What if he is not actually in Hong Kong? Just a ploy
Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong
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Re: Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong
#12What if he is not actually in Hong Kong? Just a ploy
Hopefully he's making his was to a country with not extradition back to the States.
Re: Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong
#13Welp he's dead. Edit: (Sarcasm, I can't imagine the US being this obvious/idiotic)
You mean, you can't imagine the US government executing its own citizens for speaking out against the government in a foreign country without trial? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki
The idea that Anwar al-Awlaki was only guilty of 'speaking out against the government' is bananas.
Re: Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong
#14Welp he's dead. Edit: (Sarcasm, I can't imagine the US being this obvious/idiotic)
Hahaha. Way too much credit is being given.
Re: Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong
#15So far all of his decisions have been very well calculated. I think this is apart of his reveal, to either keep the focus on the story, or maintain some type of safety and appear to have disappeared into China's intelligence agency....the real point I think is to keep the focus on the reveal.
Booz Allen said he was an employee for less than three months. That sounds really interesting, I thought he would have worked there for longer since he claims he was planning this for a long time and the reporter said he was in contact for months.
If you read what the Wash Post reporter said Snowden tried to get him to release the entire slide deck. Why couldn't he put it on the internet? It is also interesting to me that he said this required a lot of preparation. If he had the accesses he claimed he had copying classified slide decks would be risky for him but not something that would take a long time.
He also claimed that the NSA could track all emails in the USA and he (or an analyst not sure what he meant) could access the email of the president if he had the personal address. If that is the case, surely evidence of that type of deep telecommunications interception would be more important than PRISM especially since he raised that claim specifically to explain why he did it. With the access he had it would be easy to prove.
I don't know what to make of his decisions. Not saying he isn't who he said he is but I think there are a lot of unanswered questions.
Re: Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong
#16Welp he's dead. Edit: (Sarcasm, I can't imagine the US being this obvious/idiotic)
China is a big player here, too. And they don't shy away from kidnapping.
Re: Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong
#17This is sensationalist use of the word "missing". The BBC doesn't know where Snowden currently is -- that's all the article says.
Re: Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong
#18So far all of his decisions have been very well calculated. I think this is apart of his reveal, to either keep the focus on the story, or maintain some type of safety and appear to have disappeared into China's intelligence agency....the real point I think is to keep the focus on the reveal.
Booz Allen said he was an employee for less than three months. That sounds really interesting, I thought he would have worked there for longer since he claims he was planning this for a long time and the reporter said he was in contact for months. If you read what the Wash Post reporter said Snowden tried to get him to release the entire slide deck. Why couldn't he put it on the internet? It is also interesting to me…
Taking classified data away from the organization in question may not be trivial. Email is probably monitored, using USB storage is probably not allowed, printers are probably monitored as well, CDR drives might not be readily available, internet access is probably quite limited and monitored.
Re: Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong
#19Welp he's dead. Edit: (Sarcasm, I can't imagine the US being this obvious/idiotic)
You mean, you can't imagine the US government executing its own citizens for speaking out against the government in a foreign country without trial? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki
This close after the leak? Surely give it some time before snatching him, this is such a hot story right now that people are going to draw this conclusion...
(Although obviously China etc might also want him for a few "questions")
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
You mean, you can't imagine the US government executing its own citizens for speaking out against the government in a foreign country without trial? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki
The idea that Anwar al-Awlaki was only guilty of 'speaking out against the government' is bananas.
Anwar al-Awlaki may have been a terrorist or he may not have been, however he wasn't tried in a court of law so he wasn't guilty of anything.
The above statement looks very awkward but we shouldn't advocate extra-judicial killings.