Reading Between Kerry's Lines: Snowden is no longer safe, even in Russia [View all]

[berni_mccoy]

Snowden made a big mistake outing himself as a former spy and not just an analyst. From http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/kerry-tells-snowden-man-home-23893685

In his interview with NBC anchor Brian Williams, a portion of which was broadcast Tuesday, Snowden said he was "trained as a spy" and argued that he had a much larger role in U.S. intelligence than the government has acknowledged.

"I was trained as a spy in sort of the traditional sense of the word, in that I lived and worked undercover overseas," he said.

If this is true, it explains why this leak was so large and damaging. He was not just an analyst and a simple analyst could not obtain the information that Snowden did, then Snowden's own words contradict his earlier claims that any analyst could do it.

When I first heard Kerry's statements this morning, I thought they were strange. Now, combined with this revelation they make sense. Here is Kerry quoted in the same article:

"Well, for a supposedly smart guy, that's a pretty dumb answer, after all."

That is Kerry saying Snowden crossed the line by outing himself.

And then this:

"man up and come back to the United States."

It sounds like absurd bravado, but what it really means is Snowden is no longer safe in Russia.

And finally:

"A patriot would not run away. ... He can come home but he's a fugitive from justice."

That means, this is Snowden's last chance. Come home or else...

If Snowden wasn't scared before, he ought to be now.