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This claim struck me as especially dumb. We can easily determine whether or not he was a Russian asset by asking the question "Why is he in Russia?" He is in Ru
by notafraudster 8y ago
This claim struck me as especially dumb. We can easily determine whether or not he was a Russian asset by asking the question "Why is he in Russia?" He is in Russia because the U.S. cancelled his passport after he left China and before he got to Ecuador. He hasn't been able to leave because the U.S. won't restore his passport. And he's still on a temporary Russian visa. And even if he found a way to fly, the last time the United States thought (incorrectly) he was on a plane, they forced the plane (which was registered as a diplomatic flight) to land.
The conspiracy that he was flipped by Russia after he got there is at least not contradicted by the obvious facts, but a claim that he was a Russian agent all along is asinine.
- perl4ever 8y agoIf we posit that his being in Russia is not good evidence for him being a Russian agent all along, that does not mean it is good evidence he was not a Russian agent all along.
- notafraudster 8y agoParsimony would dictate that a plan that involves them getting their asset back through a convoluted series of timing decisions the U.S. made that were completely beyond Russia's control is a terrible plan, and one that could have easily been replaced with him simply flying directly to Russia the first time and not leaving.
- perl4ever 8y agoWhy assume that things happened according to a/the plan? Things often don't happen according to plan. I was just reading that some people think Guccifer 2.0 was actually a response to blown cover.