Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong

Re:Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong by TillE on Monday June 10, 2013 @09:29PM (#5858934)

I'm certain that the US government is able to easily track someone traveling on their own legitimate passport. So that kind of ruse makes no sense.

It's sort of a shame he didn't travel to the EU, as I suspect he'd get better support from most countries and would be able to travel in the EU without a passport.

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Re:Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong by redwood on Monday June 10, 2013 @09:40PM (#5858978)

This guy is former CIA...

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Re:Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong by tdfx on Monday June 10, 2013 @10:19PM (#5859171)

He worked as a "technical assistant" for the CIA. He probably picked up a few tricks during his tenure but he didn't go through the clandestine service trainee program, which are the people you're thinking of when you think of spooky CIA types.

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Re:Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong by dllthomas on Monday June 10, 2013 @10:23PM (#5859190)

Or so they're telling us.

Not that I disbelieve on this count, but who was doing just what in the CIA seems like something we don't tend to know with certainty.

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Re:Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong by pyre on Monday June 10, 2013 @10:04PM (#5859105)

CIA does not imply field agent. If you worked for the CIA behind a desk for years, does that give you 'secret agent' skills?

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Re:Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong by tekromancr on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @03:50AM (#5860347)

No, but I bet you would allude to it at the bar.

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