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Him being there makes Russia look more tolerant than his home country.. Which is already a Pretty big bonus.
by ctack 6y ago
Him being there makes Russia look more tolerant than his home country.. Which is already a Pretty big bonus.
- leetcrew 6y agohow does giving asylum to a defector from an adversary make russia look tolerant? don't you think the US would happily do the same thing if the tables were turned?
- boomboomsubban 6y agoThe US routinely does the same, and they generally receive some amount of praise from the population as a result. The same thing would happen in Russia.
- JackFr 6y agoAt this point is there a compelling heuristic we can use to determine if Snowden is an idealistic whistleblower or simply a Russian intelligence asset? The facts seem to support both interpretations.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoThe facts absolutely do not support either interpretation. The only reason Snowden is in Russia is that the US canceled his passport.
- JackFr 6y agoThey revoked his passport because he's a fugitive, formally charged with two counts of violating the Espionage Act. I think the reason he's Russia is that they don't have an extradition treaty with the United States.
- nyolfen 6y agohe was stuck in the moscow airport (for over a month) after his passport was cancelled en route to equador and was eventually granted asylum
- jessaustin 6y agoThis sounds like some sort of nutty conspiracy theory.
- maerF0x0 6y agoHis continued reliance on Russia gives them more than enough power to force his hand into something he may not otherwise do.
- nyolfen 6y agowhat might he do? write another book? he doesn't have any power besides moral authority and he cannot travel internationally