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National Post has an even more interesting article on his stay in HK [0]. And I hope this finally lays to rest all those BS accusations that Snowden's a 'russi
by Jerry2 10y ago
National Post has an even more interesting article on his stay in HK [0].
And I hope this finally lays to rest all those BS accusations that Snowden's a 'russian spy' and how he 'partied at the Russian consulate in HK'... like Washington Post disinfo kept on repeating for years. [1] There are people still on Twitter who are smearing Snowden and they claim he's a spy and everything he did was to somehow 'help Putin' and they bring up this nonsense.
[0] http://news.nationalpost.com/features/how-edward-snowden-escaped-hong-kong http://news.nationalpost.com/features/how-edward-snowden-esc...
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/report-snowden-stayed-at-russian-consulate-while-in-hong-kong/2013/08/26/8237cf9a-0e39-11e3-a2b3-5e107edf9897_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/report-snowden-stayed-a...
- tracymorgan8520 10y agoNice find. Thanks!
- dorianm 10y agoIronically by talking about it you are spreading the rumor.
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoThat's not exactly how it works.
- iamjeff 10y agoReal gems these ones. It is simply astonishing that strangers could give refuge to a man that, at the time, was America's Most Wanted. The courage of these refugees is staggering: they had lost practically everything in their lives and were now confronted with hiding a target as valuable as Snowden and the (mortal?) risks that came with it. Really remarkable people!
- contingencies 10y agoIt's true these people are kind. However, a lot of people have kind hearts and it could be argued that anti-bureaucratic, anti-government sentiment is basically omnipresent in much of Asia.
- mhurron 10y ago> I hope this finally lays to rest all those BS accusations that Snowden's a 'russian spy' and how he 'partied at the Russian consulate in HK' If simply presenting the truth stopped the spread of rumours, lies and conspiracy theories, there would be no rumours, lies and conspiracy theories spreading.