“Who’s to say that China doesn’t get him first, and squeeze him for every bit of knowledge he has regarding NSA operations, now that he’s outed himself?
So, no, you can’t, actually....:
Yeah, like that’s going to happen when the eye of everyone in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world is focussed on Mr. Snowden at this moment in time. I’m sure the Chinese are going to swoop down and kidnap Mr. Snowden to interrogate him with the whole world watching. Which is why Mr. Snowden was very smart in outing himself, to protect himself from any side of the equation.
>>Yeah, like that’s going to happen when the eye of everyone in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world is focussed on Mr. Snowden at this moment in time. <<
Oh, really? Exactly where is he then? What hotel, what room?
Are you so sure he hasn’t already been picked up?
How would we know? And how long would it take, if he did disappear, before conspiracy theorists start theorizing that it’s our government, not the Chinese, that have him (whether true or not)?
You seriously don’t think the Chinese are trying to find him right this moment? I suspect they know exactly where he is, and are laying plans for his transit to mainland China in the very near future. Hong Kong was not the wisest choice, in my opinion.
Look, you sound so certain that his treason did no damage to our national security. All I’m saying is that you can’t know that, and that in the end it could do serious damage.
And I do think our government surveillance has run amuck. The question is whether or not he behaved treasonously in exposing the extent of surveillance. I don’t think there’s any question about that. He did. And if the Chinese get hold of him, what he’s revealed so far might pale in comparison to what they are able to squeeze out of him later.