So, who are these people that are handling Edward Snowden?

[MADem]

107. Yes, I understand who Bruce Fein is, and I've kept up with what he and his wife have said.

I've also read Ed Snowden't HUFFPO disavowal.

I've also read that Ed Snowden talked to his father via the net without the approval of that Russian lawyer (who also represents WIKILEAKS and is a former KGB agent and a Putin acolyte). The lawyer was sufficiently annoyed that he held a press conference and told everyone he was annoyed. Frankly, I found THAT very odd. I guess they don't do that confidentiality thing over there.

I don't discredit the notion that "Snowden might have different ideas" but the bottom line is this--written statements, that could be written by anyone, don't fly in this media age. It's not like Snowden is on the dark side of the moon, after all.

Not too long ago, if you recall, there was another written communication from Snowden that some said was written by Assange, because the tone of it was bellicose and not written in what some said was Snowden's 'voice.' When all one hears from a person is a "written communique" it tends to remind folks of the cheery letters "from" Hugo Chavez, which were plainly written by other actors as he was on life support after a massive heart attack on top of his aggressive cancer and was being kept alive to run down the clock.

Snowden could clear a lot of this speculation up by simply videoing his declarations. Then there would be no question as to who was issuing the statements. But using early 20th Century communication styles--the written word--to make statements about what he does and does not want does raise suspicions that something just might be awry--surely someone over there in modern, up-to-date Moscow has video on their cellphone, after all? Even an audiotape, where Father Lon could say "Yep, that's my boy" is more proof than words on a screen, e-mailed to Huffpo.

IMO, YMMV.