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I'm surprised we haven't seen more discussion of NSA leaker as a potential foreign intelligence coup. Think of the timing, right before a summit with China. And
by lmg643 13y ago
I'm surprised we haven't seen more discussion of NSA leaker as a potential foreign intelligence coup. Think of the timing, right before a summit with China. And he defects to Hong Kong. Not to get too nutty here, but its worth considering. Arguably our government did all this to try and protect us and here we are going ballistic - what if the leak was a setup to shatter our negotiating leverage? Lesser of two evils kind of thing.
- ihsw 13y agoIt may in fact be the reverse -- he could be a double agent and this could be a publicity stunt. The USG may have determined that this leak was inevitable and they decided to take control of the situation. What is the end-goal? Legitimizing and expediting the surveillance industrial complex. The recent news about Indian authorities wanting to establish their own surveillance infrastructure certainly has many USG government contractors licking their lips waiting for the purchase orders to roll in.
- myle 13y agoGiven few enough data points, you can fit any theory you want.
- cheald 13y agoI said this in another thread* but I think that the choice of Hong Kong was shrewd. It puts him in a civilized country under the umbrella of a nation that won't be in a hurry to do the USG any favors, and would push back hard against any attempt to disappear him, since that would require action of an arguably military nature on their turf. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5855146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5855146