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He may have to, but it will be a desperate move. Think about the risks involved. The US government: - spends billions on illicit surveillance tech - officia
by Pitarou 13y ago
He may have to, but it will be a desperate move. Think about the risks involved.
The US government:
- spends billions on illicit surveillance tech
- officially sanctions kidnapping ("extraordinary rendition") as a tool of security policy
- brought down an Ecuadorian diplomatic flight over European airspace, on the mere possibility that he might be on it
- fully intends to lock him up in a cage forever and ever and ever
- trekky1700 13y agoYou pretty much just described Batman.
- greesil 13y agoAh... best comment all year!
- Pitarou 13y agoInteresting point. Which side do you think the Caped Crusader would take?
- angryasian 13y agobased on the fact that he gave Fox control to destroy his cell phone surveillance. I think he would be pro snowden
- yen223 13y agoBased on the fact that he had a cell phone surveillance system, he'd probably be pro-NSA.
- Pitarou 13y agoI'm enjoying this.
- saraid216 13y agoBatman is an amazingly great epitome of libertarian paradox.
- bradleysmith 13y agoThat's why he's always so moody. Cognitive dissonance.
- sliverstorm 13y agoI'd go even further to say that's why he is one of the most compelling superheros
- saraid216 13y ago...wish fulfillment power fantasy is not my idea of a compelling character.
- sliverstorm 13y agoI'm talking about the dissonance of his figure, and I think you realize that. I didn't say every single facet of the character was compelling.
- drdeca 13y agoDidn't he decide that the thing he set up was too powerful for anyone to have though? (in at least one version, iirc, etc. etc.)
- sliverstorm 13y agoSure, but that didn't stop him from using it, did it?
- philbarr 13y agoYes - because he was the only one morally sound enough, in his opinion, to use it. Much like the NSA and GCHQ.
- yen223 13y agoWe like our superheroes to kick some villain's butt without pesky 'due process' getting in the way. Kinda like the NSA, if you think about it.
- ISL 13y agoBatman prefers due process.
- saucetenuto 13y agoAfter he's kidnapped you.
- sliverstorm 13y ago"I'd like you to meet the bastions of justice, my right jab Due and my left hook Process. Say hello!" -- Batman
- rayiner 13y agoThe whole premise of the movie was that sometimes that kind of surveillance is necessary to save society.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoBut the person who controlled that surveillance knew when to destroy it.
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- sz4kerto 13y agoThat comment made HN a better place.
- craigmccaskill 13y agoHe was given asylum by the Russian government, snatching him from Russian soil would be a major thing that could possibly start a war.
- Pitarou 13y agoGet real. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinen... http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/02/world/americas/bolivia-presidential-plane/ http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/02/world/americas/bolivia-pre... I see no shots being fired.
- jamesaguilar 13y agoRussia is not going to start a war with the United States over Snowden.
- digitalengineer 13y agoOr: Obama is not going to start a war with Putin over Snowden. They're already spread thin (Syira, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Korea, Pacific, etc).
- jdimov 13y agoLol.. the US is to Russia what North Korea is to the US - a small nuisance. Talking about Obama starting a war with Russia is a ridiculous fantasy. Heck, the US has lost every single war it started over the past two decades - even to the poorest and least organized enemies you can imagine.
- mseebach 13y agoSo all that, and you think the US intelligence community don't actually know exactly where he is? Also, interviews can and do frequently happen without disclosing the exact location of the subject.
- njharman 13y ago> - brought down an Ecuadorian diplomatic flight over European airspace, on the mere possibility that he might be on it To be clear it wasn't just any diplomatic flight. It was the plane carrying the President of Ecuador.
- rbanffy 13y agoIf I were Snowden, I'd make sure all documents leak completely if anything like that happens to me. It'd be then the best interest of the US I die of old age a good couple decades from now. Snowden is not an amateur (like me). He has insurance all over the place.