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In fact, given how widespread the American influence is, I can't think of a safe country for him. Apart from Ecuadorian embassy-like hideouts.
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A competing theory is that he is actually spying for the PRC. Hong Kong would be an obvious choice for a wealthy, Western spy seeking Chinese protection. They're semi-autonomous, but military affairs are run by the PRC, and in particular the PRC has control over foreign extradition: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-h... If this wasn't a priori the best theory, surely the HK part adds some Ba…
Do you have more information about this theory? The discussion has been so one-sided, I feel obligated to seek other interpretations.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/former-cia-officer-officials-cons...
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I don't think you've been paying attention. Glenn Greenwald (who writes for the Guardian) and Laura Poitras (who's independent, but has had bylines for both the Guardian and WP) interviewed him in his hotel room in Hong Kong. He definitely was in Hong Kong for a while.
That was kind of my point. I wasn't the one who said "he might not even be in Hong Kong."
Slightly off-topic question, but why did he not just go to Iceland in the first place? Hong Kong does not seem like the best destination here.
Slightly off-topic question, but why did he not just go to Iceland in the first place? Hong Kong does not seem like the best destination here.
Slightly off-topic question, but why did he not just go to Iceland in the first place? Hong Kong does not seem like the best destination here.
FYI: Birgitta is in a minority opposition party (The Icelandic pirate party) with 3 representatives out of 63. Given the ruling government's track record, both regarding refugees seeking asylum as well as a strong will to have good relations with the U.S., I find it highly unlikely he will be given asylum in Iceland. Now, Bobby Fischer was given an asylum in Iceland in 2006 in a unanimous parliament vote - but that w…
FYI: Birgitta is in a minority opposition party (The Icelandic pirate party) with 3 representatives out of 63. Given the ruling government's track record, both regarding refugees seeking asylum as well as a strong will to have good relations with the U.S., I find it highly unlikely he will be given asylum in Iceland. Now, Bobby Fischer was given an asylum in Iceland in 2006 in a unanimous parliament vote - but that w…
Perhaps Snowden will not be given asylum this time but you bet that the Pirate Party, the only official political movement on his side, will have more than 3 members of parliament after the next election.
The problem is people always screw up and a decade later they think it's okay to visit the US for a conference or something and don't realize they will never see the light of day again once they step into that airport. Or some country wants a political favor from the current US president so they turn him over. Very brave dude but his life is just about as over as Bradley Manning.
More likely, he could be flying somewhere and the plane either enters US airspace, or has to make an emergency (real or not) landing in the US.