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Re:NSA Owns Everything (2015) by JackFr on Thursday August 13, 2020 @10:24AM (#24143621)
At this point is there a compelling heuristic we can use to determine if Snowden is an idealistic whistleblower or simply a Russian intelligence asset? The facts seem to support both interpretations.
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Re:NSA Owns Everything (2015) by boomboomsubban on Thursday August 13, 2020 @10:39AM (#24143784)
The facts absolutely do not support either interpretation. The only reason Snowden is in Russia is that the US canceled his passport.
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Re:NSA Owns Everything (2015) by JackFr on Thursday August 13, 2020 @01:09PM (#24145612)
They revoked his passport because he's a fugitive, formally charged with two counts of violating the Espionage Act. I think the reason he's Russia is that they don't have an extradition treaty with the United States.
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Re:NSA Owns Everything (2015) by nyolfen on Thursday August 13, 2020 @07:19PM (#24150952)
he was stuck in the moscow airport (for over a month) after his passport was cancelled en route to equador and was eventually granted asylum
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Re:NSA Owns Everything (2015) by jessaustin on Thursday August 13, 2020 @03:31PM (#24147411)
This sounds like some sort of nutty conspiracy theory.
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