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In reply to the discussion: An attempt to get the facts straight on the release of the Snowden email by the NSA [View all]Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)3. That is a good summary.
And here is my theory as to why Snowden did not download his emails...
I don' think Snowden originally intended to seek asylum. If you have read the book, the decision to leave his hotel and seek a safe house in Hong Kong was made at the last minute with assistance from human rights attorneys that he had never met or spoken to before.
He didn't take the emails because he never anticipated his current position.
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An attempt to get the facts straight on the release of the Snowden email by the NSA [View all]
Vattel
Jun 2014
OP
There are those of us who simply do not find it credible that in his stealing, he
msanthrope
Jun 2014
#13
No. That's not a good summary. Where in your timeline did ES meet with GG and then steal
msanthrope
Jun 2014
#14
Now you are moving the goalposts...in your OP, you use the word "mistaken." Now you are
msanthrope
Jun 2014
#26
You are mistaken in presuming that Snowden is telling you the truth in "why"
msanthrope
Jun 2014
#29
That individual is Marcy Wheeler and yes, she is doing great work on Snowden and the NSA.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2014
#34