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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by jakobnissen on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @01:06AM (#37401518)
He didn't. He went to Ecuador, but the US cancelled his passport while he was connecting in Russia. And he didn't bring any classified materials with him.

So it's 100% on the US government that he ended up in Russia and not Ecuador

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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by varjag on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @03:44AM (#37402356)
It's amazing how the two countries antagonistic to the USA that he was supposed to travel between cared about such a formality, isn't it.
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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by dTal on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @07:40AM (#37403692)
The passport control officers care, yes. That's their job.

Once it got escalated past them, onto Putin's desk, Snowden wasn't going anywhere. Why would he let a juicy trading chip like that go?

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Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations by varjag on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @08:43AM (#37404290)
The scandal was watched globally as it unfolded. By the time of his arrival to Sheremetyevo his future FSB minders were getting tired of twiddling their thumbs at the gate.
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