Why Wouldn't Russia Kill Snowden… So Greenwald Can Bring the USA To It's Knees?

[KittyWampus]

After reading Greenwald's latest bit, it sure seems like a foolish way to play this out.

If something happens to Snowden, who is to say it comes at the hands of the USA at this point.

Greenwald himself has just pointed an arrow at his special, little snowflake.

[The Magistrate]

1. Interesting Point, Ma'am

People do need to think things all the way through....

"Beware the Spirits of Air who read men's hearts by their words."

[Luminous Animal]

2. The fact that Snowden has "insurance" was reported weeks ago...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/25/greenwald-snowden-s-files-are-out-there-if-anything-happens-to-him.html

[KittyWampus]

3. But Greenwald has just repeated this rather loudly. Again, who is to say the USA

would be the one who got Snowden?

How would Greenwald know?

[leveymg]

7. Isn't there a DU rule against Conspiracy Theorizing? Tisk,tisk. Naughty

[KittyWampus]

10. lolz. Just spinning along with Greenwald.

[TheKentuckian]

17. No one that makes such a setup knows but it advises the party at risk

and most likely to be culpable that it had best martial its influence and resources to make sure _____ doesn't happen and no matter how in the world _____ happens the party at risk will bear the cost.

This is no a new form of fail safe, it is just not one for ifs and but's or candy and nuts that says "I don't give a fuck if you believe in God in Heaven, motherfucker, you better pray for ______ that they shouldn't catch a cold that turns to pneumonia or if you see a wet floor anywhere you should see to it that it dry and safe because should. _____ happen to pass that damp floor later and take a spill and they should slip from this mortal coil because I shall in any and every case consider you responsible for ______'s fate."

It just says no matter what the blame and consequences will fall on one target. It tells the party the threat is leveled at that their first priority is _____'s safety.

You never seen a gangster flick? The context is ancient and clear, there is nothing to be befuddled by.

[flamingdem]

4. Maybe Greenwald sees a last chance at the Green

if you know what I mean.

Then he's da man with the thumbdrive full of liberty.

Wonder where he keeps it.

Same place from whence eminates his latest anti-USA diatribe.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Solution: Call off the dogs. Give Snowden his passport and let him leave Russia.

[KittyWampus]

8. Sorry, no. You don't give a criminal his passport back. And even if he does leave Russia,

some other entity might kill Snowden and make it look like the USA govt did it just so Greewald brings us to our knees.

[DevonRex]

18. Greenwald just let loose whole new packs on Snowden. nt

[treestar]

22. Let what you want done, be done!

[avaistheone1]

6. Unrecommended

Ridiculous. You folks sound like a bunch of kids at camp on a dark night telling stories about ghosts and monsters to scare yourselves out of your minds, with each story more preposterous and silly than the last.

[KittyWampus]

9. I am using Greenwald's own words. HE is the one who sounds like a bad movie

"Snowden has enough information to cause harm to the U.S. government in a single minute than any other person has ever had," Greenwald said in an interview with the Argentinean paper La Nacion. "The U.S. government should be on its knees every day begging that nothing happen to Snowden, because if something does happen to him, all the information will be revealed and it could be its worst nightmare."

[Mojorabbit]

13. I know right! The libertarians are coming. OMG! LOL nt

[struggle4progress]

11. As a general rule, I think it's best not to speculate about potential assassinations of high-profile

people, lest we give loonies ideas

There have always been crazies out there eager for attention: the earliest recorded case, that I know, was the arsonist who burned down a Greek temple around 350 BC in order to be remembered

It's possible, I suppose, that operatives of some government somewhere might consider something like this -- but it's just as likely, or perhaps even more likely, that someone with severe problems might decide that such an action was a great way to win notoriety with the help of some cockamamie tale

So I'd like to discourage responsible internet users from such speculation

[KittyWampus]

12. It's kind of a shame Greenwald didn't think of that before spouting off again.

"Snowden has enough information to cause harm to the U.S. government in a single minute than any other person has ever had," Greenwald said in an interview with the Argentinean paper La Nacion. "The U.S. government should be on its knees every day begging that nothing happen to Snowden, because if something does happen to him, all the information will be revealed and it could be its worst nightmare."

[bunnies]

15. Sounds like a terror cells wet dream right there.

Just sayin.

[struggle4progress]

16. IMO Greenwald is completely unprincipled: he has a definite agenda, which is

to encourage third-party voting, which he pursues through constant noisy outrage

[GeorgeGist]

14. Accidents do happen ...

Debris and belongings of passengers of the Russian Sukhoi aircraft that crashed on the slopes of Mount Salak are seen at the wreckage site, near Bogor.

[TheKentuckian]

20. When one makes such statements it means that accidents are off the table, in their eyes.

"If by some cosmic chance a meteorite should crash into ______'s house and they come to harm, I will wonder how you managed to bend heavenly bodies to your will but I will without fail consider you to blame and unleash what hell that I can upon your head".

[1-Old-Man]

19. Sort of absurd speculation if you ask me.

[FarCenter]

21. It is of more value to keep Snowden alive, defuse the info bomb, and get a copy for themselves.

Ideally, FSB works with NSA to figure out how to keep Snowden from releasing more information.

At the same time, unknown to the NSA, the FSB manages to decrypt a copy of the information for Russia's exclusive use.

Snowden becomes irrelevant.

The US privately thanks Russia for assistance, and may provide some other unspecified benefits (re Syria, missile programs, etc.)

Everyone lives happily ever after.

[Whisp]

23. exactly. What a moran he is.

he reminds me of Jethro Bodine from the Clampetts in his spy phase.