As the whole Snowden episode starts resembling a new Bourne movie, here is a fun possible plot twist

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7. absolutely. i'm not saying this is the case but

for entertainment purposes, here is what i posted in another thread explaining how it could happen:

"Look, US contractor/spy pretends to go rogue and give a bunch of information to a journalist But the funny thing is, there isn't all that much new to it, just enough to stir things up. The US makes all sorts of breathless pronouncements and denouncements.

Then, while bemoaning lack of privacy in the US, the contractor/spy flees to one of the biggest authoritarian regimes in the world, and has his meeting with the journalist mentioned above, in a hotel near the US consulate (and likely CIA station.) This authoritarian regime is well known to be the US's biggest cyber rival/enemy.