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This also assumes that this is information that Snowden wouldn't release anyway and that someone cares about. True or not, the perception by those who believe t
by digz 13y ago
This also assumes that this is information that Snowden wouldn't release anyway and that someone cares about. True or not, the perception by those who believe that he jeopardized national security is almost certainly that he's likely to leak whatever he can.
If he really things this is what's going to keep him safe, he's over playing his hand.
Furthermore, I think he's deluding himself if he thinks he's actually going to be targeted for assassination by the US. I'm no Obama fan, but it's a little far fetched. Shoved in jail, maybe. Killed to silence him? Nah.. that's a strategy ironically more likely to be employed by the countries he's seeking asylum status from.
- sp332 13y agoAfter this story a couple of years ago, I wouldn't bet my life on it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6061816 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6061816
- digz 13y agoReally? Trusting the word of a guy who's son was one of AQ's top lieutenants? Here's an alternative story... the 5 'civilians' he was with were his father's old AQ friends. Comparing these two cases is a joke.
- vidarh 13y agoThe US has a substantially worse history of assassinations over the last century than any of the countries he's seeking asylum from except Russia (assuming you count the Soviet period). Even more so if considering assassinations on foreign soil.
- digz 13y agoOf domestic politically driven assassinations??? Must have been on the moon!