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This whole situation has severely killed my faith in organizations and people. Snowden put a lot of trust in people that he had every right to believe they woul
by sc68cal 14d ago
This whole situation has severely killed my faith in organizations and people. Snowden put a lot of trust in people that he had every right to believe they would do the right thing, and unfortunately it's been shown that that trust was misplaced.
Through a combination of blackmail, personality clashes, vanity and ego, incompetence, the whole thing just fizzled out completely. A real shame.
- RankingMember 14d agoMy hopeful side sees a future where he's pardoned and can live here as a hero.
- jLaForest 14d agoSomething tells me in that future he would never be allowed to leave Russia. His entire value to the Russian government is to prove to Russians that the US is also repressive. If the US magically stopped being repressive enough to hail snowden as a hero, he would suddenly turn into a liability for Russia: proof that a repressive government can be changed by ordinary people fighting back. A very dangerous thought for any authoritarian government to allow unchecked, Russia and US alike
- cm2012 14d agoHe may have lost that opportunity when he took refuge, incredibly hypocritically, in a dictatorial police state.
- jra_samba 14d agoSnowden did not take refuge in Russia. He was trapped there when his passport was cancelled by the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden_asylum_in_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden_asylum_in_Russi...
- root_axis 14d agoNot likely, both political parties hate him.
- grugagag 14d agoMaybe Americans will rid of both of them...