> (Only thing there that fits is the recent demonstration of the Russian government acting like half-arsed movie plots are a good idea in real life). A lot of

> (Only thing there that fits is the recent demonstration of the Russian government acting like half-arsed movie plots are a good idea in real life). A lot of papers suggested that the war incompetence was because Putin asked for support for his invasion, and the services knew their job was to get him that irrespective of reality. If there was any operation to take advantage of Snowden, it probably wasn't under such pressure, and I imagine the Russian services have some competent people that could pull it off.