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Official statement from WikiLeaks regarding Edward Snowden's exit from Hong Kong

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Re: Official statement from WikiLeaks regarding Edward Snowden's exit from Hong Kong

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"Over the jungle, the quiet jungle, the drone hunts tonight

...[365/24/7 refrain]...

Over the ice field, the empty ice field, the raptor hunts tonight

...[365/24/7 refrain]...

(sung to The Lion Sleeps Tonight)

If true, this exit is good news! I have worried about his safety for the past two weeks. ES needs a redoubtable safe-house enclave/bunker like a free Assange to repeatedly surgically strike while the iron is hot. Exposing heinous criminal abuse of state entrusted power, founded on self-witnessed righteous indignation- leveraged by gigahertz worldwide public networks- makes for a seriously formidable anti-Borg threat. I hope Assange's crack team are good chess players to be constantly vigilant, and terra-sotto terrified how dangerous this is. Endlessly run gold/blue team attack game/simulations, have seasoned and wounded trade-crafters as loyal and encrazed armed sentinels, handling also, a hyper-alert pack of google-glass augmented Scottish Border Collies:

Re: Official statement from WikiLeaks regarding Edward Snowden's exit from Hong Kong

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Why is this trip of Snowden made into a media event?

The Aeroflot flight number was public! Is this to counter a secret rendition attempt? Did we wake-up in a world with 007 stuff happening to real computer nerds, not just high-paid actors?

Re: Official statement from WikiLeaks regarding Edward Snowden's exit from Hong Kong

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Why is this trip of Snowden made into a media event? The Aeroflot flight number was public! Is this to counter a secret rendition attempt? Did we wake-up in a world with 007 stuff happening to real computer nerds, not just high-paid actors?

Publicity is, or can be, protection.

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Why is this trip of Snowden made into a media event? The Aeroflot flight number was public! Is this to counter a secret rendition attempt? Did we wake-up in a world with 007 stuff happening to real computer nerds, not just high-paid actors?

>The Aeroflot flight number was public

url?

Re: Official statement from WikiLeaks regarding Edward Snowden's exit from Hong Kong

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post #4

Why is this trip of Snowden made into a media event? The Aeroflot flight number was public! Is this to counter a secret rendition attempt? Did we wake-up in a world with 007 stuff happening to real computer nerds, not just high-paid actors?

Publicity is, or can be, protection.

Right on!

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post #4

Why is this trip of Snowden made into a media event? The Aeroflot flight number was public! Is this to counter a secret rendition attempt? Did we wake-up in a world with 007 stuff happening to real computer nerds, not just high-paid actors?

>The Aeroflot flight number was public url?

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1267261/snowden-l...

Re: Official statement from WikiLeaks regarding Edward Snowden's exit from Hong Kong

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Why is this trip of Snowden made into a media event? The Aeroflot flight number was public! Is this to counter a secret rendition attempt? Did we wake-up in a world with 007 stuff happening to real computer nerds, not just high-paid actors?

>The Aeroflot flight number was public url?

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