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Something about Snowden fleeing to Russia makes that confusion difficult to accept.
by CalChris 6y ago
Something about Snowden fleeing to Russia makes that confusion difficult to accept.
- dijit 6y agoUS govt did that to him. He was trying to get to Ecuador from HK when his passport was revoked mid-route. Russia gave him asylum, for reasons which are not related to him helping them, purely because it antagonises the US. He still openly criticised the Russian government, and has expressed strong desire to come back to the US.
- tshaddox 6y agoWhy is it confusing that he would flee to somewhere where the US couldn’t easily extradite him, throw him in a “detention center,” give him an unfair trial, or assassinate him?
- pengaru 6y agoAssange and Snowden are widely known to be conflated among the general public. [0] I don't personally think either of these people are or have ever knowingly been Russian assets. But that's not the point. Particularly after the Special Counsel investigation, Assange/Wikileaks has been portrayed quite publicly through a credible federal investigation as being used as a puppet for distributing Russian-acquired documents. Snowden clearly ended up in Russia for lack of options when fleeing HK. There's never been any credible allegations of a Russian affiliation outside of that AFAIK. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVlyP4_11M&t=8m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVlyP4_11M&t=8m