| ▲ | VCFundedGenYer 6 hours ago |
| He got stuck in Russia. He didn’t flee to Russia. Don’t twist facts. |
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| ▲ | firesteelrain 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| He wasn’t stuck : his lawyers would contact the State Department and arrange a surrender. There is also the case of limited validity to return to the US. He chose to apply for asylum still and exiled himself. I am not making the case one way or the other because https everywhere was beneficial. But he signed up for a security clearance and knew what his obligations were (eg allegiance to the US) |
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| ▲ | BLKNSLVR 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | Between a Rock and a Hard Place is almost the literal definition of stuck. Yes, I'm using analogies, but I know which of the two I would choose. The US has only gotten worse in it's introversion since, so his choice seems to be increasingly correct - if personal liberty is the priority. | | |
| ▲ | firesteelrain 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | He was faced with the possibility of arrest or hoping for full asylum in Russia. It was another calculated gamble. But I don’t agree he was stuck. It was all self created problem. No one forced him to take the circuitous route he took and no one forced him to leak as himself. Could have been private/anonymous. Could have stayed in the US. | | |
| ▲ | unsungNovelty 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | You could literally watch the snowden movie alone and get half of facts right. Don't have to even read good journalist pieces. Just a movie. Come on. |
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| ▲ | nl 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| He fled the US and got stuck in Russia instead of Ecuador. I'm not sure that materially changes the point does it? (Unless the implication is that by saying "he fled to Russia" it somehow implies that he was on the side of Russia instead of "anywhere he can be safe from the US"). |
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