Imagine that the KGB informs Putin that Edward Snowden is holed up in Moscow airport. What would Putin ask. Probably, "What information does he have that we co

Imagine that the KGB informs Putin that Edward Snowden is holed up in Moscow airport. What would Putin ask. Probably, "What information does he have that we could use?". What would you as a KGB leader say to Putin. Probably "Well he stole a huge amount of sensitive information from the NSA but he apparently hid it all on the Internet and gave copies to several other people. But he doesn't have it with him." And then what would Putin say? Perhaps "If he has already passed on this information, then could he do anything else other than what he has already done?" I suppose the KGB leader would say "No, other than to hide away so that they can't hold a big show trial hoping to cover up the real story." "Good says Putin. We will give him refugee status if he promises not to do anything else to further harm the USA. After all, it will take time for all the information to filter out to the media. We will hide him so that the media has to focus on the facts. And then Putin adds, "Do you think he discovered anything that we don't know already?" And the KGB leader replies "We have known of this lax security for years. Our team of sleeper agents set up many channels of information for us years ago, so we think this only means that the world will learn what we already know."