[daveloyall]

Sorry, I don't understand this response.

Are you saying that you are familiar with the events that DonnyV is referring to but you are confident that they are mere legend? That you disagree with the published accounts?

Or are you saying that you are not familiar with that particular scandal, you've never heard of it, and your response is simply "Not that I know of."?

[ionised]

If you check his post history he basically just blanket denies everything relating to the Snowden NSA leaks and accuses people of believing in 'magic' when they discuss the agency's capabilities.

[PlzSnow]

That's not true at all. I question it when people post conspiracy theory stuff with no evidence whatsoever. HackerNews is not that type of website, and I hope it never degenerates into it.