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Knight to queen's bishop 3 - Snowden charged with espionage.
dr_andus:
Even UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon comes down on the side of the spymasters. It's as if the EU and the UN are also run by spies, whose no. 1 priority seems to be to make an example of Snowden to show what happens to spies that break the code of secrecy:
Speaking to a gathering of the foreign affairs committee of the Icelandic parliament in Reykjavik on Tuesday, Ban said that in his personal opinion "the Snowden case is something I consider to be misuse." The UN chief added that the opening up of digital communications should not be "misused in such a way as Snowden did".
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wraith808:
Even UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon comes down on the side of the spymasters. It's as if the EU and the UN are also run by spies, whose no. 1 priority seems to be to make an example of Snowden to show what happens to spies that break the code of secrecy:
-dr_andus (July 03, 2013, 11:40 AM)
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Bingo!
The first rule of spycraft is don't get caught. The second rule is don't play out the results in the media. Why else do you think that the conditions of Snowden's asylum in Russia were 'stop hurting the US'?
40hz:
The first rule of spycraft is don't get caught.
-wraith808 (July 03, 2013, 11:46 AM)
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Yes indeed. As fictional spymaster George Smiley said: You're a spy whose cover has been blown. As things stand you have only to decide whether you'd rather run to a country who will execute you, or merely put you in imprison for the rest of your life.
Spying is an ugly game. More often than not with equally ugly outcomes for its participants.
:o
Stoic Joker:
Loved the - I'm sure quite accurate - letter, but..
In return, our NSA agrees not to go public with all the information it has meticulously compiled on all the dirty dealings of your government - as well as the frankly criminal "activities" and questionable "lifestyles" of many of your elected officials.
-40hz (July 03, 2013, 07:21 AM)
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That has got to be a two way street. Snowden must have some of that type of info in his stash that he could use to move a bit of the leadership into his corner. He doesn't need to release it to the world ...(that could be strategically bad)... Just quietly let the key relevant people know that there are records of their last frolic...and that he'd like to help them out...'cause the seem like nice people ... But he's just, Ya know ... Needin' a bit of breathing room.
40hz:
Needin' a bit of breathing room.
-Stoic Joker (July 03, 2013, 01:00 PM)
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He won't get it.
As soon as they think public interest and support for Snowden has dropped enough, the US will make its move.
I'm guessing he'll be ordered to leave wherever he is very shortly. Then the plane he's on will experience "unexpected mechanical problems" that force an emergency landing in a country that either has an extradition treaty with the US - or has an "unimportant" enough local government that the SEALS can be sent in on a "T&T" (i.e. tranquilize & transport) mission.
Extra points (exchangeable for favorable trade deals and special immigration quotas) will be awarded to the nations participating in this choreography who express the best faux diplomatic outrage and/or most convincing 'human rights' hand wringing.
Breathing room?
More like a temporary stay of execution.
It's all "puppet theater" going forward. China and Russia are already out. The EU is largely cooperating with the Obama administration. South America is posturing and making a lot of noise - purely for their local politics - and not much else.
Nope. I'm betting Mr. Snowden will be back, and in US custody, in less than six weeks.
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