http://www.red-gate.com/SupportCenter/content/SQL_Compare/knowledgebase/SC_Permissions_Required
VIEW DEFINITION and VIEW SERVER STATE are what's recommended, it looks like; otherwise you get data filtered based on what schema/objects you CAN see.
Lowell
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