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I find your numbered options fairly absurd. The US has let Snowden linger in the Moscow airport, likely hoping that he'll do something stupid due to the stress
by grandalf 13y ago
I find your numbered options fairly absurd.
The US has let Snowden linger in the Moscow airport, likely hoping that he'll do something stupid due to the stress.
By reminding everyone of the dead man switch, Snowden (via Greenwald) reminds the US that both have a shared interest in Snowden's asylum bid moving along smoothly.
Your conjecture above depends entirely on the idea that Snowden is unsafe at the Moscow airport.
- tptacek 13y agoWhat does it matter where he is? The same numbered points would apply if he was holed up in the back of a Chili's in Des Moines.
- grandalf 13y ago1) the information had already been published. 2) wildly speculative and wildly inconsistent with all of Greenwald's other behavior. 3) I imagine you have some kind of conspiracy theory to justify this one? In this case, the simplest answer is that a dead man's switch gives Snowden a bit of additional leverage, and that Greenwald mentioned it to help the reporter interviewing him understand the dynamics of the situation.
- tptacek 13y agoNext time read the article you're commenting on.
- grandalf 13y agoI did read it. Did I miss something that invalidates my counter argument?
- tptacek 13y agoYes.
- grandalf 13y agoand what was it?
- tptacek 13y agoRead the article, then reread your comments. You're plenty smart, and it's pretty obvious.
- grandalf 13y agoI just re-read it a third time and do not see what you're referring to. If you'll humor me and paste in the relevant paragraph I'll give it extra attention and (I hope) admit if I was wrong above.