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Re:Interview with Edward Snowden by ben_w on Sunday September 15, 2019 @07:57AM (#20976835)
If, in your own words, “I don't think the Kremlin has much use for him anymore tbh”, then the definition you quoted doesn’t fit him being an agent.
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Re:Interview with Edward Snowden by seppin on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @04:33PM (#21009825)
> “I don't think the Kremlin has much use for him anymore tbh"

That doesn't mean they'll just let him leave.

> definition you quoted doesn’t fit him being an agent.

A foreign asset is an agent. FBI calls their employees "agents", the intel community does not.

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Re:Interview with Edward Snowden by ben_w on Saturday September 21, 2019 @05:36AM (#21034366)
Your description denies that Snowden is an asset.
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