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>So are we to assume that the CIA wants Snowden dead, but they can't get a chance to kill him in Russia? Not so much can't get a chance as the price would be t
by drspacemonkey 10y ago
>So are we to assume that the CIA wants Snowden dead, but they can't get a chance to kill him in Russia?
Not so much can't get a chance as the price would be too high. He's under Russian protection. That protection is political far more than tactical. The CIA could probably pick him up in less than an hour if they knew they could do it without pissing off the Russians. It's the "pissing off the Russians" part that's stopping them, not the logistics.
- Normal_gaussian 10y agoIt isn't just pissing off the Russians, its pissing off everybody. When you perform an act on foreign soil you open yourself up to scrutiny from everyone. The USA is already largely considered a warmonger state As for whether the CIA would want Snowden dead - I presume it would only have been useful to them pre-leak, and I doubt murder would have been on the cards then anyway. I don't see retribution as being particularly high on the CIA's list of priorities, and the political entities in the US that are keeping Snowden relevant wouldn't appear to gain anything from his death.