Snowden needs "world's protection", says Venezuelan leader

[davidthegnome]

20. Killing him would be too obvious.

Which isn't to say that it won't be done, but if it is, it will be done in such a way that it will be almost impossible to even suggest it was anything other than an "accident". Car goes off the road, maybe a bridge collapses while he's on it, perhaps he has a sudden heart attack.

Still, I don't think that extreme measure will be taken. I think they'll fiddle around with diplomacy for some time before just shrugging it off. If the last ten years and more haven't made Americans angry enough to do something collectively, then this won't either. Only when our televisions, ipads, ipods, computers, smart phones, xboxes and playstations are effected will we actually become angry enough to do something.

Most of us either knew or suspected what Snowden finally confirmed in any event. The "relentless persuit" I suspect, does not have any real teeth. If they wanted him dead or disappeared, he would be dead or missing.

I'm more worried about what Snowden doesn't know - and what we don't know, about what the NSA is really up to. What we know already is bad enough... but somehow, I suspect it's the tip of the ice berg.