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Agreed. If Snowden had been Chinese and had exposed Chinese secrets like that and he escaped to Russia, Russia would have found reasons to return him and then
by mc32 5y ago
Agreed. If Snowden had been Chinese and had exposed Chinese secrets like that and he escaped to Russia, Russia would have found reasons to return him and then there would have been a quick farcical trial and he'd've been executed and the family billed as well as ostracized. Had he escaped to Canada or Australia, etc., they have found a way for an accident to happen to him. Russia, China, N Korea, KSA, Iran deal with dissidents quite harshly.
- sudosysgen 5y agoIf he went to the USA and got governmental assistance he would be safe. In Russia he is definitely getting a lot of government protection otherwise he would have been "extraordinarily renditioned".
- mc32 5y agoAssange even though isn't protected by the UK isn't getting extraordinarily renditioned. Yes, the UK has treated him badly and we know Hillary wished him dead via drone, but so far, that has not happened (either extraordinarily renditioned nor droned) though it may come to pass that he gets extradited someday.
- sudosysgen 5y agoAssange is currently in a maximum security prison. Beforethen he was in an embassy. It is physically impossible for him to be extraordinarily renditioned. Therefore it's not a signal any way or another.