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> does Snowden have material that hasn't yet been released to the press/public He has implied that he possesses such material, in great quantity. He is holdin
by knodi123 10y ago
> does Snowden have material that hasn't yet been released to the press/public
He has implied that he possesses such material, in great quantity. He is holding that possession up as deterrent against assassination, although if he received a pardon, presumably he wouldn't need that deterrent anymore?
Besides, I would think a deterrent such as I'm describing would be motivation for russians to assassinate him and make it look like americans did it.
- digler999 10y ago> He has implied that he possesses such material, To the contrary, he has adamantly denied possessing any such material. I dont have the source, but in several video interviews he's said to protect himself from being apprehended by foreign intel agencies for a copy of the material, he simply doesnt have it. He's turned it all over to journalists.
- knodi123 10y agoPardon, I spoke imprecisely. But the effect is the same- He does not possess the material, but he absolutely possesses the encryption keys to the material, and has distributed an encrypted version of a vast trove of material to many different persons, with a deadman switch. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/07/snowdens_dead_m.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/07/snowdens_dead...