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In reply to the discussion: regarding Edward Snowden, the point is being missed I suspect... [View all]sofa king
(10,857 posts)msanthrope, I appreciate your interest but I don't know if I have the chops or the time to go back and run through the whole thing. Just fleshing out the rudimentary chronology above took me an hour and I suspect it may be partly in error.
Furthermore, even though I was in a combative mood when I floated that comment, I know I don't have time to deal with people from all sides who are paid to come shit all over such conversations so that no useful information can be gleaned from them.
It's also important to note that this is just my researcher's spider-sense tingling. The beneficiaries of this event have been China and Russia, not the United States and not those of us who crusade for the restoration of our rights. That's the main reason why I believe the issue is merely a Chinese banderilla in the shoulder of the American bull. But it is definitely a belief, not something I actually know.