclusive-in-2009-edsnowden-said-leakers-should-be-shot-then-he-became-one/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/edward-snowdens-online-pastrevealed#.gvE4vANdp
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/SuddenlySnowden

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